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

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1 ( The field of Waterloo has a special significance for the regiment ) .
2 The ideal of self-government has a special aspect that integrity promotes directly , and noticing this will lead us into our main discussion of legitimacy and political obligation .
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4 The ‘ village ’ of Trebetherick has a rarefied air ; it keeps apart and does not like to mix with its brash neighbour Polzeath , whose villas are shoulder to shoulder , nor with the heartier village of Rock , where strong men sail small boats .
5 As to rare cine film taken of the line , we know that Bill Cross of Shrewsbury has a small section showing ‘ No 1 ’ going through the level crossing at Horderley .
6 It can be seen that the raw material of creativity has a diverse background of information ; in Coleridge 's case he was an avid reader of all the explorations that were the rage at that time .
7 As Fimrite points out , the popular , working-class sport of baseball has a disorderly tradition .
8 Even so this attribute of mind has a biological basis , and intercalates with thought forms of a very different nature .
9 The air line is inserted through the cap of the tube ( virtually every model of undergravel has a different cap system , designed to spread water through the tank , and/or splash it on the surface for aeration ) .
10 This kind of research has a long history in psychology and education but is relatively undeveloped in the rest of social science .
11 One tonne of marijuana has a thermal value of 2.7 barrels of oil .
12 As the subject of historical studies , and the heroine of romantic fiction , Mary Queen of Scots has a massive lead over all other earthly Maries , only the Virgin scoring more heavily — as even the most cursory glance at the British Library Catalogue of Printed Books makes clear .
13 Many other people have rights , including those concerned with fishing , and in my native Scotland the value of fishing has a significant part to play in the local economy , particulary in remote areas .
14 The Department of Celtic has a strong tradition of postgraduate research and supervises postgraduate work in all the main branches of Celtic Studies .
15 Placing Irigaray 's work in the context of Freudian and post-Freudian theory , Whitford suggests that Irigaray 's apparently very traditional and essentialist use of symbolism has a strategic function , like that of Derrida 's analyses , designed to draw attention to the underpinnings of Western metaphysics , in order to undermine them .
16 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 .
17 The Bank of England has a great deal of power over the financial markets because of its role as lender of last resort .
18 In operational day-to-day terms the Bank of England has a major influence on three major markets , the sterling money market , the foreign exchange market , and the gilt-edged market .
19 Each individual piece of equipment has a special contribution to make ; for example , a tape recorder can be equally effective in stimulating discussion as a film , but films or video tapes are more effective for the demonstration of practical skills where movement is essential .
20 A short bout of exercise has a further role , namely of waking you up in the morning as it turns on the alerting mechanisms of the body .
21 We accept that both the Unionist and Nationalist traditions are valid and legitimate ; that Northern Ireland should remain a part of the UK until the free consent of the majority of its people is given to change ; that the Republic of Ireland has a legitimate interest in the future of Northern Ireland ; and that a partnership in government which allows both communities to participate is the only practical way in which to make progress .
22 The specialization of functions has a dispersive effect and a primary function of government becomes that of securing co-ordination amongst the parts .
23 The Institute of Directors has a total membership of 33,500 , only 2,600 of them women .
24 Since N. battus infection of lambs has a unique epidemiology , its control is best considered separately .
25 Bankruptcy proceedings , on the other hand , have no lis , they are not adversarial and the whole statutory scheme of bankruptcy has a different purpose and objective when compared with ‘ civil proceedings ’ properly so called .
26 This issue of sexism has a direct relevance to the main topic of this book : a survey of housewives and their attitudes to housework which I carried out in London in 1971 .
27 Consultation with the next of kin has a further advantage in that it may reveal information as to the personal circumstances of the patient and as to the choice which the patient might have made , if he or she had been in a position to make it .
28 But breed any faster and the self-styled Queen of Hamsters has a real problem on her hands .
29 The dominating strategy is non-cooperative : an individual group of workers has a clear interest in standing firm in resisting money wage cuts even though workers en masse may be better off if a cooperative strategy were pursued .
30 Evolution was accepted because it could be accommodated into a world view that implied that the development of Nature has a moral purpose .
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