Example sentences of "[noun sg] had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , religion had a considerable influence on herbal use in cookery , since the church authorities decreed the times when meat should be eaten , when fish only was the rule , and when there were fast days or fasting weeks . |
| 2 | Many girls spoke to me of their feelings that their mother 's own self-image had a strong effect on them . |
| 3 | Speed had an off day but still managed to score . |
| 4 | The Management of AIB Bank and the Irish Bank Officials ' Association had a recent meeting regarding the future plans of the Bank . |
| 5 | LORD WRIGHT : I think the jury should be directed by the judge that the respondent Association had a legal right to put the person 's name on the stop list , so long as they did so in order to promote the trade interests of the Association and its members and not with intent to injure , and so long as the money , fine or penalty demanded was reasonable and not extortionate . |
| 6 | The Association had a good press . |
| 7 | The association had a tidy office in the busy Avenida del Sol . |
| 8 | Though it is rare to find consensus among footballers and the media , few on either side had a good , or even printable , word for Toshack in Wales while he was marching Swansea to the top of the hill and down again . |
| 9 | The negotiators immediately ran into a problem : no-one on Louis 's and Charles 's side had a thorough knowledge of the whole " empire " ( totius imperii ) . |
| 10 | Is it , it 's like a big eye , and it was black one side and white the other side and the black side had a white pupil and the white the other side had a black one |
| 11 | If the square on the side had a square perimeter of 16m what would be the length of each side ? |
| 12 | IF ONLY one side had a clear lead , what parties there would be : parties to welcome home John Major , parties to see off the blasted yoke of Tory rule , parties for the sake of parties . |
| 13 | Is it , it 's like a big eye , and it was black one side and white the other side and the black side had a white pupil and the white the other side had a black one |
| 14 | The home side had an early chance after an Alan Kernaghan slip but Curtis Fleming blocked Dion Dublin 's shot . |
| 15 | It has to be remembered that prior to the arrival of European traders of any kind the African continent had a large number of flourishing economies and civilizations which had food surpluses , extensive trade networks , cities , complex technologies and craft products , and elaborate political systems ( Davidson , 1974 , pp. 67–174 ) . |
| 16 | The Royal Artillery had a regimental button . |
| 17 | Oesophageal motility studies showed that 16 of the 26 patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus had a defective lower oesophageal sphincter as defined by Zaninotto et al and a similar proportion of each group had weak or ineffective lower oesophageal peristaltic amplitude . |
| 18 | The stroke had a devastating effect on Stanley 's life . |
| 19 | In foreign policy the Carter administration had a mixed record . |
| 20 | The bedroom had a sloping ceiling and was very simply furnished ; a double bed covered with a white quilt , a bow fronted chest of drawers and the armchair in which the old man sat . |
| 21 | For what it is worth , the general conclusion which emerged was that overseas investment had a small positive effect on exports . |
| 22 | As stated previously , Dunning and colleagues ( 1984 ) show how football crowd violence had a low level of incidence in the post-war years , but rose in frequency from the mid-sixties on . |
| 23 | The distinction between this case and Stevenson 's case is that in Stevenson 's case the defendant had a regular practice of selling his ex-rental cars and also in selling those cars he was selling something akin to stock-in-trade . |
| 24 | Never assume that the defendant had a particular state of mind unless the question states that he had it . |
| 25 | Adam had warned her that one stretch near to the coast had a dubious reputation for flooding , but she did not let that worry her . |
| 26 | However this has not always been the case ; the first version of the Texas Instruments TMS32010 simulator had an appalling screen display which relied on scrolling instead of bit mapped refresh . |
| 27 | He deduced that carbon had a combining power ( valency ) of four or two and a unique capacity for joining itself to other atoms of its own kind , the secret of the existence of millions of organic ( carbon ) compounds . |
| 28 | Someone at general command had a great idea , a cheap-rate sequel to GI Blues in which a young Scottish footballer plays the part of a handsome conscript . |
| 29 | But then , of course , the club had a desperate need of publicity to keep their generous new sponsors happy . |
| 30 | At least the club had a good jazz band , and a first-class cabaret . |