Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] have an [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think from my own personal preference I would very much like to have an understanding of what happens at the interface between solids and liquids , because this affects so many different branches of chemistry and physics _ the understanding of what happens at interfaces will govern the understanding of what makes things stick together , what makes catalysis occur , the nature of rocks even .
2 We were only going to have an hour together . ’
3 The potential trap , of course , lies in defining what is a ‘ serious ’ enough reason to have an abortion .
4 Th th that the quarry man somehow has has an investment in the erm in the rock in th other than than than what he receives in wages .
5 According to the Lords 's report on the water industry , 191 do not appear to have an owner and valid engineers ' reports ( required under the 1930 Reservoirs Act ) can not be found for more than half of them .
6 We are not going to have an affair , said Lucy , hand shaking a little on her cigarette .
7 ‘ I am not going to have an affair with you .
8 There 's no point in phoning , nobody else 's mother will be phoning , they 're all allowed to stay without any of this fuss , I 'll just look like a complete idiot , and anyway , what do you think 's going to happen , we 're not going to have an orgy or anything . ’
9 What if a mutant gene arose that just happened to have an effect , not upon something obvious like eye colour or curliness of hair , but upon meiosis itself ?
10 ‘ Not really , they just like to have an escort sometimes . ’
11 Nor was there any question of hoarding treasure for a rainy day : a king 's status was related to his generosity and to the display of wealth ; hence Chilperic 's salver made to the glory of the Franks ; hence also the fact that on the death of the magnate Rauching , who can not have had an income comparable to that of a king , more treasure was found in his coffers than was held in the royal treasury .
12 I had eight realistic birdie chances and might easily have had an eagle out there today . ’
13 The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend .
14 The two main findings of this study are that ( i ) capsaicin sensitive afferent neurones do not seem to have an affect on rapid repair of injured gastric mucosa , although they contribute to the defence against injury , and ( ii ) anaesthetics can affect the recovery of gastric mucosa from damage .
15 We found that patients who were significantly younger er sorry we found that patients who were counselled for retrograde ejaculation were significantly younger er but we also found that marital status did not seem to have an effect on whether they were counselled for retrograde ejaculation or not .
16 ‘ As a model you 're not allowed to have an off-day
17 Yet the marked expansion in the French kingdom 's territorial size between 1204 and 1259 could not fail to have an impact upon such claims to autonomy and independence .
18 An ideology of greed and selfishness , passed off as self-sufficiency , and of untrammelled individual aspirations passed off as ambition , can not fail to have an effect upon upper-world crime .
19 The few days she had spent in Thomas Sachs ' company had already begun to have an effect on her .
20 Here in Germany also , Panofsky 's English writings have not failed to have an effect .
21 I should rather like to have an opportunity of putting to the Prime Minister some of the arguments in favour of handling business through Cabinet Committees .
22 In one sense this is simply to point out that we can always demand to have an explanation explained .
23 ‘ I have grave doubts that Barbara Mullen would ever have had an understanding , Janet .
24 And would you still have to have an insurance on top of that ?
25 It is either going to be physically rationed or price rationed … prices are too low anyway , since we still have to have an operating subsidy , and that is not in line with the long-term political trend … ’
26 Nevertheless he was fond of Kylie and still wanted to have an evening out if they could manage it despite the attention of the ever-present photographers .
27 Not only did Iraq , by the middle of the war , enjoy a six-to-one advantage in conventional aircraft , bombers ( the Tupolev Tu-22s and Tu-16s , the Ilyushin 11–28s ) and fighter-bombers ( MiG-23s , Su-7s and Su-20s ) ; it was also reported to have an assortment of Soviet-made missiles .
28 You will also need to have an aptitude for mathematics .
29 The Commission 's responsibilities were also increased with the transfer of offshore safety from the Department of Energy and the transfer of the Railway Inspectorate into the HSE is also expected to have an influence on research activities .
30 In addition , some patients having an operation aimed primarily at relieving pancreatic duct obstruction or resecting a diseased pancreas are also found to have an element of biliary tract obstruction requiring surgical drainage .
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