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

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1 Hospital doctors , for example , are still expected to have the last word about their patients ' discharge dates , or about their transfer to other institutions , or to decide whether they should be offered facilities such as regular readmission to relieve carers .
2 For example , brothers and sisters who differ in age share genes to the same extent as dizygotic twins , and so in a purely genetic disease would be expected to have the same concordance rates — but they do not .
3 For instance , sibling nodes ( nodes which have some hierarchical relation to the same node ) might be expected to have the same pattern of ‘ target node names ’ .
4 Married since college , they run a highly successful advertising business and appear to have the perfect marriage .
5 Until then , The Smiths appear to have the upper hand . ’
6 A photograph taken in Picasso 's studio in the summer of 1908 shows an earlier , apparently more or less completed version of the Three Women executed in a style which makes use of rough , almost violent striations , used to emphasize the different areas to the sides of the figures , while the figures themselves appear to have the rough-hewn bulkiness of much of the most characteristic contemporary African-influenced figure pieces .
7 Because the Treasury wants to have the final say on all public spending , however financed , each year 's chunk of ERDF cash is merely regarded as one source of finance for the total that authorities are permitted to spend each year .
8 I , I still want to have the downward trend but I suspect until this is sorted out we 're not going to get you off it altogether .
9 It needs to have the necessary quality of confidence about it. ) 4 Whether the relevant information can be easily isolated from other information which the employee is free to use or disclose This to some extent relies on the intelligence and honesty of the employee .
10 But his mother went to the police and tried to have the old custody order enforced .
11 This is a difficult area in practice as the legislation specifies no age at which children may be considered to have the requisite degree of understanding .
12 However , " knowledge " is used in a special way and a person can still be deemed to have the requisite knowledge if it would be obvious to a reasonable man that a patent was being infringed .
13 The horse with the highest rating in each race is deemed to have the best chance on form , though other influences will be discussed in the guide .
14 The horse with the highest rating in each race is deemed to have the best chance on form , though other influences will be discussed in the guide .
15 As the taxpayer was deemed to have the beneficial interest in that part of the interest in possession vested in the company , the property transferred was not shares but the vested interest in possession and so para 15(3) ( ba ) , Sch 6 did not apply .
16 ( ii ) The applicant will need to have the following experience : ( a ) Personally run at least 36 medical negligence cases over the previous 3 years ; and ( b ) had at least three cases set down and ready for trial in the three years prior to panel application .
17 Buttons control applications , as you can see by the screenshot , so you do n't need to have the full weight of Program Manager in each room — only the applications you want to use there .
18 If the union struggle was to have any success it would need to have the complementary support of a political party , but as the ‘ parties ’ were preoccupied with the fight for short term gain and not permanent principles , they failed to capitalise on the situation .
19 It was the second such operation by the Rangers , believed to have the anti-terrorist Delta force amongst their ranks , and who were apparently sent into the war-torn town to capture Aideed .
20 They were battling against the odds because they did n't appear to have the right equipment .
21 Concern was also expressed in some quarters when it became known that Christopher Ball was to be appointed Chairman of the Board , on the grounds that as head of an Oxford College he would not appear to have the intimate knowledge of the further education system that such a post requires .
22 ‘ Then bring them down to Central Gardens , where we hope to have the biggest can collection ever seen in the region or perhaps the country . ’
23 Opposition deputies had sought to have the minimum voting age lowered to 18 and all of them left the chamber in protest prior to the vote .
24 July 26 , 1976 The barrister successfully applied to have the third party notice struck out on the grounds that it disclosed no cause of action .
25 Barton means literally ‘ barley farm ’ or ‘ corn farm ’ , but later came to have the special meaning of ‘ demesne farm ’ .
26 And then at a Cabinet meeting of Unionist Ministers it was decided to have the General Election and go to the country at once ( without consulting any of the party ) under the L.G. banner as Coalitionists .
27 The Parachute Regiment seemed to have the best time , for it was based in Europe yet each-company spent four months of each year abroad on training attachments .
28 Instead of her more bellicose approach , the somewhat more neutralist stance of the West Germans loomed larger in NATO , and indeed it was Bonn rather than London that seemed to have the closer relationship with Washington in 1989 .
29 Apart for his incongruously white hair , Amaldi seemed to have the mental lucidity and expected energy of a man half his age .
30 Already he seemed to have the reassuring kind of manner one associated with being a doctor .
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