Example sentences of "[verb] to have the [num ord] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | On the third party 's summons seeking to have the third party notice struck out , pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 18 , r. 19 or the inherent jurisdiction of the court , the master held that the claim was capable of falling within section 1(1) of the Civil Liability ( Contribution ) Act 1978and dismissed the application . |
| 4 | On 6 June 1991 , the third party issued a summons seeking to have the third party notice struck out . |
| 5 | ‘ Looks as if Dora 's going to have the last laugh , ’ said Iris . |
| 6 | Whether or not you opened the discussion , you may be invited to have the last word . |
| 7 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 8 | When it was lifted out of the water it was found to have the first metre of the entire hull section missing . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you always have to have the last word ? ’ |
| 10 | The NRA hopes to have the first standards in place by the end of this year and does not foresee any complications caused by the setting up of a single environment agency . |
| 11 | Motorola Inc says it expects to have the first version of its hand-held personal communicator on the market by the end of this year : the device , internally code-named the Personal Messenger , will be Motorola 's first product from its alliance with General Magic Corp : the hand-held device will initially handle data only , but will be able to transmit and receive messages and electronic mail from all current electronic mail systems ; the target price is a hefty $2,000 . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman does not seem to have the first idea of what happens at Social Affairs Councils . |
| 13 | Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument . |
| 14 | It has been the main argument of this book , however , that this objection ought not to be allowed to have the last word . |
| 15 | They were also immature in the battles they had with their children , often fighting to have the last word , calling the child names , or taunting them with statements such as ‘ You just dare ’ . |
| 16 | I found myself fronting various current affairs programmes , striving for impeccable balance when the wily professional politicians were at loggerheads in the studio , each trying to have the last word and score the final point . |
| 17 | Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death . |
| 18 | Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh . |
| 19 | Empress Software claims to have the first RDBMS and 4GL running on MACH on a 486 : The port was done for TRW Financial Systems which is standardising on MACH . |