Example sentences of "[noun pl] have a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow , I 'm sure that wild animals have a sixth sense that tells them they 're safe , even in the presence of their arch-enemy , man . |
| 2 | The conservatives had a third victory the following day when the fathers were to vote on the Decree on Ecumenism . |
| 3 | To ensure Consultants had a first class knowledge of the industry , all were obliged to obtain the Financial Planning Certificate awarded by the Life Insurance Association and Chartered Insurance Institute . |
| 4 | Only 12 per cent of British managers have a first degree . |
| 5 | If disguises are penetrated , many caterpillars have a second line of defence . |
| 6 | As noted earlier , in addition to treating patients themselves or referring them on to another agency , GPs had a third option , that of effectively doing nothing . |
| 7 | Six patients had a third dialysis after at least a further four weeks . |
| 8 | 95% of male names have a first syllable which is strongly stressed , whereas only 7% of female names show this pattern . |
| 9 | At six weeks the litters disperse , leaving enough time for some females to have a second litter in late summer . |
| 10 | We do not know how many mares have a second hybrid foal , but even so this figure seems unusually high . |
| 11 | As well as the normal jockey wheels , these tanker trailers had a second air of jockey wheels , which worked in conjunction with a similar wheel fitted on the outside face of the road wheels . |
| 12 | Ebenezer Howard 's concept of the social city was of course essentially regional in territorial scope , and with the founding of Welwyn Garden City in 1920 , the advocates of planned satellites had a second success to record ( Purdom , 1925 ; Macfadyen , 1933 ) . |
| 13 | Low birth weight appears to be comparatively most widespread among the babies of young teenagers ; for example , 31 per cent of babies born to United States girls who had a second birth before reaching age 15 and 20 per cent of those born to 15–19 year old women having a fourth or higher order birth ( Omran , 1981 ) . |
| 14 | Three-hole mixers have a third connection for a pop-up waste control and/or the spout . |