Example sentences of "has a single [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group has a single tendon insertion below the elbow into the forearm . |
| 2 | In the way of household appliances Joan Hubbard has a single tub washing machine ( one that can not rinse or dry the clothes ) , a vacuum cleaner and a fridge . |
| 3 | We can speak of an orbital as being full if it contains two electrons , half-filled if it has a single electron , or empty . |
| 4 | The new council tax has a single occupancy discount so if there 's only one individual in the household they 'll get 25% off bills . |
| 5 | As well as a comparable curved stretch of wavecrest pattern , in one of its angles it also has a single petal motif which is almost identical to that possessing voluted tendrils at Cirencester . |
| 6 | No other university in Britain has a single faculty combining the interests of science and engineering which is as large as that at Edinburgh . |
| 7 | Provided a mains transformer has a single primary winding there should be no difficulty in wiring up this section of the supply . |
| 8 | Fresco has a single window . |
| 9 | Most models use plastic lugs for fixing but the CB30 has a single screw fixing . |
| 10 | It has a single parameter : a list of free variables . |
| 11 | It has a single lubricator for the cylinders and a single safety valve which divides out like a Drummond safety valve on top of the dome . |
| 12 | The conditioner has a single rotor with pivoting U-shaped tines which toss the grass upwards as it leaves the cutting blades . |
| 13 | Our efforts to meet the company have so far been unsuccessful , but as far as we understand from the AEU ( which has a single union agreement with Montupet ) , there are no special mechanisms to target recruitment and training on the unemployed and it is worth bearing in mind that the code of practice of the new Fair Employment Act puts the idea of the merit principle above that of equality of outcome or the achievement of social justice . |
| 14 | This means that the ribber only knits every two rows , so the knitting has a single colour on the back instead of stripes . |
| 15 | This is the context of Foucault 's critique of what he calls the sovereign model of power , of the idea that power has a single source in a master , king , or class — and can thus easily be reversed . |
| 16 | The following are not chargeable events for these purposes : ( i ) the removal or variation of a restriction relating to all shares of the same class ; ( ii ) the creation or variation of a right relating to all shares of the same class ; ( iii ) the imposition of a restriction on all shares of the same class ; or ( iv ) the removal of a right relating to all shares of a class from all those shares , so long as : ( a ) a majority of Newco 's shares of that class are not held by directors or employees of Newco or by any associated company of Newco , or by directors or employees of any such associated company ; or ( b ) a majority of the shares of that class confer control of Newco on the shareholders , who are employees or directors ; or ( c ) at the time of the event Newco is a subsidiary ( but not a dependent subsidiary ) and has a single class of shares . |
| 17 | The praying mantis has a single ear in the middle of its thorax which it uses for bat detection . |
| 18 | The back fly entrance has a single zip , giving a small bellend space to store boots and a couple of rucksacks . |
| 19 | The back fly entrance has a single zip , giving a small bellend space to store a rucksack and boots . |
| 20 | For example , at the time of writing rates of value-added tax differ widely between individual countries ( Belgium has rates of 6 per cent to 17 per cent to 19 per cent to 25 per cent to 33 per cent ; the UK has a single rate of 15 per cent ; Greece has rates of 6 per cent , 18 per cent and 36 per cent and Denmark 's single rate is 22 per cent ) . |
| 21 | The control box also has a single button for cutterhead operation , emergency shut off and rocker switches for slewing and sensor control . |
| 22 | When we want to make a muscle contract the brain sends a nerve impulse through the spinal chord , into the peripheral nerves and out along those nerves to the muscle and each individual muscle fibre has a single junction , a nerve muscle junction , where the nerve makes contact with the muscle , and that is the site at which the stimulus leads to muscle contraction . |
| 23 | The 1989 white paper on community care , Caring for People , took the implementation of these ideas further : ‘ Where an individual 's needs are complex or significant levels of resources are involved , the government sees considerable merit in nominating a ‘ case manager ’ to take responsibility for ensuring that the individual 's needs are regularly reviewed , resources are managed effectively and that each service user has a single point of contact . ’ |
| 24 | The terms of this argument repeat exactly those of the critical debate about univocal meaning , according to which the only alternative to the idea that history has a single meaning must be that it has none at all . |
| 25 | The authors concerned assume that the word " father " ( or its equivalent in other languages ) has a single meaning in itself , whereas in fact it has many different meanings depending upon what other term forms the other half of the dyadic relationship . |
| 26 | It has a single dome ( rebuilt in the sixteenth century ) supported on four piers and a tri-apsidal east end . |
| 27 | ‘ Even as a tree has a single trunk , but many branches and leaves , so there is one true and perfect Religion , but it becomes many . |
| 28 | Corresponding to taste 1 , smell 1 and feel 1 , French has a single item sentir 1 , which is non-specific with respect to the three perceptual modes ; there is , however , a distinct sentir 2 , which corresponds to smell 2 . |
| 29 | It has a single arm with seven joints in it . |
| 30 | The second ( C2 ) has a single copy at the 3' end and 3 internal copies ( 1:3 arrangement ) . |