Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] have a " in BNC.

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1 AMERICA 'S recession may have a silver lining .
2 A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled .
3 No other user may have an interest in the module ie. no other LIFESPAN user may have a package which references this module as this would involve more than module baselining .
4 recognises that an original lessee may have a defence if the assignee not performing has in some way been absolved from performance .
5 For example , someone who has just completed a questionnaire ( at T 1 ) on nutrition may have a response to a film on food additives different from that which they would have had in the absence of the questionnaire .
6 The basket of shares in the index is seldom identical to the market portfolio and so the basket of shares corresponding to the index may have a beta value ( with respect to the market portfolio ) that differs from unity .
7 1.3 The employee 's duty not to make preparations in order to compete with his employer after he has left or to enable another to do so The employee can not make preparations during his employment , either during the working day or in his spare time , with a view to competing with his employer once his employment is over if such preparation may have a material effect on his employer 's business .
8 But they can just look through so they can say I ca n't think of an accent let's have a quick look through this list .
9 Alternatively , a retailer may have a supply of printed enquiry forms .
10 I did , however , manage to express my views as a practitioner , as one who actually nurses in the system of which she is so poorly informed , and I suggest that if more of us did the same , then perhaps our collective expertise may have a greater influence .
11 The course may have a water jump .
12 Possibly photography may have a new life as trompe l'oeil .
13 If this hypothesis was correct , drugs that modulate upper gastrointestinal motility may have a role in the treatment of DU patients .
14 The Hector 's story may have a happy ending , as the establishment of entanglement .
15 The story may have a basis in fact ; it is possible there was a prehistoric dwelling here that is now swallowed up in the mud at the bottom of the lake .
16 Finally , if agencies are able to ‘ control the agenda ’ by offering only one expenditure programme as an alternative to the ‘ reversion level ’ if the plan is not accepted , then variations in the reversion level may have a perverse effect on spending .
17 A lectern should have a minimum depth of 38cm and a minimum width of 5Ocm — space to hold two A4 sheets alongside each other — and a ‘ lip ’ of at least 1.5cm to stop papers sliding off onto the floor .
18 However , it recommends that the auditor should have a duty to report direct to the regulator and should be required to examine and comment on the effectiveness of the internal controls the trustees have established .
19 Heroism should have a moral or social purpose .
20 The drafter must have a clear idea of what the terms are intended to achieve ; broadly , he/she must have ( 1 ) a sound grasp of the relevant law applying to contracts of supply and ( 2 ) a clear understanding of the nature of the client 's business and the client 's particular needs .
21 In order to achieve these objectives the drafter must have a clear understanding of the following matters .
22 ( g ) Survey arrangements Every buyer should have a survey of the property he or she proposes to buy .
23 To be effective , the programmer must have a clear objective , and be able to predict areas of difficulty and provide subroutines to deal with them .
24 The practical games PC should have a 386SX processor , 2Mb of RAM , a 40Mb hard disk and an Ad-Lib or Sound Blaster-compatible sound card .
25 To be successful , a futures contract must have a liquid market with low transactions costs associated with trading in the contract .
26 Of course , in order to be able to establish an option contract on an underlying futures contract , the futures contract must have a prior existence .
27 Another question is whether Parliament should give its approval first before a public inquiry is held or whether Parliament should have a say after the inquiry .
28 Each sentence must have a meaning all its own , if that meaning is able to be exactly copied by a sentence in another language .
29 All candidates for admission to a taught postgraduate course should have a first degree in an appropriate subject , or a qualification or experience which is acceptable as equivalent .
30 Anyone inspecting a bat roost must have a licence from English Nature ( or the Scottish or Welsh equivalents ) .
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