Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a predominantly passenger line , the L & NWR had more locos and more passenger carriages than its contemporaries . |
| 2 | No evidence that Italy or Germany had prior knowledge of outbreak of war yet arms aircraft sent within a fortnight of rising 15th July 1936 . |
| 3 | He said local management of schools — where schools had total control of their budget — was like putting a Rolls-Royce badge on a Skoda and expecting it to go better . |
| 4 | Even where applicants had some access to advice and representation , that service itself adopted procedures for selecting the cases in which representation before the tribunal would be provided . |
| 5 | He referred to Inwood , whose name was to be kept alive at the new hospital , and which had been likened to a ‘ five star hotel ’ , and where patients had particular cause to be grateful to the town 's GP 's who were so conveniently on hand at the Health Centre . |
| 6 | Morrison & Gibb had 136 women and 112 journeymen ; Neill 's had 109 women and only 37 journeymen compositors . |
| 7 | The film was banned in Maryland and Illinois , the New York Board demanded changes , and there was a long debate before it was shown in Pennsylvania , the state that had inspired the film and where Warners had vital outlets . |
| 8 | For example , Karen Bennett studied a community in Granada , Spain , where women had traditional roles . |
| 9 | In any case , few men or women had sufficient time or energy after long hours of farm labouring or housework to devote to a garden or allotment . |
| 10 | Men and women who rated their jobs as low for control , variety and use of skills , pace , support at work , or satisfaction had higher rates of short and long spells of sickness absence compared with those who rated their jobs high for these characteristics . |
| 11 | Chemically , the antimalarial drug Atebrin or mepacrine had some resemblance to riboflavin . |
| 12 | But it meant that Swindon had more room to manoevre and Maskells determination in front of goal brought them back level . |
| 13 | Faha Sanchita , defending , said that Uddin had 10 years of experience in the food business and had owned and run the Lalquila with his brother for the last five years without any hygiene problems . |
| 14 | Although many students were pushed , or encouraged , in the direction of science by schools or family , the physics students generally felt that physics had special qualities that appealed to them . |
| 15 | All Montparnasse knew that Beatrice had other lovers during her time with Modi . |
| 16 | However , in a country where the air is as likely to be alive with mosquitoes or tsetse flies as flamingos , Mr Sandy discovered that whisky had additional uses : ‘ It appeared that consumption of one 's own product was an excellent anaesthetic for all the bugs in the tummy and I was never ill once . ’ |
| 17 | As the president 's weekend guest he discovered that Ike had one thing in common with Stalin — they both expected him to watch Westerns . |
| 18 | It 's said that Beethoven had green eyes . |
| 19 | The only significant difference between Lucy and a statue was that Lucy had pubic hair ; this caused them a bit of a surprise at first . |
| 20 | Nobody , no scientist anyway , would or could deny that Lucy had this propensity to an extraordinary degree , of this the Magistrate was sure . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , there are indications that Gregory had good reason to think that the war had a religious aspect . |
| 22 | Not that Bobby had much time for sea-bathing . |
| 23 | As a result of the well-publicized vagaries of the British electoral system the Conservatives did indeed have more seats than Labour ( 321 to 295 ) although Labour had more votes in the country as a whole ( 13.9 million to 13.7 million ) . |
| 24 | The Far Eastern bank interviewed took an entirely different line ; they always worked with the large international firms , claiming that neither they nor candidates had any confidence in the smaller firms . |
| 25 | Even a cursory glance is enough to show that Picasso had several changes of mind while he was working on the canvas . |
| 26 | First it was claimed that LEAs had inadequate information about curriculum provision in schools ; and , second , that they lacked a clear policy on the curriculum . |
| 27 | The fact that Keynes had severe reservations , occasionally bordering on outright hostility , towards the applicability of econometric methods to macroeconomics was swept to one side . |
| 28 | There was nothing wrong in that , except that Eleanor had little idea about the conditions awaiting her on the construction site in Alaska . |
| 29 | This was utter nonsense from a communist point of view and neither Ceauşescu nor Brezhnev had any intention of abiding by the terms of the Helsinki agreement , but its value to them lay in its public announcement to the peoples of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union that the West had abandoned them to their fate . |
| 30 | Although Pakistan had talented players and were formidable opposition ‘ we have the ability to beat them ’ . |