Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The DSS says every claim is decided upon it 's merits and the amount of cash it has available in the social fund . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This is a sentiment I strongly agree with , but as an argument it has three problems . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | While there are obviously problems in developing and using this type of notional scale it has some utility . |
| 12 | Thus as a formal method of scrutiny it has little value . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , as it stands at present it has many deficiencies , because : |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | The only , the only thing it has short days |
| 18 | With this symmetry it has four totally symmetric vibrations , and all are seen in the resonance Raman spectrum ( Fig. 5.53 ) . |
| 19 | Referring to ‘ active citizenship ’ as defined by Douglas Hurd , he wrote : ‘ As a platitude it has much to commend it . |
| 20 | As a monument to extravagance of taste it has few equals in England , although it may not entirely justify the descriptions of a series of upended turnips stuck on boxes or St Paul 's pups which two irreverent contemporaries , William Cobbett and Dean Smith , bestowed on it . |
| 21 | Considering the mess Hollywood might have been made of Triumph Of The Spirit ( Rocky in the Death Camps ? ) , we should be grateful this true life biopic about a Greek boxer imprisoned in Auschwitz and forced to fight for his captors ' entertainment has ended up the way it has dignified but dull , lacking any real historical punch . |
| 22 | Like the milt it has wide and ancient associations . |
| 23 | This self-obsession , the looking inwards and away from the real world , represents a full circle turned in approximately twenty years , and this time it has official sanction and encouragement . |
| 24 | The authors concerned assume that the word " father " ( or its equivalent in other languages ) has a single meaning in itself , whereas in fact it has many different meanings depending upon what other term forms the other half of the dyadic relationship . |
| 25 | In fact it has three of the blighters , two of which are occupied by a VL-bus ET4000 Super VGA card and a cached IDE host adaptor , the first I 've seen . |
| 26 | In some ways , however , Maidstone is several small prisons within one perimeter , for in addition to being a training prison it has two special functions . |
| 27 | The resulting language varies from one author to another , but as written language it has many general features which can be described and analysed ( Perera , 1984 ) . |
| 28 | As a language it has some particular features : |
| 29 | As a foundation material it has numerous advantages : it is strong , does not lose its shape and can be spun into strands sufficiently thin to allow fine weaving . |
| 30 | Quality : If a firm makes a component rather than buys it from an external party it has greater control over the quality of the component . |