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

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1 Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) .
2 To those with no operational experience such as MPs , Courts of Enquiry , magistrates etc. , it can appear a sensible and foolproof system , but in practice it has many deficiencies .
3 Mill 's ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle seems simple , but in practice it has many problems .
4 To help it in these roles it has two seats on Council which is the top executive body of the University .
5 On the other hand , like any moulded surface of this type it has fat needles , rather than the brush-type filaments of a normal plastic slope .
6 As a thrilling spectacle it has little to offer , but as a powerful totem it is almost unique in its place in European and western culture .
7 When a graphic is places it has eight handles positioned at the corners and centres of each side for re-sizing and general manipulation .
8 The DSS says every claim is decided upon it 's merits and the amount of cash it has available in the social fund .
9 After two years it has strategic alliances with DEC , HP , IBM , NCR , SGI and Sun , 100 customers , 500 development seats , 10,000 run-times out and 10,000 deployed applications .
10 Lesotho is one of the poorest countries in the world , surrounded by South Africa it has few of its own resources .
11 Simply ideal for families it has direct access on to the beach and offers a wide range of holiday activities for children .
12 On paper this hardly looks a version competitive with those listed above ; in the event it has much to offer , which only shows how dangerous preconceptions can be .
13 We are not to argue , though , that since ‘ I ’ does not refer to the man René Descartes it has some other , more intangible , thing to refer to .
14 Geach says : ‘ We are not to argue , though , that since ‘ I ’ does not refer to the man René Descartes it has some other , more intangible thing to refer to . ’
15 This is a sentiment I strongly agree with , but as an argument it has three problems .
16 In many ways it has considerable weaknesses .
17 Whatever it is called , in many ways it has more going for it than Greenness and can even incorporate it .
18 A Fresco ‘ canvas ’ on to which gliffs can be ‘ painted ’ will allow developers create things like two-dimensional geometric figures : like X it has some difficulty with three dimensions at the moment .
19 The second number of the 1993 volume , which has now gone to print , contains an extra selection of book reviews , and as well as the usual listing it has several other items that will be of interest to anyone who wants to keep up to date with what is being published .
20 In its more specific uses it has much to contribute by way of correction to generalizing uses of culture' .
21 On the back of its thorax it has two flap-like sideways extensions of the chitinous shell that look as though they might be the rudiments of wings .
22 In Nasonia it has further been shown that condensation of chromosomes derived from the sperm is abnormal and that they are often fragmented in incompatible crosses .
23 While there are obviously problems in developing and using this type of notional scale it has some utility .
24 Thus as a formal method of scrutiny it has little value .
25 Compared with Burton 's or that of Sir John Gell [ q.v. ] for 1659 his diary is somewhat slight , but as the only internal account and commentary on the debates it has unique value .
26 For obvious reasons it has special appeal for those who , on either political or temperamental grounds , feel a need to justify such institutions as chattel slavery , colonial domination , or any other of the cruder forms of economic exploitation .
27 Again it is generally definable only through social custom but in this case it has more significance since the breaking of social taboo may have adverse effect on the child .
28 Unfortunately , as it stands at present it has many deficiencies , because :
29 The maritime antarctic as a whole has 20% more lichens than the continent and 150% more mosses ; in addition it has 25 taxa of hepatics to the continent 's one , and two species of angiosperms that have not yet been found on the continent .
30 The publicity is fairly short-lived , of course it has tremendous effect on the British media , and we 're all very , very happy for the families of these people
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