Example sentences of "[adv] have [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm thinking , for example , it 's not a medicine as such , but I 'm thinking of the birth control pill , which presumably has a possible effect in its particular form over a period perhaps twenty years , rather than five years , on a person .
2 But once one team has started to dominate the gene pool of a species it thereby has an automatic advantage .
3 With all that to wait for , rarely has the old stockmarket adage to ‘ sell in May and go away ’ been more apposite .
4 Erm well really it 's just what I said , it 's er roughly speaking it 's when er a string of words does n't have the meaning you 'd expect on the basis of the standard semantics of the language , but rather has a fixed different meaning and whenever there 's any apparent structure in it , I E several words , er , their , their normal meanings are irrelevant which is the meaning of the whole phrase .
5 this soon tangles itself in a web of white noise and frantic improvisation which eventually has a hypnotising effect on the audience .
6 Nina eventually has a nervous breakdown , but after a brief stay in hospital she returns to Gael .
7 The next cell ( 82e ) is empty , but 82f has a disturbing occupant .
8 Almost that he is twisted , leant over to one side , he perhaps has a severe spinal problem .
9 The single dog , who has probably been bored for many years , suddenly has a new playmate , who like himself , sleeps most of the time , but will enjoy a game for short periods .
10 With its Seminar Centre in Scotland and close contact with many Scottish institutions , the Trust naturally has a particular interest in rural development in Scotland .
11 The buyer naturally has the opposite concern and , in the absence of a formal back to back contract , when one is dealing with standard conditions of purchase the best that can be accomplished is to incorporate a provision like cl 1.3 of Precedent 2 , which notifies the seller of the possibility of prime contracts , and attempts to impose their terms upon the seller , coupled with an opportunity for the seller to examine them and a warning that they will apply , even if not examined .
12 The young Yorkshireman apparently has a good temperament and a complete all-round game .
13 One candidate , for example , apparently has a full knowledge of the topic but fails the examination .
14 Volcanic clusters occur both on continental and oceanic lithosphere , and are particularly common on the African Plate which apparently has a high concentration of hot spots ( see Section 4.2.1 ) .
15 One in five apparently has a potential problem , considering this one enzyme system alone .
16 Extremely has no direct grammatical relations with any other word in the sentence .
17 Pauly has a daily show — afternoons when his audiences are staring slack-jawed out of classroom windows , after midnight when it 's vacation time and Mom ‘ n ’ Pop ca n't keep 'em reined in any more .
18 Scholl alone has a complete range , to deal with all footcare problems .
19 Cocoa butter alone has a minimal flavour but is responsible for the texture of chocolate and its ability to mould into tablets and to coat confectionery centres .
20 We look so closely and with such moralistic scrutiny at the religious content of sects , and the habit of mind that imagines that it alone has the full and unique expression of the faith , that we fail to notice what they have to offer .
21 This is in stark contrast to the position in the United States , where Congress alone has the formal power to declare war and the Senate 's consent is necessary for the ratification of treaties and the appointment of federal public officers .
22 Every region round the country now has a regional advisory youth committee and nearly all has an annual youth conference .
23 The point must not be pressed too far , since the statute obviously has a broad purpose ( or , to speak more precisely , those who collaborated in framing and passing the statute had a broad purpose ) which is expressed in the words .
24 I am particularly pleased to see present my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor and Maidenhead ( Sir A. Glyn ) , who obviously has a major interest in this matter .
25 Trish obviously has a great rapport with the odd character , though she freely admits that he , despite his talent , is an unrewarding sort of horse .
26 She has managed their staff restaurant for 18 years , so obviously has a great relationship with our clients .
27 In such cases , Parliament obviously has no legislative role once the law has been made .
28 The actual founding of the town is obscure , but it was well established as part of the Royal hunting lodge before 1066 and so has no separate entry in the Domesday Book , since Snaith was a royal manor held by the King ‘ for the support of his table ’ , and therefore already documented .
29 Ideology is a result of a set of material factors , and so has no independent explanatory role .
30 Moreover , the learner is a foreigner , not a native speaker of the language , and so has no previous control of the language .
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