Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] have a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award has had a happier track record . |
| 2 | Ears to Hear has a broader scope which encompasses radio and television journalism . |
| 3 | Of course , there have been historical fluctuations in revolutionary activity , as well as considerable variations between societies — with revolutionary parties having had a greater influence in France and Italy than in the rest of Western and Northern Europe or in North America — but the predominant style of working-class politics everywhere has been reformist , directed toward a gradual attrition of the unregulated market economy . |
| 4 | If the heat could not be sufficiently localised to avoid this , then the first solders had to have a higher melting point than the subsequent ones . |
| 5 | Since this meeting , Richard had had a further debate with his conscience . |
| 6 | It is a truism that the executive search consultant hired has a stronger influence on the person eventually put on the short list of candidates than the client . |
| 7 | Simon 's had a harder war than you realize , he 's still under a strain . |
| 8 | The SDA has had a wider set of powers than those readily available to UDCs in England , but it has used them . |
| 9 | ALBSU has had a wider brief to facilitate literacy and numeracy among the native and non- native speakers of English . |
| 10 | Clowns seem to have a lower centre of gravity , or a magnetic field that converts everything to prose . |
| 11 | Such issues were not covered by policy , and these appeals tended to have a better than average chance of success ( 41 per cent as compared with an overall average of 31 per cent ) . |
| 12 | Lianes tend to have a higher percentage of wind-dispersed species than do trees , though hemi-epiphytic lianes tend to be bird-dispersed . |
| 13 | Cremation urns tend to have a greater volume than those accompanying inhumations predominantly in southern England . |
| 14 | Intel has decided that the next generation of PC processors needs to have a better name than the 586 . |
| 15 | Magnetic and optical media appear to have a shorter life . |
| 16 | My dear Mary had had a truer idea when she called Victor ‘ The Modern Prometheus ’ . |
| 17 | Prevalence of respiratory symptoms was not associated with birth weight , but children with lower gestational age tended to have a greater prevalence of frequent and occasional wheeze regardless of their birth weight ( table III ) . |
| 18 | The females tends to have a lighter ventral region . |
| 19 | Unless there are an appreciable number of genuine deaths from asthma in people aged over 65 this supports my belief that the annual number of deaths due to asthma nationally is nearer 500 than 2000 ( even allowing for some genuine deaths from asthma not certified as such and given that some areas such as West Cumbria and perhaps Hertfordshire seem to have a lower mortality than Norwich ) . |
| 20 | HP claims to have a better handle on the situation , providing a one-step upgrade and 18 months to plan and implement the migration . |
| 21 | This is no doubt partly a reflection of the way in which people with bank accounts do have a wider range of credit options open to them than people without . |
| 22 | Er men tend to have a lower pitch on the whole , erm th they 're louder and the 's due to their physiological differences , erm Jacqueline once said that , Men try to talk bigger than they are whereas women talk as though they 're smaller . |
| 23 | The Gold Cup has had a greater than usual bearing in the Grand National build-up this year , with Cool Ground , the winner , and Docklands Express , the close third , renewing rivalry . |
| 24 | Severe toxicity was less common in our study , however , and the three-drug combination seems to have a better therapeutic index . |
| 25 | In comparison with the last recession , recent rises in unemployment have had a greater relative impact on the South East of England . |
| 26 | In general , balance between front and back-benches will always be contentious — each element wants to have a larger role — but by and large the broadcasters seem to have struck it reasonably well . |
| 27 | In contrast , boys seem to have a firmer self-identity and a clearer ambition showing more insight in response to sentence stems such as ‘ My main problem is … ’ and ‘ He/she felt proud that … ’ . |
| 28 | Advances in virology became inseparably linked with the new science of molecular biology , and the discovery of antiviral drugs began to have a deeper and stronger foundation . |
| 29 | The company claims to have a larger presence abroad than any other British retailer , trading in thirteen different languages . |
| 30 | With the passing of time , Greek silver coins tended to have a wider diameter and lesser thickness , and a glance at the general appearance of a coin will enable it to be assigned to either the fifth to fourth centuries or the second to first centuries BC ( compare figs. 9 and 6 ) . |