Example sentences of "[noun] have a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change . |
| 2 | For example , Chinese families have a different way of disciplining their children . |
| 3 | ‘ Dreams have a funny way of turning sour . ’ |
| 4 | Fortunately , his colleagues are n't so averse to a spot of enunciation : if Verve have got a nerve and Adorable have the babble than Suede have a warming way with words that 's more matter-of-fact than mad as a hatter . |
| 5 | At present , we are the only party prepared to grasp the nettle and to recognise that consumers ' interests require both effective competition in the marketplace — the Government have a long way to go before they create that — and effective regulation where the market can not produce a solution . |
| 6 | Floating aquatics have a different way of life to anything the gardener commonly encounters . |
| 7 | Today 's graduates have a long way to go to match the service of the RAF 's longest serving ex-apprentice . |
| 8 | Such fads have a nasty way of evaporating . |
| 9 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 10 | It is high time to abandon that caricature , too long perpetuated by dictionary definitions such as the one you quote from Chambers , both for the sake of historical justice and because , in the present as in the past , anti-Pharisaism and anti-Judaism have a nasty way of feeding on each other . |
| 11 | Notice how each of the above groups have a similar way of saying ‘ Hello ! ’ |