Example sentences of "has a [adj] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established .
2 The arm was developed at the bio-engineering centre at the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Centre in Edinburgh , which has a world-wide reputation for the quality of specialist clinical care it provides for people with severe or unusual physical disabilities .
3 Brrm ! ( jovially clumsy titles are de rigueur ) Clive James has a perfunctory bash as the gap between Eastern and Western morals and manners , but is actually far more engaged by the innumerable conjunctions between his two leading characters ; Tom Sharpe 's world is unrecognizable to any inhabitants of ours , especially now that Terry-Thomas and Kenneth Williams are no longer with us .
4 The fourth way in which the underclass is immobilized at the bottom of our society has been through the spread of means-tested assistance , which has a devastating effect on the initiative of people on low incomes .
5 In chalk grassland in Britain , for example , the removal of grazers , such as rabbits or sheep , has a devastating effect on the fine-leaved bouncy turf rich in species .
6 Such a decline in forecasts of demand inevitably has a devastating impact on the need for new generating capacity .
7 Even crystal beads , whose actual source is unknown , but whose type of geographic distribution places them with this group , has a similar fall-off with a peak at Sleaford .
8 The course has a similar structure to the HND Design ( Communication ) , but there is a choice of emphasis between Graphics and Product Design .
9 Solid carbon dioxide has a similar structure with the C02 molecules occupying the lattice sites .
10 Centrophenoxine has a similar history as a tonic preparation for geriatrics , used more on the Continent than in England and America .
11 But Merck , the world 's top drugs firm , already has a similar product in the market that is good at its job .
12 It is known that phosphorylation of the c-Jun A1 activation domain increases transcriptional activity of the protein ( 13 , 14 ) ; perhaps phosphorylation of Ser-249 has a similar effect on the A2 domain ( amino acid residues 238-257 ; ref. 29 ) .
13 She now has a similar job in a related field .
14 The FAA has a similar duty in the USA , as have equivalent organisations in almost every country throughout the world .
15 The T5-SB Custom has a similar specification to the four , again using an identical body shape with three-piece , neck-through-body maple construction .
16 They anticipated the hellenistic taste for theatre : Dionysius I brought his bride from Italian Lokri in a warship decorated with gold and silver ; Plutarch 's Life of Demetrius has a splendid account of the cortège in which the third-century king Antigonos Gonatas brought back by sea to Macedon the funeral casket of his father Demetrius .
17 The Olau Hollandia has a pocket-sized swimming-pool in the bowels , luxurious cabins aloft and couchette-style below .
18 They are good for inflammation of the bowel , breathing difficulties , heart problems , high blood pressure , reducing mucus and it also has a calming effect on the body , especially during nausea .
19 The , it consists of two strands which are made of sugar phosphates and which spiral round each other , and the strands are linked together like , like the , the rungs of a ladder by bases , and there are four bases , and and always pairs up with and er and always pairs up with so that the pattern of bases on one of these sugar phosphate strands always has a corresponding pattern on the other .
20 What 's more , a damp wall has a lower resistance to the passage of heat than a dry one , so it becomes colder and simply encourages more condensation .
21 It has very much the same facilities as Delta Five , but is single-user rather than allowing several people to work on the same data , and also has a lower limit on the number of records , transaction files , and so on ; nothing that would really present a problem , unless you were trying to use the system for a fairly large system , in which case you should be using Delta Five .
22 The village of Haddenham in Buckinghamshire has a new kid on the block .
23 N C V O has a proud record over the years , of developing and promoting new initiatives , to meet new needs , and to fill gaps in voluntary sector initiatives .
24 As in one of those New Yorker cartoons , when Pandarus sees a young couple together he has a mental image of a bed , organized by himself .
25 ‘ I think he has a terrific attitude to the game .
26 The Bank of England has a pivotal role in the London money market in that it acts as the main banker to both the central government and the clearing banks .
27 The first point to note is that no-one has a convincing explanation for the existence of W-cells .
28 By having such behavioural criteria for the truth of a third-person statement , such as ‘ He dislikes So-and-so , ’ we are able to determine whether someone has a correct understanding of the term in question .
29 He used the complete gamut of his voice , from a growl like a dog warning its master that it has a sore foot to a high , exalted monotone which he kept for perorations ; and when he was using the words of an Old Testament lament , Isaiah or Zephaniah , to make a piteous effect , he had been known to put his head back and yowl like a tom-cat .
30 Mr Tiller has a worldwide reputation as a manager and trainer of vocalists and terpsichorean troupes and this one certainly does him credit .
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