Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] have the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It must be remembered that a child with an IQ of 50 may only have the mental age of nine when they leave school , although their social abilities may be reasonably comparable with their actual age .
2 The collector must obviously have the Revised Version of 1881–95 , and some other notable attempts ( not , in everyone 's view , attended with much success ) to improve on the Authorised Version .
3 Susannah Lopez should perhaps have the last word :
4 As you can see a pounds sign when you type Alt 156 you must already have the correct code page ( i.e. national character set loaded ) and so all you need is the command : KEYB UK
5 Hall agreed to this , with the proviso that Clarke should not have the exclusive right of sale at the exhibition .
6 In residential units shift teams should be appropriately balanced and specific members of staff should not have the sole responsibility for employing physical restraint .
7 Dr Runcie stressed the terrorists should not have the last word .
8 The Medicines Information Bill is founded on two main principles : that those who keep secrets should not have the last word on where secrecy begins and ends and that openness should be the rule and secrecy the exception .
9 To acknowledge this rule should thus have the double advantage of eliminating any appearance of royal partiality in selecting a Prime Minister on these occasions , and of ensuring that the parties obtain the leaders they want by the methods they want .
10 It was suggested that the number of voting peers should be about 230 , that the Government of the day should always have the largest number of peers but not an absolute majority .
11 But women would never be equal , he reflected , pleased to have discovered a new profundity , until the day came when men stopped thinking it natural that their wives should always have the smaller car .
12 ‘ I do not think that a single relative should ever have the sole care of senile dependent .
13 John Sandoe with his tiny treasure trove of a bookstore off the King 's Road , understood this instinctively and must surely have the highest measure of customer loyalty in London .
14 They should therefore have the same return .
15 My own view is that while that type of system will be important in the future it may not have the central role assumed for it by John Alvey — hence my plea For more resources to be devoted to looking at real user needs and trying out alternatives to the IKBS approach .
16 We are worried that regional health authorities may not have the necessary outlook required to ensure adequate long-term and national provision and that that will be reflected in the allocation of funding .
17 We recognize that the term ‘ local controllers ’ may not have the friendly image which we wish to project .
18 That majority may not have the political power to ensure this .
19 Powerboating may not have the international pull or prestige of car racing but it does pack in the crowds …
20 Some of the smaller , poorer countries may not have the right equipment or training for the new types of job .
21 Even when you have done this , you may not have the whole story , as is discussed on pp. 128–9 .
22 His work rate has been prodigious all season , and although he may not have the quickest service around , he must rate currently as the world 's no 1 scrum-half .
23 The police are sometimes concerned that they may not have the full information before them .
24 The lessons may not have the same applicability in the UK where health care costs are already much lower .
25 But it does point out that " almost perfectly contestable " may not have the same status as " almost perfectly competitive " .
26 In contrast , social workers may not have the same status and their power will be less .
27 Although the latter may be slightly cheaper than sateen , it may not have the same draping quality .
28 Stan Reynolds , Harry Little , Carl Einstien and Fred Grummidge may not have the same ring about them but between 1950 and 1960 these were the names on the footballing tongues of Whaddon .
29 Goldsmith was critical of the Codex Alimentarius , a committee of the UN 's Food and Agriculture Organisation , which under current plans for the liberalisation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , may soon have the exclusive right to set safety and quality standards in international food trade .
30 Even without a reactor , Iraq may already have the fissile material it needs .
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