Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | " I have better things to do . " |
2 | I have better things to do . |
3 | The Boro boss said : ‘ I have better things to do than discuss idle gossip . |
4 | ‘ I have deeper feelings than ever you could comprehend , ’ he said . |
5 | I have further questions to ask you . ’ |
6 | I 've chosen you because I 've noticed you have better powers of concentration than either of my sisters . ’ |
7 | Undoubtedly you have better things to do than reply to me , but then again I am too busy to write except that I am so annoyed . |
8 | Essentially , what you have inside an atom is you have a very small mass of core , called the nucleus , and around this nucleus you have lighter particles called electrons , which orbit in closed orbits . |
9 | If you have further queries on this or any other topic , please give me — or one of my colleagues — a call . |
10 | Th there , there 's a minu a minute example , erm , in fact it 's probably more effective in some ways , than the great fora , forum , in which you have larger assemblies of people who enjoy th the hours , during the course of the day , but often do n't go away and do anything . |
11 | We have better things to do than kill each other . ’ |
12 | We have better sightings , anyway . ’ |
13 | If we have further nominations for the Chairman 's position , the same invitation will be given . |
14 | ‘ We have shorter runs and more colour changes these days , and we have to be flexible enough to meet these requirements . ’ |
15 | ‘ We have smaller classes and we buy in individual music tuition for 100 children . |
16 | In fourteen years the Northern Region alone has lost over two hundred thousand manufacturing jobs and when a fella visiting us today says that we 're all workers , I remember telling me that , that we di might eat all out the same trough , but by the hell they have bigger spoons than we have . |
17 | And because they have bigger appetites , they could eventually deplete the rivers ' resources , leaving them empty of salmon of any description . |
18 | They have some power over the length of the school day , they are an avenue for parental complaint and they have wider powers than in the past over matters of school discipline and in the appointment and dismissal of teachers . |
19 | They have wider bills than their mainland counterparts , and are also more glossy and less spotted . |
20 | ‘ People who have skills in one authority are likely to be accepted in another unless they have higher standards of training and qualifications , but it is too early to see any pattern , ’ he says . |
21 | Conversely , the Profitboss accepts that they have greater skills in packing , driving and cleaning than him . |
22 | Obviously people who are merely going through a bad patch ( anxiety state ) are easier to assist in the process of change , because they have greater resources , than individuals who have always been anxious ( anxiety trait ) . |
23 | Further , they have greater opportunities to develop their minds and personalities ( the atmosphere of a university campus is more stimulating than that of an assembly line ) , and greater autonomy in deciding how they will organise their work and leisure time . |
24 | Generally they have thinner walls and are unbuttressed , having pilaster strips and long-and-short work quoins . |
25 | Further distinctions not shown in the table could also be drawn : the first group has short string scales , ranging from 10¼ ’ to 12½ ’ ; ; they have pine keys with rear rack guiding ; they have shallower cases with thinner scantlings and show a method of construction without dovetails in which the case parts can be assembled around the bottom boards . |
26 | Further away , where land values are lower , they have larger farms producing cash crops , such as wheat , barley and sugarbeet , and livestock products , such as milk , beef , mutton and wool . |
27 | Children start the day in a more relaxed way and do n't go to assembly ; they have larger toys ( Duplo rather than Lego ) ; and some of the tables and chairs have been removed to make more room . |
28 | However , counter style refrigerators have the advantage of providing a work surface as well as storage , they have smaller doors and may be fitted with drawers . |
29 | They have further powers , under the Mineral Workings Acts , to require improvements to be made or an activity to be stopped . |
30 | Now all these countries have much cheaper labour force , most of them have warmer climates and with the advantages of low-price labour and also less expensive from the point of view of having to dry out leather and do these various processes that come in the production , the erm the leather tanning trade is being increased in those countries , with the knowledge and indeed the design of the western countries , because tanning is not the most salubrious of , er works . |