Example sentences of "we have [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an interesting curiousity that the nearest thing that we have to a minimum wage was introduced by Winston Churchill that one-time Conservative Prime Minister , in an earlier political guise . |
| 2 | There is nothing wrong with this ; the Commons is , after all , the nearest thing we have to a democratic assembly , but it does not make for thorough and well-informed debate . |
| 3 | We have in a causal circumstance by itself a complete answer to the question of why an effect occurred . |
| 4 | We make-believe that the dried skull is all that we have from a modern animal , use a plaster cast to estimate how big its brain was from the skull alone , and then check with the real brain to see how accurate our estimate was . |
| 5 | Incredibly , the fine 1972 Nutcracker has yet to appear complete on CD ( Previn 's RPO remake is a bitter disappointment by comparison ) so the generous selection here ( including the ‘ Snowflakes Waltz ’ and the Finale as well as the pieces from the Suite and some other movements ) is all we have from a fine set . |