Example sentences of "they [vb base] to have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them seem to have the whole class |
| 2 | Most people are aware , for instance , that a major link between those who suffer heart attacks is that they tend to have a high level of cholesterol in the blood . |
| 3 | Both teams have lost their first game so a win tomorrow is vital if they want to have a realistic chance of making the play-offs . |
| 4 | Such statements may be based on strong conviction and close observation , and may even be felt to be self-evident , but they appear to have no empirical status — are merely , we might say , guesses — unless supported by frequency data . |
| 5 | Despite the undeniable interest and importance of semantic and statistical studies of language , they appear to have no direct relevance to the problem of determining or characterising the set of grammatical utterances . |
| 6 | These can be substantial — one , at least , reaches over a million entries — but — they appear to have no obvious advantage over the databases described above , except , perhaps , when they afford the prospect of immediate supply from stock of titles held in their files . |
| 7 | Pupils soon grow weary of a parade of historical topics selected solely because they appear to have a popular appeal or relevance . |
| 8 | Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas . |
| 9 | They seem to have a Gaelic sound to some of these names . |
| 10 | This view has had an influential impact on psychology , and although some might now consider such ideas outmoded , they continue to have an enduring effect on public perceptions of old age . |
| 11 | Why is it that bogus applicants , and even genuine asylum seekers , are given housing when they claim to have no alternative accommodation ? |
| 12 | They claim to have an instinctive talent , as opposed to men chefs who have to learn the mechanics of their craft . |
| 13 | Members are also reminded that from 1 January they have to have a practising certificate . |
| 14 | The afternoon when they discover that they have to have a complete outline plan of the Dolomites ready for the Ministry by nine o'clock the following morning , and all stay working into the small hours , until their backs are aching and their eyes closing , and they all love each other and are united in extremity against the entire world . |
| 15 | That admin course is fantastic , a re er you know I was in this r building yesterday , and I can tell you , the attendance is good I mean they have to have a real reason before they do n't come . |
| 16 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 17 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 18 | And it blows all the gaskets and they have to have every single part of the engine taken out and cleaned |