Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurs in Henry IV , Part I. Falstaff and the Prince are having a high old time by pretending in turn to be the King chastising Hal for his association with Falstaff . |
| 2 | The Government 's initiatives on rough sleeping are having a marked effect on the problem in London . |
| 3 | ‘ Underfunding is having a detrimental effect on the adequacy of policing services , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The focus-puller 's girlfriend is having a baby and he wanted to call headquarters in Caracas to see if there was any news but Vic said no . |
| 5 | Jeffrey : For many people involvement in campaigns around AIDS is having a similar effect to involvement in gay liberation campaigns , in that you get a tremendous sense of common feeling , almost a sort of euphoric sense of working together . |
| 6 | The club is having a rally in Northern Ireland to celebrate its 10th anniversary . |
| 7 | ‘ The energy conservation programme is having a definite effect on sales , ’ said Silverlight head . |
| 8 | I 'm not coming on anywhere , I 'm sitting down I 'm having a rest Mummy 's having a rest . |
| 9 | As you know , my intention is to have a perfect record of the island from prehistoric to present times . |
| 10 | The intention is to have a draft Structure Plan Review available in the early part of next year . |
| 11 | While the managers ' long-term intention is to have a balance in Europe , Mr Burns believed that with the main continental economies in difficulty , prospects in the short term do not look attractive . |
| 12 | My ambition is to have a different look each day so that I ca n't be labelled . ’ |
| 13 | The boy from Horsham , Sussex , declares his ambition is to have a bath with politician Virginia Bottomley . |
| 14 | The ambition is to have a major tournament here by 95 … and the ryder cup soon after that … |
| 15 | The alternative is to have a number of separate manilla folders with loose sheets in . |
| 16 | Tinware is having a well-earned revival at the moment , especially the painted decoupage variety shown here . |
| 17 | Keke was having a totally unsatisfactory time at Williams and Lauda the miseries at McLaren . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , the Bodegraven was having a hard time trying to dear Dutch waters . |
| 19 | The original intention was to have a flexible rate of development charge . |
| 20 | Elsewhere in the Lakes the tourist industry was having a last determined autumn fling , but not here , not in this quiet and relatively undiscovered cul-de-sac . |
| 21 | But the love that surrounds that boy is having a marvellous effect in giving him a life . |
| 22 | The proposal is to have a very broadly-based qualification at level II , while the general SVQ at level III will encourage more specialisation by including modules in agriculture , horticulture , forestry , and environmental conservation . |
| 23 | Yet a mere glance at the list will reveal the predominance of the I form ( 960 times in my count , taking all first-person forms : I/me/my/myself/mine ) and the You or Thou form ( 890 times , including thou/thee/thy/thine/thyself ; you/ye/your/yours/yourself ) , over the third-person forms , where these imply either a third-person account of the beloved ( He in Sonnets 1–126 : 51 times ; She in Sonnets 127–52 : 31 times ) or a reference to some third party with whom the poet or his beloved is having a relationship ( She in Sonnets 1–126 : 11 instances ; He in Sonnets 127–52 : 22 instances ; total 33 ) . |
| 24 | Cat 's having a fight by the look of it . |
| 25 | Yeah good old cat 's having a Mum 'll be dead chuffed , I 've cleaned the toilet . |
| 26 | There may also be stronger incentives as a result of management 's having a significant equity stake in the company , and the stringent repayment conditions that banks and other institutions attach to the finance they provide to make the buy-out possible . |
| 27 | Another plan is to have a small set of advisory groups that would act as ‘ think tanks ’ in certain areas . |
| 28 | Cos the whole object of the exercise is to have a lodger is to pay yo your way . |
| 29 | ‘ This is excellent , lad , and I do believe that this exercise is having a beneficial side-effect , namely an improvement in both your grammar and the general ordering of your still-immature intellect . |
| 30 | A special reception area is being created in Scarborough Town Hall , and the borough council is to have a special logo and marketing slogan designed . |