Example sentences of "[noun pl] having a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cold shops with their sad gas-lamps were full of Christmas shoppers feeling sorry for themselves , and shoplifters having a field-day . |
| 2 | see the kids having a look when it , you know , you watch . |
| 3 | Ask Clint whether he feels it has been tough for his kids having a superstar dad and he looks cagey : ‘ Everyone worries about their kids . |
| 4 | One can define , for some probe order , the consistency measure Σ c f ∘ ( c ) for the total fit of all the clones to the probes , where f ∘ ( c ) is the fit of the clone c , either as defined above or extended to allow for probes having a length or being repetitive . |
| 5 | It is doubtful if we can talk about modern nations having a culture in the sense that we can say that there is a monolithic entity called American culture or British culture . |
| 6 | " with the view to promoting the co-operation of the two schools and the possibility of avoiding the teaching subjects in the two schools having a tendency to overlap and so bringing the two schools more fully in accord with the requirements of the town . " |
| 7 | The , the point of the change in our constitution was actually to er move strictly away from all parish organizations having a right to representative here , and just a small number have elected . |
| 8 | Both came to the Sunday services immediately after coming along to the centre , one of the lads having a belief in Jesus but had never taken the step of repentance and asking Him into his heart , when he did his reaction was to say he felt the chains fall from him and that he believes Jesus has broken his addiction to alcohol . |
| 9 | It is either unc or a triple , whose first component is a set of directed channels , the output channels having a multiplicity . |
| 10 | The act created the concept of commercial contracts and of traders having a firm registered at the ‘ Firm Registry ’ and also dealt with partnerships , limited partnerships , joint-stock companies , and co-operatives ( which were considered to be business enterprises ) . |
| 11 | More or less on the same lines having a point of view and putting it across without wavering , do n't erm |
| 12 | These contradictory data could perhaps be explained by different viruses having a role in different geographical areas . |
| 13 | We were on the doorsteps , the bobbies having a smoke . |
| 14 | The clear distinction made by these two conditionals gives a clear sense to talk , mainly by philosophers , of causal circumstances having a power lacked by effects , and so on . |
| 15 | Its internal structuring , however , may be on a geographical basis in terms of area offices and on a client basis in terms of individual officials having a number of cases to deal with . |
| 16 | And this was the trolls having a celebration of some kind . |
| 17 | In the constant search for new materials with improved performance , the idea of mixing two or more different polymers to form new substances having a combination of all the attributes of the components , is deceptively attractive . |
| 18 | He stood there in the crowded classroom , half listening to Mrs Willmot , and thought of the inexorable process going on all round him — the lives whose courses were being decided at this moment , behind the innocent-seeming chatter , the smiles , the faintly carnival atmosphere of families having a day out . |
| 19 | The last thing we want is pictures of him on the back pages having a punch-up . |
| 20 | Two thugs having a square-go in Glasgow could not have set about one another with any less ferocity than the Scottish Secretary and the Scottish National Party leader did on Tuesday . |
| 21 | The statute referred to relatives having a claim for damages when a person died from injuries sustained because of a negligent act . |
| 22 | ‘ This is an ideal situation for us , ’ says Gaynor , ‘ having both been working with other companies mainly as dancers having a home setting for us to be creative in our own right . ’ |
| 23 | That joke no doubt will appeal to all who question the value of accountants having a stranglehold on top jobs in Britain 's industry and commerce . |
| 24 | If a proposed merger is likely to lead to the merged firms having a market share greater than one quarter or alternatively involves assets in excess of £30 million , then it may be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 25 | The peer group makes decisions in a democratic way , with all owners having a say in the final decision . |
| 26 | A separated spouse would be regarded as a spouse for the purpose of these provisions unless , in accordance with existing practice on other provisions having a bearing on ‘ settlor interest ’ trusts , the separation is permanent . |
| 27 | Vertical mergers having a Community dimension can be investigated under the various provisions in EC law . |
| 28 | At the time , the television networks served up images of Gap-wearing middle-managers having a day out . |
| 29 | In the study reported by Pezim and others , 5% of patients having a pouch procedure were identified as having indeterminant colitis . |
| 30 | This compares with a small bowel resection rate of only 4% at five years among 116 patients having a proctocolectomy for Crohn 's colitis in this unit . |