Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] to have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Others are easy enough for beginners to have a go at . |
2 | ‘ It 's very important for preparers of accounts to have a voice , and only the top 100 companies really have the resources to cope with the amount of time and effort that takes . |
3 | I pointed Armstrong westwards but pulled over near a post office and a couple of shops to have a think . |
4 | ‘ We 've waited for years to have a Formula One world champion like Mansell — and now it looks as though we wo n't be able to use him . |
5 | Two recent incidents involving rugby players have angered the ANC particularly : the playing of the white-aligned anthem Die Stem before South Africa 's Test with New Zealand in Johannesburg and hooker Uli Schmidt 's speech against plans to have a training session in a black township before the South Africans made their international reappearance against Australia . |
6 | It was , however , a month or two before they gave up sending me colourful brochures with inducements to have a rose bush planted in his name or an attractively calligraphed entry in their ‘ Book of Remembrance ’ , to be opened every year on the date of his death to commemorate his passing etc , etc , none of which was cheap and I 'm sure that neither I nor anyone else who knew him will need that kind of reminder . |
7 | Within a year he had given detailed and authoritative evidence to the House of Commons and been instrumental in the passage of two bills which abolished gaolers ' fees and enabled counties to pay for a proper service ; which allowed discharged defendants to be set at liberty in open court ; and which not only improved sanitation and health arrangements but made it obligatory for justices to have a concern for the health of prisoners . |
8 | Erm it 's it 's quite an interesting erm er , addition to the er original proposal but clearly members will need to take a view as to whether er they want erm the Environment Trust to do that but erm , er what I would suggest is that we bring back er , some final proposals from Environment Trust at the next meeting er , for members to have a look at . |
9 | Significant developments are taking place in the use of software , such as WAIS and GOPHER , to enable users to search multiple catalogues of holdings thus avoiding the need for users to have a knowledge of where particular datasets might be held . |
10 | Any new module needs to have a distinct identity and market — SCOTVEC feels that it would be confusing to employers to have a proliferation of modules and titles and so the Catalogue sub-committee will not accept a new proposal if it thinks that the same outcomes can be achieved by suitable fleshing-out of an existing module . |
11 | Some people make a football party educational and hire out a hall and a soccer coach for children to have a party and be given advice on how to play the game . |
12 | As income level rises , it seems to become less important for men to have a career . |
13 | But Making Out highlights how important it is for women to have a job and be with other women workers — often in very crummy circumstances , but actually being very resilient with a lot of humour and girl talk . |
14 | If a private entrepreneur comes along and buys the company , there must be a fall-back provision for employees to have a say on whether their livelihoods are to be bought and sold . |
15 | The Rev David Neil , the Union 's Mission Field worker stressed the need for churches to have a mission strategy or commitment to training or a willingness to reach out and become involved in their communities . |
16 | Factors which are deemed by managers to have a bearing on the integration of the demented include : i the proportion of the total who are dementing ii the physical layout of the home iii the level of skill among staff iv the attitudes of other residents v the attitudes of staff . |