Example sentences of "[adj] to have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 He is embarrassed to have embarrassed Freddie .
2 Each of them is free to have casual encounters outside the strong arms of their love .
3 The party cell was afraid to have open meetings mainly because it feared criticism from what it called the ‘ kulaks ' .
4 The family must be prepared to have black friends to demonstrate to the child that blacks and whites do have common interests and can interact harmoniously .
5 Is it defensible to have different principles for sentencing and for the labelling of offences ?
6 The feminist parallel is again evident : it was all too easy to have massive walls built against women in practically every walk of life .
7 The Elves were content to have powerful allies in the Old World .
8 The Labour leadership was sceptical about workers ' control , indeed Cripps is reported as having said ‘ I think it would be almost impossible to have worker-controlled industry in Britain even if it were on the whole desirable ’ ( Coates & Topham , 1975 , p. 60 ) .
9 The meaning of objects in the human world is shared among people , otherwise it would be impossible to have social relations .
10 The furniture-making craft is so wide and it covers so many disciplines that it is impossible to have in-depth knowledge of all these disciplines all the time .
11 Obviously we lose money if clubs start cancelling matches but we are fortunate to have alternative waters , ’ said Roger .
12 Working the 2 Step programme becomes progressively more relevant on a daily basis in the recognition that it provides such a superb philosophy of life than many recovering people come to consider that they were fortunate to have addictive disease because it led them to the 12 Step Programme .
13 We are fortunate to have exact details of the type of education offered during this period , for in December 1817 James Moorhouse , a 13-year-old pupil at the School , wrote this letter to his Grandfather :
14 I 'm glad you said that , Chairman , I was I was just thinking erm , cut out the but , regarding on Equal Opportunities , erm , Policies , as we 've been discussing already , I would have thought housewives would have been delighted to have conservative hours rest presumably I just thought I was
15 Women with dependent children are less likely to have full-time jobs but more likely to have part-time jobs , than women without .
16 Carbohydrate-based drugs fall into several categories including polysaccharides , oligosaccharides , monosaccharide derivatives and cyclodextrins , and each category is likely to have distinct applications including anti-viral , anti-bacterial and anti-thrombotic uses in various cardiovascular applications .
17 large corporations and organizations , such as are likely to have in-house language training services .
18 Men with periodontitis or who had no teeth were about 70% more likely to have coronary heart disease than were men with no periodontal disease .
19 Yet the overwhelming opinion is that a significant proportion of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by radon , and that people who are likely to have long exposure to high radon levels are at extreme risk .
20 Indeed , in many cases they were precisely the group targeted to carry the burden of job losses in the 1980s , and even when the economy improved they remained the group most likely to have long spells of unemployment .
21 Such families are also more likely to have dangerous forms of heating , and less likely to be insured against damage by fire .
22 Manual socio-economic grades were more likely to have favourable views of HP and mail order than people in non-manual grades , and were particularly likely not to know how bank loans or credit cards worked .
23 SSDs had more knowledge of the number of disabled people in their area than had housing departments , and they were more likely to have specific policies on meeting their needs .
24 Cost , or the need to plan within specific budgets , was more likely to be mentioned by the training officer group , perhaps because they were more likely to have specific budgets .
25 Likely to have wide knowledge of both the fish and their requirements .
26 The action is likely to have wide implications .
27 One in five children was likely to have behavioural problems due to a deprived home life and other factors , Professor Stone said .
28 Although I had kept in contact with several school friends from St Paul 's , I knew only one who was likely to have surplus accommodation in London , and I considered she might well turn out to be my one hope of not having to spend the rest of my life on a train somewhere between Romford and Regent 's Park .
29 The strike is likely to have knock-on effects causing some delays for travellers tomorrow , with rolling stock likely to be left out of position as a result of today 's stoppage .
30 Management would also be obliged to consult employees ' representatives on matters likely to have serious consequences for their interests , with a view to attempting to reach agreement .
  Next page