Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All patients with sclerosing cholangitis and positive tests for anti-lactoferrin had ulcerative colitis . |
| 2 | Since large serf-owners tended not to live on their estates or to know much about rural conditions , few of the people whom the tsar had charged with thinking about emancipation had any idea of the complexities of the task . |
| 3 | Fears of communism had deep roots in the past ( p.6 ) and they had increased as the Cold War developed after 1945 . |
| 4 | However , people with the same type of impairment had differing views concerning the suitability or unsuitability of various areas of work . |
| 5 | ‘ The Ministry of Defence had another item of information for us . |
| 6 | If the Ministry of Defence had any use for it , it would n't have been sold . |
| 7 | Mr Ferrucci denied that the continued dispute over the safety of asbestos had any part in the company 's decision to close the factory , though he admitted that the environmental difficulties experienced were ‘ more severe ’ than Raybestos had expected , and no other Raybestos Manhattan factories were being closed down . |
| 8 | Seldom in history has a work of fiction had such influence in forming public attitudes and the full fruit of this influence would only be recognized in 1861 : it was Lincoln himself who would refer to the little lady who started the war . |
| 9 | The results showed that 69 per cent of all beech and 78 per cent of yew had some form of dieback . |
| 10 | He felt that bringing departments together to work towards a whole-school approach was going to be difficult and would be further complicated by the fact that some heads of department had unrealistic expectations of what the project might achieve . |
| 11 | Muchinsky ( 1986 ) reviewed the research on validity of personnel selection methods and concluded that work samples , biodata and peer assessments had high validity , intelligence tests , aptitude and ability tests , personality and interest tests and situational exercises had moderate validity , and interviews , self-assessment and letters of reference had low validity . |
| 12 | Politically , the office of postmaster had additional value , for much of the minor patronage was filled by the Treasury upon the first significant application , and here timely notification of a death , or a serious illness , was essential . |
| 13 | In addition , the proffered certainties of Calvinism had great appeal for the many men and women who were suffering from the dislocation and anxiety produced by a period of unpredictable economic development and rapid social change . |
| 14 | None of these studies explicitly attempted to identify and evaluate , from the perspective of social workers or parents , when , why and how some types of intervention had beneficial outcomes and others did not . |
| 15 | Mr Taylor denies that the question of race had any bearing on his decision . |
| 16 | ‘ He said that if the Ministry of Education had any guts , they would refuse to recognize it , ’ pursued Pickerage . |
| 17 | Internal locus of control had two items and no missing items were allowed . |
| 18 | Hence we can predict the development of intra-trade had these countries not joined the CU . |
| 19 | The analysis of the magnitude of the increase of basal intraoesophageal pressure produced by the common cavity and the percentage of time that the stomach was in pressure communication with the oesophageal lumen were attempts to determine whether intensity of distention had any bearing on the triggering of transient UOS relaxations . |
| 20 | In 1675 the Lords of Trade had ten colonies on the North American seacoast to think about , stretching roughly from Portsmouth ( in what was still part of Massachusetts ) to Charleston , a length of coast running about as far from north to south as that of Britain . |
| 21 | The heads of government had regional integration in mind when they formed the Caribbean Community ( Caricom ) in 1973 . |
| 22 | He grimly reminded himself that his vow of celibacy had certain consolations . |
| 23 | All the Secretaries of State had educational training and experience in government to fit them for their posts . |
| 24 | Both shifting the timing of the sleep period from the habitual 12 p.m. to 8 a.m. and either increasing or decreasing the total amount of sleep had similar effects in reducing accuracy and speed of response on a vigilance task . |
| 25 | Last year the Department of Employment had 34,000 inquiries about work abroad , compared with 25,000 in 1990 . |
| 26 | However , the tilting process and inundation that accompanied it were so gradual that most existing forms of wildlife had ample time to escape from or adapt to the changes . |
| 27 | His task had been bad enough trying to persuade the region that a company with £310m of debt had any credibility at all . |
| 28 | Students of cancer had more reason to be interested in chromatin and its role in cell division , but chemical approaches to cancer were predominantly concerned with molecules which could be identified at the time , i.e. with molecular weights under 1000 . |
| 29 | At the same time , this book helps to explain why Charles 's exercise of rulership had long-term effects , and why his kingdom lasted . |
| 30 | Only the children with a smattering of English had any idea what was going on . |