Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great changes in intellectual thinking had little effect upon European culture as a whole . |
| 2 | Manifesto the dressage horse had this problem . |
| 3 | The civil servants of enlightened despotism had little conception of systematically using institutional power against the aristocracy ; bureaucrats thought of themselves as government servants , not as combatants in a class struggle . |
| 4 | Joe Dwek said the enlarged metal technology side had another record year , with profits 12 p.c. higher on sales up 18 p.c . |
| 5 | Mummy had this thing about these , I do n't know what you 'd call them , pelicans I 'd no , not pelicans , what do they call them ? |
| 6 | All patients with sclerosing cholangitis and positive tests for anti-lactoferrin had ulcerative colitis . |
| 7 | The bedroom had large bay windows covered with grubby nets . |
| 8 | They wrote one another at first but then my ex-wife had another child , you know how it is … |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | On the other hand they did mean that the defendant had considerable mitigation . |
| 11 | The defendant had some reason for wishing to weigh the boilers ; and he could do so only by obtaining permission from the plaintiff , which he did obtain by promising to return them in good condition . |
| 12 | It is unfortunate that the plaintiffs did not take care to see that the defendant had independent advice in the matter . |
| 13 | It must show that the defendant had this knowledge or recklessness at the time he made the statement . |
| 14 | The seafaring Omanis of the Batinah coast had little contact with the interior , but travelled far and wide in search of trade , even building a maritime empire in the area between Portuguese and British domination of the trade routes . |
| 15 | I also realised at that time that the future had little meaning for me . |
| 16 | The division of the county into electoral districts of equal size within which each ratepayer had one vote — voting to be by ballot ; |
| 17 | Elgar 's conducting of the Gerontius Prelude had particular beauty and depth of feeling . |
| 18 | erm , and they did remarkably well , you know , taking it over , they were really very acceptable at the end , but the whole programme had this sub-plot of how antagonistic most of the prison officers were , not all of them , cos they obviously has some support to keep it going , but a lot of them were antagonistic towards what was going on , and not only that but just the the prison system , you know , this chap got transferred from one prison to another , when he was mid-way through rehearsals , you know , I mean why should n't he have stayed there , |
| 19 | Another general election was not due until May 1994 , and with the amended law perceived as likely to benefit the ND , the opposition had less incentive to press for an early election . |
| 20 | Boardwalk was no flying machine , a big clumsy four-year-old who had yet to win a race , but none of the opposition had any form . |
| 21 | However , a spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress ( INC ) said in London on Aug. 25 that no section of the opposition had any interest in the disintegration of Iraq . |
| 22 | In Armagas Ltd v Mudogas SA [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 385 the House of Lords held that where an agent had no apparent authority to make statements about the subject matter of the contract , a party dealing with the agent could not argue that the agent had apparent authority to make statements about his own authority , nor that the principal was vicariously liable for his fraud . |
| 23 | What is stated in the bill is only conclusive evidence against the master or agent who signed it , ‘ even where the carrier 's agent had actual authority to sign . ’ |
| 24 | The agent had unforeseen business to detain him . |
| 25 | The nearer the pilgrim approached the Pyrenees the deeper he penetrated a countryside where almost every landmark had some kind of association with Roland . |
| 26 | The Head of Department accepted that the department had some responsibility for the insalubrious state of the Pottery Hut and that it was possible to do more 3D work , although the problem of group size in this should be recognised in the report . |
| 27 | The monk 's cell had stout clay walls and a plaster roof supported by a sturdy central prop . |
| 28 | In Victorian Britain or France during the Second Empire the critic had some influence over taste . |
| 29 | The turbine had little success as it emptied the mill pond too quickly and thus became inefficient , a common problem with the early turbines . |
| 30 | One patient originally included in the study had acute colitis and a high level of IgG anti-lactoferrin at the first sampling occasion , and a further raised anti-lactoferrin level in a later serum sample ( not illustrated ) . |