Example sentences of "have [noun] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 It has plans for an industrial policy the Tories do n't appear to have one and has modelled its industrial manifesto on the demands of the CBI , the Tories traditional bedfellows .
6 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 .
7 The ‘ Options for Change ’ Defence Review has implications for a large number of Scottish companies .
8 Aids dementia is more common in those who have had AIDS for a long time , and in some instances the dementia is probably due to other organisms attacking the brain .
9 I do n't mind saveloy , I have n't had saveloy for a long while .
10 Mm , well I have n't had fish for a long time .
11 I 've had Duck for a long time .
12 The client may have needs for a high level of social contact , which for various reasons are not being met , or , vice versa , they may have the need to spend more time alone which is not being met .
13 They do not have fittings for a flexible shutter release cable .
14 We do not have space for a full description of all the experimental techniques used in obtaining the results discussed in this book .
15 He was off the field throughout the second day having treatment for a pulled thigh muscle , but said today : ‘ I have not felt the injury at all when batting and it is much better . ’
16 ‘ You wo n't have time for a proper meal but you must eat something — we do n't want you fainting at a crucial moment , do we ? ’
17 I did n't even have time for a proper supper . ’
18 A quick glance at her watch showed that she would have time for a short walk outside before dinner , and with this in mind she sprang from the bed and raked a comb through her hair .
19 The authors have argued elsewhere ( Brechin and Swain , 1988 ) that the skill-development focus of goal planning and Individual Planning can be at odds with an approach that emphasises an individual 's right to be valued for what he/she is , and to have opportunities for an ordinary life made available unconditionally .
20 They had plans for an international centre , with a strong educational bias like the centre Mondial , to be sponsored by MIT and Harvard University .
21 The sweet trolley arrived , and he was dismayed to see she still had appetite for a generous wedge of Black Forest Gâteau .
22 Smith was virtually carried off with an ankle injury , Mardenborough has a knee problem and Cusack had stitches for a facial injury .
23 He had time for a quick wave .
24 I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze .
25 Charles persuaded a rather grudging Miles that he had time for a quick bath before they left .
26 He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him .
27 We had time for a short walk on a rocky path before I had to return to Athens .
28 British Coal have permission for an opencast mine at Yorkley in the Forest which will yield 80,000 tonnes in 3 years .
29 In addition to the half dozen or so field officers patrolling the districts , some of the areas in the northern authority have provision for a small number of additional posts .
30 But its decisions also have implications for an international debate on the frontiers of medical science , morality , government action and individual privacy .
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