Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All patients with sclerosing cholangitis and positive tests for anti-lactoferrin had ulcerative colitis . |
| 2 | The bedroom had large bay windows covered with grubby nets . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | On the other hand they did mean that the defendant had considerable mitigation . |
| 5 | It is unfortunate that the plaintiffs did not take care to see that the defendant had independent advice in the matter . |
| 6 | Elgar 's conducting of the Gerontius Prelude had particular beauty and depth of feeling . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | The agent had unforeseen business to detain him . |
| 10 | The monk 's cell had stout clay walls and a plaster roof supported by a sturdy central prop . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | The two studies can not be compared , however , because Orchard and Bickerstaff did not define the type of gastritis because the patients in their study had ulcerative disease that affected the stomach and not the duodenum . |
| 13 | Finally , since our main finding was the absence of a strong relation between age and mortality , it is appropriate to ask whether the study had sufficient power . |
| 14 | All subjects in the study had antral gastritis . |
| 15 | But , he added , appraisal had great potential to improve standards , and regulations requiring local authorities to introduce it would be brought forward eventually . |
| 16 | In this state , he attacks the professor 's wife and tries to rape her , while she , in turn , has discovered that her former lover had venereal disease and has also made her pregnant ! |
| 17 | In other words , a college had substantial Government money but was producing education standards that were not satisfactory to the inspectorate . |
| 18 | From 1972 , where an institution had sufficient experience of conducting and supervising research work , and had an established committee geared to the vetting of research proposals , it could be authorized to register candidates for the CNAA 's degree of MPhil , without going through the CNAA 's own degree registration machinery . |
| 19 | Other social pressures , chief among them that of patronage in an age in which patronage had unprecedented importance in Roman society , must have had at least as great an importance . |
| 20 | If the case did concern a public function , the court would have to decide whether the applicant had sufficient standing , whether the case was brought in time , and whether the case was a hopeless , frivolous , or vexatious one . |
| 21 | We did not find a significant association between laminin concentrations and portal hypertension in our patients with cirrhosis , and laminin concentration had insufficient sensitivity , specificity , efficiency , and predictability to be clinically relable in the detection of portal hypertension . |
| 22 | But while there now seems little doubt that the drawing is by Leonardo , the question remains as to whether the theft had royal approval . |
| 23 | It would ensure that the vote of every citizen had equal weight . |
| 24 | He might also be likened to Montgomery , in that he judged this ‘ definitive effort ’ could not take place until there was certainty of success ; until the attacking force had three-to-one superiority . |
| 25 | A number of American cases ruled that reassignment need not be made where the disabled employee had insufficient seniority under local union agreements or where collective bargaining had established job-related standards for the reassigned position which the disabled employee could not meet . |
| 26 | The President had good reason for trying to reform the Supreme Court . |
| 27 | Which meant that the butis had total Community meetings to come to a ‘ synthesized accord ’ whenever the need was felt . |
| 28 | ‘ She was very strict ’ , the queen remembered , ‘ and the Princess had great respect and even awe of her , but with that the greatest affection . ’ |
| 29 | The committee had considerable success in elections at the meeting , securing all three contested seats on the General Committee and , more importantly , ousting Alf Barnes from the presidency in a close vote . |
| 30 | 6 Corporate systems must be aligned to support TQM : Two of the great pioneers of total quality management , Edwards Deming and J.H. Juran , whose work had great influence on Japanese companies after the Second World War , discovered that quality problems were usually built into the design of production processes and could not be attributed to the ill-will or incompetence of workers . |