Example sentences of "[verb] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The food we eat has a significant effect upon our mental agility . |
| 2 | The treatment prescribed has a familiar ring : rigorous financial analysis followed by cost-cutting , asset sales and then negotiations to convince creditors that rescheduling beats liquidation . |
| 3 | The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person . |
| 4 | The job or position to which a person is attracted has a strong link to their goal profile . |
| 5 | Selby has has a particular problem , its its economy is narrowly focused , it suffers high unemployment . |
| 6 | The d.c. supply voltage ( V5 ) is chosen so that it produces the rated winding current ( 1 ) when applied to the total phase circuit resistance , which is equal to the sum of the phase winding ( r ) and forcing ( R ) resistances : In general the phase winding has a considerable inductance , so its natural electrical time constant ( inductance/resistance ) is long . |
| 7 | Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude . |
| 8 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Payton has had a torrid time . |
| 9 | The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh also has had a long involvement with the cultivation and development of plants with medicinal properties and we have our own Scottish traditions of herbal cures for a long list of ailments . |
| 10 | Home-grown : Edinburgh 's Royal Botanic Garden also has had a long involvement with the development of plants with medicinal properties |
| 11 | He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows . |
| 12 | France has had no super-communications ministry ; but it has had a long tradition of state control , planning and Jacobin centralism . |
| 13 | Visual art education has had a long tradition of emphasizing the practical , so it was not surprising to find similar sentiments being expressed by the visual art teachers interviewed . |
| 14 | Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered . |
| 15 | This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory . |
| 16 | As most of you will know , Queens Park has had a long standing partnership with the Baptist Church in Doolay Falls near Wichita , Kansas . |
| 17 | By anyone 's standards Dick Print has had a long innings . |
| 18 | Today 's theme will serve us satisfactorily as a basis for our meditation , because water has had a long association with such images of healing , blessing and anointing . |
| 19 | Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist ! |
| 20 | Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site . |
| 21 | Northwich-Winsford in mid-Cheshire has had a long record of stable employment provided by companies like ICI and Foden . |
| 22 | The new legislation regarding seat belt wearing in the rear seats of cars which came into effect on 1 July 1991 has had a downward effect on the number of rear seat car passenger casualties . |
| 23 | The horse has had a disappointing season after having won the Racing Post Stakes as a two-year-old and looking like a ‘ good thing ’ for even one of the Derbys . |
| 24 | The horse has had a disappointing season after having won the Racing Post Stakes as a two-year-old and looking like a ‘ good thing ’ for even one of the Derbys . |
| 25 | The mink has had a chequered relationship with us , but we must remember that the changes are of our own making . |
| 26 | The corporation has had a chequered history since then . |
| 27 | But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history . |
| 28 | The shop has had a chequered history : it opened as a Sherratt & Hughes , and was an early incursion by a chain retailer into an area dominated by , and largely reserved for , independents . |
| 29 | It has had a chequered history , including use as a powder magazine . |
| 30 | Durnin , who 's twenty seven , has had a chequered career at the Manor and was sent off twice last season . |