Example sentences of "these [noun pl] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The manufacture of faience objects was another highly specialized craft closely associated with temple worship ; many of these objects have a religious significance and were probably made for cult use .
2 Further , the lack of visible staff-room integration serves to reinforce alienistic attitudes because it can be taken as evidence that these attitudes have a firm base in reality .
3 It is argued that these groups have a vested interest in distorting reality to ensure that America always appears to be under threat so that they can force the president and Congress to finance the lavish and unnecessary programmes which they desire .
4 The term homing pigeon gives foundation to the popular belief that these birds have a natural ability to find their way back to their loft no matter what the distance .
5 In retrospect these words have a prophetic ring about them .
6 These performances have a compelling sweep and élan and the delights are many .
7 In a regional study including about 10% of the Danish population we found the population relative risk of ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease among first degree relatives of patients with either disease to be about 10 , which strongly suggests that these disorders have a genetic cause .
8 These discoveries have a bittersweet taste for the many mothers who have been told by their doctors that they themselves were at the root of such problems — because they were over-anxious , inexperienced , nervy , overindulgent or whatever .
9 These organisations have a formal structure , and operate by well-established rules and procedures .
10 The subjects were corn plants , and it is interesting to note that these plants have a natural variability in leaf area of nearly 10% , which can be increased by errors introduced by the measurement technique employed .
11 These ideas have a long history going back to sources such as Aristotle , Archimedes , Galen , and Boethius .
12 And , incidentally , how many analysts these days have a talking dog , as one of Freud 's colleagues apparently had ?
13 Many people these days have a busy lifestyle and although they may enjoy gardening there is often little time to carry out many of the day-to-day tasks needed to keep a plot in perfect order .
14 These reforms have a common aim : to control escalating costs by improving efficiency rather than cutting patient care .
15 These paintings have a special place in my affections , because one of them was reproduced on the cover of my first book .
16 The sources of this species of pragmatic inference can be shown to lie outside the organization of language , in some general principles for cooperative interaction , and yet these principles have a pervasive effect upon the structure of language .
17 These machines have a gross margin of 50 per cent .
18 I know this because these machines have a high curiosity factor with guitarists , and although I 'm used to my GR-50 , many players who have been eager to try it have fallen foul of mis-tracking .
19 These observations have a particular point since it is arguable that a study skills " tail " is in danger of wagging a library project " dog " in at least some schools , and in the work of the Inservice Panel .
20 In many adult trauma centres exploratory laparotomy is an essential part of complete evaluation of the patient , and these centres have a lower incidence of missed diaphragmatic injuries .
21 Other studies have disclosed that patients complaining of slow transit constipation have impaired cyclic rectal activity , suggesting that these patients have a motor neuropathy .
22 These names have a personal connotation and , according to Gandhi , are simply man 's attempt to define the mysterious , invincible force that pervades all things .
23 Think of it , your fame will be assured , these postings have a world-wide readership !
24 Evaluations show these educators have a high impact and real credibility with 13 to 18 year olds .
25 Clearly , these developments have a dual importance for the College : firstly , they represent an extension of the Welsh medium and bilingual provision , an important aspect of the work of the College ; and secondly they are part of the diversification process which is vital to the continued existence of an institution which presently has one of the lowest teacher-training targets in England and Wales .
26 Either these genomes have a low level of expression , in contrast with observations in human muscle fibbers or cell studies ( 27–29 ) , or this transcript is characterized by a very short half-life .
27 Whether or not they can sing , all these players have a tremendous understanding of how to phrase .
28 These languages have a dual form in addition to singular and plural forms .
29 In principal , these critics have a good point .
30 Whatever their personality type , these children have a significant risk of primary addictive disease and they will also tend to marry people with primary addictive disease .
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