Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You sell your time for money to have a better time in the unsold hours . |
| 2 | Do make sure that every job that gets sent out for setting has a full specification and requirements sheet with it . |
| 3 | It is , in fact , impossible for management to have a direct , personal feeling and knowledge about so many business environments . |
| 4 | The ideal of self-government has a special aspect that integrity promotes directly , and noticing this will lead us into our main discussion of legitimacy and political obligation . |
| 5 | Because the sensory processes ( 'hairs ' ) are in direct contact with the source of smell , and because the olfactory cells connect directly with the brain , the sense of smell has a powerful and immediate effect . |
| 6 | All four changes of course had a Continental bias . |
| 7 | And of course having a good time . |
| 8 | It is quite normal of course to have a rapid weight loss of several pounds in the first week due mainly to water loss ( our bodies are 70 per cent water ) . |
| 9 | Even among a superb selection of hotels we do of course have a few favourites which we think are exceptional , and merit extra consideration . |
| 10 | Th they 're our largest exporter er there 's inter-company sales which would gen can generate quite useful profits since they get sold on both of er Penguin companies er and Longman of course has a high content of erm er of er non-U K sales and Addison Wesley also er I mean Camco was the most international , but it 's erm not er it 's not an exporter in sterling denominated terms . |
| 11 | in addition , I have a Blue Ring Angel which at the time of purchase had a few white-spot-like fluffy things on the edges of his fins . |
| 12 | Monetarists argue that changes in the supply of money have a crucial effect on the economy . |
| 13 | It can be seen that the raw material of creativity has a diverse background of information ; in Coleridge 's case he was an avid reader of all the explorations that were the rage at that time . |
| 14 | As Fimrite points out , the popular , working-class sport of baseball has a disorderly tradition . |
| 15 | Even so this attribute of mind has a biological basis , and intercalates with thought forms of a very different nature . |
| 16 | The air line is inserted through the cap of the tube ( virtually every model of undergravel has a different cap system , designed to spread water through the tank , and/or splash it on the surface for aeration ) . |
| 17 | One side of Terrace had a little garden , a little postage stamp , no ever so small . |
| 18 | This kind of research has a long history in psychology and education but is relatively undeveloped in the rest of social science . |
| 19 | One tonne of marijuana has a thermal value of 2.7 barrels of oil . |
| 20 | Many other people have rights , including those concerned with fishing , and in my native Scotland the value of fishing has a significant part to play in the local economy , particulary in remote areas . |
| 21 | Placing Irigaray 's work in the context of Freudian and post-Freudian theory , Whitford suggests that Irigaray 's apparently very traditional and essentialist use of symbolism has a strategic function , like that of Derrida 's analyses , designed to draw attention to the underpinnings of Western metaphysics , in order to undermine them . |
| 22 | Each individual piece of equipment has a special contribution to make ; for example , a tape recorder can be equally effective in stimulating discussion as a film , but films or video tapes are more effective for the demonstration of practical skills where movement is essential . |
| 23 | Another Director-General whose vision of broadcasting had a major influence in a period of important change in social attitudes was Hugh Greene , who oversaw a more liberal interpretation of ‘ public service ’ in the 1960s . |
| 24 | A short bout of exercise has a further role , namely of waking you up in the morning as it turns on the alerting mechanisms of the body . |
| 25 | This level of abuse had a snowballing effect . |
| 26 | Bankruptcy proceedings , on the other hand , have no lis , they are not adversarial and the whole statutory scheme of bankruptcy has a different purpose and objective when compared with ‘ civil proceedings ’ properly so called . |
| 27 | Against the angular and decaying walls of the tombs , the drifts of sand had a sensuous grace , immaculate and virginal . |
| 28 | This issue of sexism has a direct relevance to the main topic of this book : a survey of housewives and their attitudes to housework which I carried out in London in 1971 . |
| 29 | Evolution was accepted because it could be accommodated into a world view that implied that the development of Nature has a moral purpose . |
| 30 | I have no doubt that every mystery of nature has a scientific explanation that may , one day , be expressed in terms of intellectual logic . |