Example sentences of "[adj] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , notions which are the antithesis of this have a strong currency in the arts . |
| 2 | The writer who adapted this H.E.Bates piece clearly understood that viewers want to feel cosy , and programmes such as this have a feel-good factor . |
| 3 | The English have a greater talent than any other people for creating an agreeable family life ; that is why it is such a threat to their artistic and intellectual life . |
| 4 | And when the celebrations are over have a nice soak in the bath with The Grown Up 's First Bath Book ( Windrush , £7.99 ) a plastic book full of puzzles , anagrams and trivia , complete with a felt-tip pen . |
| 5 | ‘ The French have a barbaric strain , ’ said Memet . |
| 6 | She countered , smilingly behind the menu : ‘ The French have a different attitude to rape : resistance is the salt on the dish , you know . ’ |
| 7 | The French have a heavy hand . |
| 8 | Some have a maximum/minimum facility too which is useful when you are trying to decide whether the temperature is on the rise or fall . |
| 9 | Some have a clearly-defined policy of supporting the NHS . |
| 10 | They are often rounded , but some have a flat top , which was often placed so that the sharpest edge or point indicated the direction of the ley . |
| 11 | Some cathedral organists have developed considerable liturgical flair and some have a good grasp of theology . |
| 12 | Some have a built-in weight strip to provide the weight to hold bottom when the feeder is empty , or a means of attaching a weight of your own choice . |
| 13 | Er there are interests all over an and some er have a higher value er er and some have a lower value but they are all related erm so it 's not possible to regard er a contest solely as an isolated advers adversarial struggle where you 're weighing up the rel the relative forces , the relative military capabilities that exist , you have to consider a whole range of political , economic and strategic effects of , of your , your , your action . |
| 14 | Some have a focused role at a particular stage ( e.g. the role of the paediatrician during an investigation ) , whereas others have a more diffuse role that spans all the stages ( e.g. the NSPCC ) . |
| 15 | Some have a marked reluctance to break out new growth from the base , and are more ready to sprout shoots from growth high up . |
| 16 | Some have a secondary woven-type backing to give added strength . |
| 17 | Some have a fatalistic approach that if it happens , it happens . |
| 18 | Although the overwhelming majority of the members are amateurs , many professional archaeologists belong to at least one society , and some have a high proportion of professional members . |
| 19 | Stallions , colts , and geldings tend to be rather mean to cows and other animals ; they enjoy chasing them relentlessly , and some have a special obsession for chewing the ears of cattle . |
| 20 | Some have a paved area as small as 10 square metres surrounded by high walls , while others enjoy an orchard , garden , playing field and carefully constructed play spaces . |
| 21 | Most churches have six bells , some have a full octave of eight and about 90 churches , mostly cathedrals , have 12 . |
| 22 | Records 1 and 2 have a common descriptor D3 , records 2 and 3 share D6 , while records 1 and 3 have D1 in common . |
| 23 | This is an important reason why the old have a high propensity to be poor . |
| 24 | As I explained in the previous chapter , there is no export zone anywhere that has a good record on linkages , but few have a worse record than the maquila industry . |
| 25 | Of course this has always been the case for all entrants , for there are only forty-three chief constables and the same number of deputies , so few have a chief officer 's truncheon in their knapsack ( to paraphrase an old army chestnut ) . |
| 26 | Walton ( 1985 ) claims that at least a thousand plants in America have transformed their workforce strategy in an attempt to move from an organizational culture of control to one based on commitment , although only a few have a comprehensive commitment strategy . |
| 27 | Have another have a another look . |
| 28 | And Mr Ataie 's thesis that the British have a deep-seated reverence for war is too easily symbolised by having Penny make Remembrance Day poppies or court Sya in front of a military monument . |
| 29 | ‘ The British have a long history of being inventive and in this current climate we are being inundated with new ideas , ’ says Richard Paine , marketing director of Inventalink , one of Britain 's biggest agencies which sells the ideas to commercial companies . |
| 30 | All pitfalls considered , the data in Table 12 have a high degree of completeness and validity . |