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

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1 The home selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches and they take this opportunity to have a look at some members on the fringe of inclusion for Italy with one or two experienced players , such as flanker Martin Pepper stepping down to the replacements ' bench .
2 Indeed , it was not at all unusual for civic authorities to have a mourning sword which , on the death of a monarch , alderman or council member , was carried in the procession before the mayor in place of the civic sword .
3 Laura 's pregnant mother Fran , 26 , said : ‘ If Laura has helped another child to have a chance , then we are delighted .
4 It would be very helpful to the Regional Council in preparing its case for this inquiry to have a copy of the proofs of evidence presented by your officials at the inquiry relating to the Oxford United proposals .
5 ‘ We must win this week-end to have a glimmer of hope of catching them .
6 He had stared death in the face and wanted the old eagle to have a chance as he had had .
7 It takes a relatively modest amount of scientific evidence to have a substance banned .
8 Conversely , it takes a quite massive amount of scientific evidence to have a substance positively recommended for health .
9 But now anyone wanting to smoke must go to one of three designated rooms to have a cigarette break .
10 I encouraged the English boy to move in one evening after he had taken me to a pub , and I felt this urge to have a hold on all the different sides there were to London .
11 I would like the members of this authority to have a look at the reply I make no apology for the length of the reply to Mr 's very important question .
12 It is not unknown for a suburban bureau to have a waiting list of potential volunteers , but in the main staff shortages appear to be a problem equally in suburban and inner-city areas .
13 Even if it is absolutely essential to have one to prune expenditure I hope you will get a free hand to have a dissolution in the autumn as we can not recover any revenue or any industry now without a tariff …
14 The absence of a non-Roman catholic school in the immediate area and the naïve belief that they were empowered in some way to have a say in what type of school should appear on their housing estate — there was a small Roman catholic school which was to be expanded to cater for the growth of the population — may have sharpened catholic parents ' interest in having an integrated school .
15 Another way to have a death wish associated with the road ; crossing it .
16 And then I went to British Legion to have a drink .
17 But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go .
18 We pay for each boy to have a trophy at the end of the season to recognize that he had represented Ottery throughout the season .
19 ‘ Get that boy to have a look at the body , ’ said Nikos .
20 She said it made a real change to have a bit of humour round the place .
21 If you 've never experienced an exemption show before , this is the perfect excuse to have a go .
22 It 's a perfect opportunity to have a swim . ’
23 But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ?
24 I do hope that I have encouraged any nervous knitters to have a try at using the reader .
25 That was my point exactly , if people go through so much hassle to have a baby , then surely there 's gon na be less chance of abusing all that kind of trouble within the family ?
26 Now , , what we really need to do is to get the orthopaedic people to have a look at this .
27 This is an extra reason to have a combination of foods at a meal .
28 Could we arrange for such offenders to have a sound thrashing ?
29 This flexibility allows a typical student entering second year to have a choice of honours degree courses between Engineering disciplines or between Engineering and a science subject .
30 This is an easy way to have a number of gliders wrecked by the wind , but luckily it does not occur very often .
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