Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1939 ( the only year for which figures are available ) the borough had ten branches with a total membership of 788 ( WCG Annual Report 1939 ) . |
| 2 | By the end of the year , the Association had two Lodges with residents in occupation , and a third in the final stages of conversion . |
| 3 | The great changes in intellectual thinking had little effect upon European culture as a whole . |
| 4 | Manifesto the dressage horse had this problem . |
| 5 | By 1887 , the brigade had new uniforms and brass helmets . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Perhaps only the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa in 1952–53 can rank with it , when each side had four players whose surname started with the letter M. South Africa had McGlew , McLean , Murray and Mansell , while the New Zealanders fielded Meuli , Miller , Mooney and Moir . |
| 8 | Those on its northern side had ample yards or gardens abutting Great Prescott Street , which itself gave onto Goodman 's Fields . |
| 9 | Joe Dwek said the enlarged metal technology side had another record year , with profits 12 p.c. higher on sales up 18 p.c . |
| 10 | No , as Geoff Cooke admitted , ‘ this side had some flaws . ’ |
| 11 | These questions were , to a greater or lesser degree , part and parcel of the armed confrontation , in so far as each side had opposing views on them , but they were merely strands in the overall picture , not the underlying design . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | All patients with sclerosing cholangitis and positive tests for anti-lactoferrin had ulcerative colitis . |
| 14 | Such reasoning had two flaws . |
| 15 | Farther south , the Andean civilisation had more similarities with Mesopotamia than with China ; so the idea that its shaping influence came from across the Pacific seems especially far-fetched . |
| 16 | The bedroom had large bay windows covered with grubby nets . |
| 17 | They wrote one another at first but then my ex-wife had another child , you know how it is … |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | On the other hand they did mean that the defendant had considerable mitigation . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It is unfortunate that the plaintiffs did not take care to see that the defendant had independent advice in the matter . |
| 22 | It must show that the defendant had this knowledge or recklessness at the time he made the statement . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I also realised at that time that the future had little meaning for me . |
| 25 | The division of the county into electoral districts of equal size within which each ratepayer had one vote — voting to be by ballot ; |
| 26 | Elgar 's conducting of the Gerontius Prelude had particular beauty and depth of feeling . |
| 27 | In other words , all patients who presented with intestinal obstruction had malignant strictures . |
| 28 | When it reported in April 1982 , the Club had other difficulties to deal with as the Secretary , Bob Hodson , the Professional , Ian Evans , and the Steward all resigned within a short period . |
| 29 | Ten years ago , when she first started coming , the club had fewer members and it was quiet . |
| 30 | ‘ We recognized that they were a new club , that they had obtained a good holding in a Rugby area and that the club had bright prospects , but our case was clear — Leeds were defiant , and could be defiant through one cause — fear of the papers giving away certain secrets . ’ |