Example sentences of "[adv] have a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passengers were saddened by the thought that they were unlikely to see their native land again but probably neither before nor since has a group of people set out with more determination to establish a society founded on the highest principles of religion and education . |
| 2 | If there are four marks for a given point , the candidate who gets it all right gets four , the candidate who gets it all wrong gets nothing , but the chap who gets it part right has a possibility of one , two or three , and it 's often a question of judgement as to what an imperfect answer is worth . |
| 3 | DEC apparently has a number of low-end Alpha PC projects going on : add the code name Jenson , prospectively a $5,000 box , to the $3,500 50 SPECmark Triumph we 've already heard about ( UX No 376 ) . |
| 4 | The Queen obviously has a sense of humour , as was evident from her hamming it up for the cameras . |
| 5 | This man Gennaro obviously has a lot of influence even among the less desirable characters in this city , or at least in this part of it . |
| 6 | The decision not to start the project obviously has a pay-off of 0 . |
| 7 | The decision not to start the project obviously has a pay-off of 0 . |
| 8 | So has a summer of bombing round country lanes and setting psychics loose in the circles helped him figure out whether whirlwinds , UFOs or tabloid journalists are responsible ? |
| 9 | In a year or two he should have a decent sized flock — of course he 's not normally down here this early , he only has a bit of a stable down here that he rents for the summer along with his few acres of grass and his bit of land for cultivation . |
| 10 | This means that each of these filters only has a capacity of 80% of the size stated , in imperial gallon terms . |
| 11 | The cella inside has a diameter of 28 feet . |
| 12 | A Hungarian living in Edinburgh taped the pronunciation of difficult place names and luckily one of our team had lived in Hungary , so had a wealth of background information . |
| 13 | Edinburgh has long had a tradition of study of South Asia and also possesses comparatively rich library and archive resources in the University Library ( including New College Library ) , the School of Scottish Studies , the National Library of Scotland and the National Record Office . |
| 14 | Newcastle 's Labour council has long had a policy of supporting its community — a policy that has informed many aspects of city life . |
| 15 | In 1979 a homebuyer would have only had a choice of repayment or the newly-popular endowment mortgages . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've only had a couple of abusive ones , and a couple of nasty telephone calls . ’ |
| 17 | It 's so hard to work on full glow when you 've only had a couple of hours kip . |
| 18 | He 's sound as a pound is n't he like , he 's only had a couple of pints . |
| 19 | He could n't understand this exuberant friendliness in a boy he 'd only had a glimpse of twice . |
| 20 | I mean , I do n't mind going up to their house , sitting down having a cup of tea and biscuit |
| 21 | I was only having a bit of fun . ’ |
| 22 | The result of the provisions relating to duration is that the owner of the right can only have a maximum of 10 years to exploit the design commercially . |
| 23 | Well you 'd better have a cup of coffee or . |
| 24 | All kinds of little situations like this can cause enormous problems , so having a bit of extra muscle-power will insure us against possible injury . |
| 25 | They were all having a packet of chips and fish — whoever fetched them I do n't know , cos they were all up for a good age : tell you , she were a hundred just in St Patrick 's Day . |
| 26 | It is generally thought that homophobic prejudice kept Minton out of the Academy , Munnings especially having a dislike of both him and his art . |
| 27 | It bounces along wonderfully , with Caine obviously having a whale of a time , and is ideal kiddies ' Christmas fare . |
| 28 | On the other hand , it fits very well with the fact that , while obviously having a relation of some sort with the noun , these adjectives are questioned not by the interrogative word usual for attributive adjectives , but by a word which typically is used to question adverbs . |
| 29 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 30 | Perhaps the constable who carried out the test was merely having a run of bad luck . |