Example sentences of "[noun] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Poles had nurtured the hope that the French would restore the old Polish state with Danzig attached as before , but Napoleon had other ideas . |
| 2 | Intervention by national and local government to reduce environmental risks had dramatic effects on urban death-rates . |
| 3 | Bischof had long conversations with him in Paris and London , in which they discussed choices to be made , goals to be pursued , and the practical and moral aspects of their work . |
| 4 | By 1887 , the brigade had new uniforms and brass helmets . |
| 5 | Those on its northern side had ample yards or gardens abutting Great Prescott Street , which itself gave onto Goodman 's Fields . |
| 6 | These questions were , to a greater or lesser degree , part and parcel of the armed confrontation , in so far as each side had opposing views on them , but they were merely strands in the overall picture , not the underlying design . |
| 7 | The Club claimed that this was because the premises were licensed but fans had other interpretations . |
| 8 | While a lack of entry qualifications did not rank as the most important reason overall for not doing a course , the 14% who did need entry qualifications may suggest that some of the non-enrollers had insufficient information about the courses they were applying to and , consequently , applied to courses for which they had insufficient entry qualifications . |
| 9 | Marie , still in her pyjamas , was sitting slumped at the table that took up most of the floor space : you had to squeeze round it to move about at all in the tiny kitchen , and Marie 's legs had permanent bruises from its sharp comers . |
| 10 | But Neil had other ideas . |
| 11 | All patients with sclerosing cholangitis and positive tests for anti-lactoferrin had ulcerative colitis . |
| 12 | His work as the pioneer of fingerprinting was later built upon by Sir Francis Galton and Sir Edward Henry [ qq.v. ] , whose methodical and systematic methods had practical applications for the detection of criminals . |
| 13 | But Richard Walker had other ideas , with just two minutes to go he coughed up . |
| 14 | The bedroom had large bay windows covered with grubby nets . |
| 15 | What is significant is that the signals had consistent characteristics , and we observed no other kinds of strong echoes in midwater . |
| 16 | Portfolio investment had low visibility in the sense that it was very difficult for the general population to discover who actually owned how much of the resources and enterprises in their countries . |
| 17 | Hens had horrible faces close to . |
| 18 | On the other hand they did mean that the defendant had considerable mitigation . |
| 19 | It is unfortunate that the plaintiffs did not take care to see that the defendant had independent advice in the matter . |
| 20 | Although Pakistan had talented players and were formidable opposition ‘ we have the ability to beat them ’ . |
| 21 | Most have been inaccessible to historians , because few record offices had adequate indexes . |
| 22 | Indeed , when Franco was made head of government in September 1936 , it was as much because all the other candidates had important flaws as in recognition of his merits . |
| 23 | While MacArthur had enormous power as the supreme commander , there were noticeable differences among his advisors especially on the general issue of the strength of ‘ latent democratic tendencies ’ in Japan . |
| 24 | The waves had white caps now and they seemed to effervesce as they swept by . |
| 25 | Elgar 's conducting of the Gerontius Prelude had particular beauty and depth of feeling . |
| 26 | About 70 million years ago the brain of the most advanced animals had cerebral hemispheres , but they composed a third or less of the whole brain . |
| 27 | Both animals had huge shrapnel wounds on their hindquarters . |
| 28 | This , said McNeill Alexander , is surprising in view of the fact that some of these animals had hind legs some three metres long . |
| 29 | These mercury compounds had ghastly effects on the human nervous system , causing convulsions , blindness , and death . |
| 30 | In other words , all patients who presented with intestinal obstruction had malignant strictures . |