Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the first place , the Pentagon had partial control over how the funds granted under the terms of the Pacts of Madrid were to be spent . |
2 | The Orient had well-developed civilizations long before anything in Europe , and they too appreciated the qualities of the rose and its potential when cross-bred and hybridized — a process that was well in advance of the horticultural achievements of European civilizations by the time the latter 's explorations brought East and West together . |
3 | Although the RAF had standard instrument panels from 1936 onwards it was a long time before the merits of this tidy arrangement really caught on in the USA . |
4 | The RAF had two squadrons of Hunters and four Shackleton bombers at Aden , and a transport force of twelve Beverleys and six Vallettas split between Aden and Kenya . |
5 | I think at the time the RAF had more volunteers than it could cope with and much weeding out was done , but in his case he blotted his copybook good and proper by doing a bit of unauthorised low flying over a south Devonshire town , frightening all the old ladies . |
6 | The Stewarts had another residence , in Renfrewshire , and it was while they were visiting it that a tragedy occurred . |
7 | There were other roads through the Alps , and other intermediaries : certainly the Etruscans and probably the Phoenicians , with whom the Massaliotes had hostile encounters ( Thucyd. 1.13.6 ; Paus. 10.18.7 ) . |
8 | There used to be three , the Essex , the Suffolk and the Norfolk and the Suffolk had two funnels and the er the Norfolk had one funnel . |
9 | Although Blake may have given the impression to the prison authorities that he had accepted his sentence and settled down to serve it ( it would surely have been odd had he done otherwise ) , in reality neither he nor the KGB had any intention of him remaining in prison a day longer than necessary . |
10 | The Cuthberts had another friend , Mrs Rachel Lynde . |
11 | The record shows that the Hobys had four children — two sons and two daughters . |
12 | The Macleans had two daughters . |
13 | I have pointed Out in an earlier essay , for example , that the distribution of certain fossils corresponds remarkably well with the old Austro-Hungarian Empire , though it is doubtful whether the Hapsburgs had much control over evolution . |
14 | The Hernes had seven sons and three daughters . |
15 | The Talyllyn had special events and the Fairbourne is ideally situated for beach weather . |
16 | Having never visited America , the Ashleys had scant grasp of the cultural differences or geographical distances involved ; in the UK no two stores were more than 350 miles apart . |
17 | The Tarsiidae had shorter noses and primitive teeth . |
18 | The Ramsland had secret compartments below decks but the Coast Guard knew all about those secret compartments . |
19 | In the rural electoral colleges the Cpp had 1938 votes and all others 780 votes . |
20 | The Magyars had expansionist aims and by the thirteenth century they had missionized much territory and brought Croatia within their kingdom . |
21 | While the Midlands had 23 cases where £56m was at risk or defrauded , and the North West 11 cases involving £63m , London and the South East suffered 211 worth £1.25bn . |
22 | He stated that neither Latin American countries nor the UN had sufficient resources to tackle the epidemic and called for urgent international aid . |
23 | Most of the Minpins had small sacks slung over their shoulders . |
24 | Not that the Ariadne had any intention of going anywhere but it 's nice to have a solid reason to stay put . ’ |
25 | Furthermore , the monopoly guaranteed the success of that particular policy of providing education , information and entertainment : the BBC had total control over broadcasting output in Britain . |
26 | By 1987 the UK had 28 EZs , 6 UDCs and 6 Freeports , with several other ‘ mini-UDCs ’ in the pipeline . |
27 | The first European motorways were built in Germany and Italy in the 1920s and 1930s ; the UK had active plans to follow them , but these were shelved on the outbreak of war , and the first British motorway was not built until 1958 ( the Preston bypass ) . |
28 | They might , conceivably , even speed up his demise by informing upon him , for the CIA had little use for a failed agent whose cover was blown . |
29 | The fact that the Ceauşescus had countless colour televisions added to the perverse aspect of their superabundance since ordinary Romanians had to put up with only a couple of hours of black-and-white television each day — and that largely devoted to the doings of the residents of the Palaţul Primaverii . |
30 | The CPSU had some characteristics and functions in common with those of Western parties . |