Example sentences of "[noun] have [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was thinking that an obviously romantic setting has something to be said for it . |
| 2 | In the European scheme of things , England has nothing to be ashamed of . |
| 3 | Three patterns of distributions of authorship number are suggested by these my data : ( a ) the ‘ left shifted ’ pattern seen in high profile basic research journals ( Nature , Cell ) , in which over 90% of articles have one to five authors ( mode 2 ) ; ( b ) the ‘ right shifted ’ pattern characterised by few small group studies and many large group studies ( mode 7 ) seen in low profile basic research ( BBRC ) and clinical research ( JCO ) journals ; and ( c ) a rapid fall from six to seven authors ( mode 6 ) in general medical journals ( NEJM , Lancet ) . |
| 4 | My group has nothing to be ashamed of , but , like everybody else nowadays , we suffer from a general shortage of cash . |
| 5 | The devil has something to be said for him : he acts on his own initiative and is n't just following orders . |
| 6 | But because this ruled out all danger or adventure , Eternity became destructive to the spirit , and the bureaucrats had themselves to be destroyed . |
| 7 | I was arguing that gay people have nothing to be ashamed of and yet my troops remained invisible as though they needed convincing too . |
| 8 | And these top earners have it to a tee . |
| 9 | The Government have nothing to be proud of over that period . |
| 10 | Her father 's belief that people made their own luck was true , Cora-Beth thought , when by lunchtime the following day Harry had finished his business with the architect and her ruse to have him to herself for a few hours paid off . |
| 11 | THEY may be cheap , but Europe 's discount food stores have plenty to be cheerful about . |
| 12 | Dad had a soft spot for Auntie Nellie and perhaps Mum had something to be jealous about . |
| 13 | President Michael Jones said : ‘ At last it looks as though home owners and estate agents have something to be cheerful about . ’ |
| 14 | President Michael Jones said : ‘ At last it looks as though home owners and estate agents have something to be cheerful about . |
| 15 | Stonehenge still has a very special air in spite of the official attempts to destroy the place ; York Minster has it , and Chartres has it to an incredible extent . |
| 16 | I do not think that the Labour party has anything to crow about , because Labour-controlled local authorities have the most empty homes available and have the highest community charges . |
| 17 | What time have you to be in Clackmannan ? |