Example sentences of "have [noun] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason why the modern reader has difficulty with a positive evaluation of the term ‘ national prejudices ’ is that , in the twentieth century , prejudice has taken on a substantive meaning . |
| 2 | After moving to Ireland earlier this year , Daniel played a very successful free gig in The Baggot Inn , and now has plans for a new album to be recorded in Dublin in January . |
| 3 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 4 | Although such investment will inevitably benefit US companies , especially those in equipment manufacture , steel-making and construction , there will also be opportunities for foreign companies — Clinton has plans for a high-speed rail network , for example , equipment for which is currently not made by US companies — and one can imagine a fierce ‘ Buy America ’ debate over any major public works piece of legislation . |
| 5 | The ISE has plans for a regulatory news service which will sell information to other news services , but Sir Gordon has criticised the high costs of the service to outside competitors . |
| 6 | The department has expertise over a wide range of philosophical subjects , ranging from aesthetics to philosophy of science , philosophy of language and logic to moral philosophy , philosophy of mind to legal and political philosophy , and modern continental philosophy to the philosophy of religion . |
| 7 | Rarely has division within a ruling party been so bitter . |
| 8 | Because of this , the History of Art has contacts with a wide range of other subjects such as political , social and economic history , philosophy , religion , archaeology , anthropology and psychology . |
| 9 | While Duff has designs on a European title for Wharton , his fighter must sort out the problem of appearing to lose interest as he did against Carr when he went to ‘ sleep ’ in the fifth and sixth rounds and was in danger of losing . |
| 10 | AN INVENTIVE student has designs on a new title . |
| 11 | A reversionary lease has effect from a future date ( for example , after an existing lease expires ) and has effect no more than 21 years from the date of the instrument that created it . |
| 12 | Take , for example , a homebuyer with a £50,000 mortgage who also has £10,000 in a 90-day Halifax Building Society account . |
| 13 | It is revolutionary too in its scope , for it has implications for a whole range of academic subjects in the arts and the social sciences . |
| 14 | The ‘ Options for Change ’ Defence Review has implications for a large number of Scottish companies . |
| 15 | If an individual has problems at a particular stage he or she tends to regress to an earlier stage and to be dominated , or fixated , by the behaviour and attitudes of that stage . |
| 16 | Bett has problems with a painful toe , and McClair strained a hamstring during a training session on Sunday . |
| 17 | The writer only has memories of a few freights and the diesel hauled York-Bournemouth in 1964 . |
| 18 | The group has access to a greater variety of experiences and skills than does one person . |
| 19 | DHAs can then concentrate on ensuring that the health needs of the population for which they are responsible are met ; that there are effective services for the prevention and control of disease and the promotion of health ; that their population has access to a comprehensive range of high quality , value for money services ; and on setting targets for and monitoring the performance of those management units for which they continue to have responsibility . |
| 20 | ‘ District health authorities can then concentrate on ensuring that … the health needs of the population for which they are responsible are met ; and that their population has access to a comprehensive range of … services . ’ |
| 21 | Robbins now draws more and more attention to the text itself , by indulging in a dialogue with his projected reader to celebrate reaching his hundredth chapter or by rejecting the claims of traditional literary decorum : ‘ happily , your author is not under contract to any of the muses who supply the reputable writers , and thus he has access to a considerable variety of sentences to spread and stretch from margin to margin … ’ ( 124 ) . |
| 22 | NOW that Nicholas Soames has access to a ministerial Montego , what will happen to Sutton , his old chauffeur ? |
| 23 | The entire package has informality as a key element . |
| 24 | ‘ Nancy has staff to a large extent ’ — Louise seemed proud of their hostess 's wealth — ‘ but there 's absolutely no side about her . ’ |
| 25 | The Masai believe that when a woman has sex with a younger man ( in truth I have no way of knowing the relative ages ) the woman becomes younger and more beautiful . |
| 26 | The Secretary of State has pretensions as a political heavyweight , but his performances have been more of a light banterweight . |
| 27 | Benefits affected by admission to hospital For details see leaflet NI9. ( f your elderly parent is admitted to hospital or an old people 's home under the National Health Service , there may be a reduction in , or a withdrawal of , certain State benefits ( but this will not apply if she enters a charitable home or has treatment as a private patient ) . |
| 28 | Furthermore , if we recognize that the discourses of codified knowledge are not fundamentally dissimilar to novelistic discourse , it becomes evident that the novel has validity as a cognitive tool which fosters individual creativity and interpersonal communication . |
| 29 | Superficially , Mr Akhtar 's compromise has appeal in a liberal/secular society because it is designed to protect human sensitivities which we all recognise , rather than to appease a deity in whom relatively few believe . |
| 30 | Seem 'd polish 'd lances in a hostile field . |