Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun sg] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chandler , on the other hand , used them and delighted in them , and because of this a tradition has grown up that they should appear in every private-eye tale . |
| 2 | From this a deduction has to be made for knife sharpening and shields , about 4d a week … the women suffer greatly from chronic asthma … and by the acids with which the Colonial skins are cleaned . |
| 3 | Where it is clear a person has some deficits in functioning then an advocate should be appointed , a relative , friend , solicitor , or occasionally the social worker . |
| 4 | More than half a century has passed since he was brought to Swinbrook to escape the horrors of the blitz . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid a crisis has whirled up in our Auckland office . ’ |
| 6 | One of their employees , a store manager , failed properly to carry out the system with the result that Radiant washing powder was advertised in the window at 2s. 11d. when in fact the only packets available in the shop were 3s. 11d. ( section 11(d) the Trade Descriptions Act which made this an offence has since been repealed and replaced by Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , see paragraph 16–28 below ) . |
| 7 | Such a Government has something wrong about it . |
| 8 | Such a government has authority over just about everyone in certain matters ( those where individuals have reason to pursue goals requiring social cooperation which is more difficult to achieve in other ways ) and various degrees of more extensive authority in varying measure over different people , either in virtue of other factors covered by the normal justification thesis or through voluntary submission by consent or respect . |
| 9 | But suppose now we require that adequate grammatical descriptions include specifications of the meaning of every word in a language , and such a requirement has normally been assumed , then we find words whose meaning-specifications can only be given by reference to contexts of usage . |
| 10 | This is the first time that such a service has been available at a tennis event . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the test of interest for the popular newspapers seems whether such a case has the potential for titillation rather than an outcry at such wickedness . |
| 12 | No one has yet argued that the attitudes of nineteenth-century working class wives ‘ modernised ’ , although such a case has been made for both young , single working class women and middle class wives . |
| 13 | In fact such a test has been performed to challenge Merton 's contention that there was a puritan majority among its early members . |
| 14 | Such a test has not been routinely available in our Department and this could be seen as a shortcoming in the service that has been offered , as well as a limitation to the scope of this study . |
| 15 | The suggestions of homosexuality are , however , only one aspect of the attempt to discover some " mystery " which he wished to conceal ; and , in fact , the belief that there is such a secret has been largely provoked by the innate secretiveness of his own temperament . |
| 16 | When such a plan has been lodged it will only be necessary for a buyer to search against the plot he is buying on the appropriate form for a search of part ( Form 94B ) , indicating thereon the plot or flat number " as shown on the estate development plan lodged in the Registry on the " — no plan being then necessary as would be the case if no estate plan had been lodged . |
| 17 | Any company involved in such a scheme has to be brave , Mr Riley says . |
| 18 | Any company involved in such a scheme has to be brave , Mr Riley says . |
| 19 | Such a scheme has a factorial treatment structure and is very commonly used in biological research . |
| 20 | ( The very fact that the proposed ‘ Star Wars ’ defensive strategy of the United States involves computerised laser technology should alert us to the fact that such a defence has ominous offensive possibilities . ) |
| 21 | Such a male has a territory so much better than that of neighbours that a ‘ polygyny threshold ’ is surpassed and he gains a second mate . |
| 22 | Such a relationship has produced some of the finest English music this century and it is no secret that Tchaikovsky was homosexual as were many of the great creative minds through the ages . |
| 23 | The fact that such a relationship has been established in a difficult but rewarding area is of significance to all staff . |
| 24 | The solicitors for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council , which paid out £15,000 compensation to Veronica Bland , have confirmed that reports in the media may have given the false impression that such a relationship has been established . |
| 25 | My surprise does not arise from the possibility of a Government defeat over the social chapter but from the fact that it is only now that such a story has found its way onto the front pages . |
| 26 | One can not write of ‘ the real world ’ till such a question has been answered . |
| 27 | If the mood is one of resigned acceptance , that the situation represents one 's life difficulties , that there is no help to be obtained in dealing with the matter , should we consider that such a person has a problem ? |
| 28 | There are lots of charity shops in the High Street , but this is the first time such a venture has been launched in the art world of London . |
| 29 | If now we postmultiply the ( 3 × 2 ) submatrix of A by I , we can add the last result to it to recover A as the matrix product unc Finally , a matrix of rank 1 can be expressed as the product of a column and a row in that order — for such a matrix has effectively only one independent column , all the other columns being proportional to it ; similarly for the rows . |
| 30 | When extra commitments — particular meetings , examinations , or tutorials , for example — come round then such a life-style has to be modified . |