Example sentences of "[noun] have the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Steel can be extracted magnetically from waste , but only one in 10 local authorities has the necessary equipment .
2 In modern biology sex is defined purely in terms of the size of the sex cell and the convention is that the male has the small mobile sex cell and the female has the large relatively immobile sex cell and , with very few exceptions , this is found everywhere , throughout sexual animals , plants and fungi .
3 The RFP has the potential advantage of a theoretically high plasma pressure relative to the external magnetic field pressure .
4 The Express has the original headline : ‘ Knives out in war of succession ’ .
5 The absence of such provision has the real result , among others , of a huge deficiency of qualified engineers , designers , technologists and technicians , with extremely damaging consequences for Britain manufacturing and production — and so for the country 's economic prosperity .
6 Outside politics Aristotle has the usual mixture of odd bits of information — for instance that in certain parts of the Celtic land it is too cold for donkeys to procreate ( De gener. anim. 2.8.748a ) .
7 While it is hard-wearing and safe , rubber-covered cable has the additional benefits of being very flexible and resistant to kinking in use .
8 What progress has the human family made in the last two decades towards fulfilling the basic needs of its poorest members ?
9 According to Regulation 8(2) of these regulations a driver has the overall responsibility to proceed with due regard to the safety of other users of the road subject to the direction of any police constable etc .
10 The Middle Temple has the American equivalent of Halsbury , the Corpus Juris Secundum .
11 The division has the important task of defeating any enemy breakthrough into the British Corps area and is equipped with the Army 's latest equipment , including the Warrior Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle .
12 But second key-noter Dr Arno Penzias , vice president of Research at AT&T 's Bell Labs , who besides being a Nobel prize winner has the additional claim to fame of being the boss of Unix creators Ken Thomson and Dennis Ritchie , disagreed .
13 Adding in more tone from the guitar has the desired effect , but the Ovation 's EQ is very sensitive and there 's a fine line between improving or overdoing it .
14 Mr Edmond has the dubious honour of being tried by the District of Columbia 's first anonymous jury .
15 SPRED has the twofold aim of teaching your child the ways of your own faith , and integrating him/her into the local parish community .
16 Only time will tell if John Gummer has the political clout — or inclination — to throw real weight behind the construction industry as it struggles out of recession .
17 Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc fears it has been misunderstood : the company is keen to stress that Finance Director Les Kemp has the unhappy confusion over last year 's accounting figures under control ( CI No 2,162 ) but wants to know how accountants KPMG Peat Marwick managed not to sign the audit report for subsidiary Enterprise Computer Services ; apparently there was confusion at the time over the verification of certain bank loans ; all should be clear in the next report and the company says it expects to show a return to profit .
18 ABA has the necessary resource and expertise on both sides of the Atlantic in order to ensure the delivery of top quality aircraft to the UK to our customers ' specification .
19 In the case of a breach of condition the buyer has the additional right to reject the goods and recover the price .
20 Jane also pointed out that Pamela has the ideal figure for trousers and when shopping for skirts , she should choose straight styles that end just below or above the knee .
21 Even if this had been so — and Reagan worrying about Iran 's industrial base has the true ring of fantasy — the bartering was not to be turned so easily away from war , on either side .
22 Each such column may either take the values ‘ Y ’ ( the user has the given privilege ) or ‘ . ’
23 The emergence of these rules out of a common law which denies their existence has the added consequence , attractive to those who make them , that they are not subject to parliamentary or to adequate judicial control .
24 If Mainsborne runs into trouble , the South Eastern Electricity Board has the alternative CALMS ( Credit and Load Management System ) .
25 Made from the latest in Polymer technology Asics Gel has the unique ability to absorb vertical impact forces and disperse them on a horizontal plane .
26 One final touch ; every single brick has the personal mark of the craftsman who created it .
27 That means you can open up your PC and slot the card in without doing anything ( the jumper has the sole purpose of allowing interrupt 2/9 to be used , which , currently is unlikely to need changing from the default ) Thankfully , the ring-bound manual supplied with the card is extremely thorough , and covers every likely eventuality .
28 In no case has the legal principle been sacrificed to a thoughtful new policy on criminal justice .
29 The traditional line-item budget has the following defects : ( a ) The budget is subdivided on the basis of department or activity centres , each of which may operate several programmes either individually or as joint ventures .
30 In many countries , a criminal trial has the following stages : indictment , prosecution case , defence case , summing up , verdict , sentence .
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