Example sentences of "[pers pn] have important [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That way I avoid being plagued by calls from obscure planets when I have important things on my mind . |
| 2 | Make it snappy — I have important visitors . ’ |
| 3 | On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time . |
| 4 | Her mother was surprised that Sarah was not with her but Anne explained that she had important work to finish . |
| 5 | Why do you pick up the evening paper and linger over tales of local gossip or distress when you have important tasks to carry out ? |
| 6 | You have important visitors . |
| 7 | Then you will tell your master and Chief Justice Fortescue that we have important matters to relate , matters affecting the crown . |
| 8 | The argument for feminist education , free from male control , is not as a remedial exercise , it is because we have important work to do together , from which we can not afford to be distracted by the interference and destruction we know happens when men remain in control . |
| 9 | ‘ We have important league and cup games coming up next month in addition to national squad weekends , so it 's understandable that some of our players do n't wish to take their chances in a club fixture , ’ said the Quins ' press officer Alex Saward yesterday . |
| 10 | ‘ Sir John , ’ Athelstan reminded him , ‘ we have important business to attend to . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We have important negotiations in progress here . |
| 12 | Although they acted more as employees than as members of a profession , they had important positions within the companies for which they worked . |
| 13 | In their critique of unmanaged capitalism and of colonialism this was especially so , and , together with the related Fabians , they had important influence on the evolution of the working-class Labour Party into a specific kind of social democracy . |
| 14 | If they had important people like er such as Mark and his wife , the pianist , erm you 've heard of him of course . |
| 15 | Mr Major signalled it was business as usual when he welcomed new Welsh Secretary John Redwood at the morning 's Cabinet and told ministers they had important issues to deal with . |
| 16 | The bulk of the remainder are held by companies who show a strong preference for holding the stock of companies with whom they have important trading connections . |
| 17 | In this , they have important strengths , and they can teach students skills which courses concentrating on formal features of language often omit : how to greet people , or how to maintain polite contact while listening on the telephone . |
| 18 | These statistics can easily seem impenetrable and tedious , but they have important light to throw if we can tease out their implications . |
| 19 | Although baby universes may not be of much use for space travel , they have important implications for our attempt to find a complete unified theory that will describe everything in the universe . |
| 20 | Perhaps he has important friends . |
| 21 | It is hoped that this chapter will not be dismissed as an arid academic ground-clearing exercise , since it has important things to say about the most appropriate way to approach the subject of the book . |
| 22 | As an interpretative category , it has important advantages over other social models that we might wish to use . |
| 23 | It has important parts for oboe and cello as well as the two solo violins , and Neil Black and Charles Tunnell play these with predictable skill . |
| 24 | If this is so , it has important implications for the exploitation of geothermal resources . |
| 25 | It has important implications for sociology , if it is accepted as in any sense true . |
| 26 | It has important implications in this context of group psychology , for Freud thinks it helps to make sense of the emotional activity in groups . |
| 27 | If this point is conceded , it has important implications for one 's view of the future of politics . |
| 28 | It has important implications for hardware manufacturers too . |
| 29 | It has important bearings on the reliability of the Bible books . |
| 30 | They listened to the Black story and admitted that it had important implications . |