Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] have [det] " in BNC.

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1 Colour and shape have always been used as a basis for sorting , but objects may have many properties , and can be sorted , for example , according to size , weight or texture .
2 Paragraph ( c ) is a quite extraordinary delegation ( if not abdication ) of legislative responsibility , of which the courts may have some difficulty in making sense .
3 But these reasons may have little to do with intrinsic features of their religion .
4 The contemporary meaning and significance of phenomena may have little to do with the shape and form which links them , however remotely , with the past .
5 It seems clear , however , that corporate groups may have many interdependencies between SBUs .
6 Young Germans may have less in common than is thought , writes Michael Simmons
7 That the plebs should have less seconds in their minutes .
8 Yet if they are to fulfil their responsibility to monitor their population 's access to health care the authorities must have all of this information .
9 These rules must have that generality and universality which make them ingredients in impartial determinations and sufficient precision and bite to be used in making genuine resolutions of disputes , for instance , over territory ; second , the extension of the role and jurisdiction of juridically sound international courts on the model of the International Court of Justice , to which there will be compulsory reference of disorder endangering disputes to be decided by the application of the relevant set of reformed international laws , and the decisions of which would be mandatory with no reservations permitted ; 4 third , the massive extension of non-coercive jural agencies in the area of enforcement where this is taken to mean the monitoring of the behaviour of states in relation to international law and the decisions of international courts .
10 A crab missing a few legs may have enough running power left to survive , but a crab that is completely legless might as well be dead .
11 Some databases may have all the information in one record held in one large field e.g. Prestel , COMMUNITEL or MICROVIEWDATA databases , while database management programs may have a number of fields all of which can be accessed individually e.g. KWIRS , SIR , QUEST or MASTERFILE .
12 ‘ SRN readers may have some specialist knowledge of the railcars ’ actual operational history on foreign lines , be it personal knowledge or known literary sources . ’
13 This study lends further support to the theory that these compounds may have some role in the pathogenesis of polyps and colorectal cancer .
14 Er some districts may have some knowledge .
15 Lips must have more colour this autumn to balance the importance of eyes ’ , says Mrs Lauder .
16 However , these methods must have some appeal to the patient .
17 If it had diminished then , disbelieving the evidence and wishing to make sure , the radiologists might have another go .
18 These students were aware that they were being magnanimous towards the arts ; very few conceded that the arts might have more to offer than sciences .
19 Even in Yorkshire , where you would think that watching all those frisky animals might have some sort of knock-on ( or knock-up ) effect , the people only manage 67 times — which makes them the lowest in the league table .
20 ‘ In this way boys and girls would get ample opportunity of guidance as to their choice of careers , and those who were going to be apprenticed or learn skilled trades might have all their arrangements made while still at school . ’
21 When we come up to date with the recent rise of ‘ law and order ideology ’ encouraged by politicians of the Right , Marxists need have little difficulty perceiving whose interests are being served ( Hall et al. , 1979 ; Hall 1979 , 1990 ) .
22 They should , for that matter , hand out a runners-up trophy too a replica of Wembley would do so the beaten finalists would have more than forced smiles to parade on homecoming day .
23 I wish shops would have more uniformity when it comes to sizing guides .
24 I would n't object to a few ex-Presidents — Dickie and Ronnie and the lads would have some fascinating tales .
25 Up to 3,000 students at Bucharest Polytechnic , as well as demanding sweeping changes in education policy , expressed concern that the NSF was dominated by communists who were trying to ensure that they stayed in power by scheduling the elections so that the emerging political parties would have little time to organize .
26 In a primitive world where some creatures had no eyes at all and others had lensless eyes , the ones with lensless eyes would have all sorts of advantages .
27 The assembled kids would have more confidence in him if they continued to believe him a cop , rather that just the old man of one of their number chancing his arm .
28 So although lexicographers may purposely employ experts to contribute to the compilation of definitions in more esoteric domains , it is nevertheless the case that more everyday words will have more widely understood patterns of usage that are reflected in both the definitions they possess and the manner in which they are used in a typical business letter .
29 The other schools will have fewer pupils from social classes 1 and 2 .
30 The schools will have fewer resources and a narrower range of subject options and , as a result , their relative failure will be reinforced .
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