Example sentences of "[noun pl] to have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fascism ’ , he said , ‘ is not a creed for the smug mice who choose to emerge from under Bloomsbury tea-cosies to have a nibble at it . ’ |
| 2 | It is therefore a legal necessity for almost all goat-keepers to have a copy of the MAFF Code of Welfare of Goats . |
| 3 | I pointed Armstrong westwards but pulled over near a post office and a couple of shops to have a think . |
| 4 | Somehow ‘ Carlsson ’ does n't quite cut the mustard like Porsche 's ‘ Carrera ’ , but these are the first of the company 's production-line cars to have a name — like BMWs , they have always had numbers — and as the man at Saab said , at least you can pronounce it . |
| 5 | Bransby Cooper says that ‘ I have sometimes suffered from the Professor 's love of cold air ; for if ever he could manage at his parties to have a window left open unperceived , he was delighted ; and many a time when I have dined with him I have said ‘ Pray , Mr Coleman , have your ventilators shut or I shall be blown out of the room ’ , at which he laughed and had the direction of the current changed by stealth so as to apply the breeze upon some other visitor less sensitive than myself' . |
| 6 | In other words to have a file of lecturers in lecturer number order , another in name order , another in status order , and yet another one according to qualification . |
| 7 | There is a recognised case for the utilities to have a right of compulsory acquiring the use of land . |
| 8 | They remembered it because it was so unusual for the Zosers to have a visitor , and because he came so late . |
| 9 | Four-fifths of chief executives favoured legislation requiring companies to have a remuneration committee dominated by outsiders . |
| 10 | The organisation 's policy is to allow no more than 4 companies to have a franchise in any one country . |
| 11 | In order for the crews to have a chance of completing a tour of thirty operations , losses had to fall below 4% , but on trips to Berlin , Stettin , Magdeburg and Nuremburg — all long-haul destinations — they sometimes touched 10% . |
| 12 | All attempts by the parents to have a Lydia or a Charles would be doomed to failure : one Lydia just lived to see her first birthday — the first two years of life seeming to be the most dangerous by far for the poor little infants — and the next passed away at the age of three , baptised at St John 's but buried by the Baptists of Badcox Lane . |
| 13 | As soon as you had a break in your ploughing you 'd walk along the headlings to have a look at your neighbour 's work , to see where he had gone wrong , or if his ploughing was better than yours . |
| 14 | An all round athlete and an all round communicator — his aim is to inspire youngsters to have a go , what ever their limitations . |
| 15 | They would have to win their remaining two games by big margins to have a chance of escaping , starting next week at Walsall , who are just above them . |
| 16 | In arguing that companion animals , particularly dogs and cats , require freedom of movement and the company of other animals , one has to accept that allowing cats to roam freely and dogs to have a period of exercise off the lead is necessary to ensure good animal welfare . |
| 17 | This might seem curious , but Ford of Europe only allows dealers to have a maximum of eight franchises and Evans was at its limit . |
| 18 | For example , you would n't consider hair dryers to have a gender but it seems that they do and masculine black is popular with the boys . |
| 19 | The couple had waited ten years to have a child , only for driving instructor David to fall into a delirium with appendicitis as Helen went into labour . |
| 20 | The ultimate answer used to be a move to the former East Germany , where some would-be subscribers had reportedly been waiting 23 years to have a telephone installed . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've waited for years to have a Formula One world champion like Mansell — and now it looks as though we wo n't be able to use him . |
| 22 | NICK HASTED investigates the often perilous journey from printed page to silver screen , reveals a few stories still waiting in the wings — and dares film-makers to have a crack at some of literature 's more , erm , cerebral delights … |
| 23 | In the USA it is common practice for personal injury firms to have a nurse on the staff who accompanies the plaintiff to the defendant 's examination and takes notes . |
| 24 | Quality standards require firms to have a system that ensures that time spent on case work can be properly recorded and attributed . |
| 25 | Both guarantee every woman 's rights to have a child and everybody 's right to found a family . |
| 26 | The first gerrymander of the city occurred in 1896 , with the Londonderry improvement Bill ; this created five electoral wards , one of which held the bulk of the city 's Catholics , and enabled the Unionists to have a majority in the others . |
| 27 | Factors which are deemed by managers to have a bearing on the integration of the demented include : i the proportion of the total who are dementing ii the physical layout of the home iii the level of skill among staff iv the attitudes of other residents v the attitudes of staff . |
| 28 | It is common for bulk work providers to have a lawyer assigned to them as a contact point . |
| 29 | I do hope that I have encouraged any nervous knitters to have a try at using the reader . |
| 30 | But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ? |