Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Merry & Co have a special horsemaster looking after them . |
| 2 | Usually silent away from breeding grounds , where male has a loud harsh bark and a deep hoot , and female a higher-pitched bark . |
| 3 | In this book , Leonie Archer looks at the effects of this in the Judaism of antiquity , where blood has a major significance in ritual both in the sacrifices in the Temple and in the shedding of blood in circumcision — the ‘ Covenant ’ between God and his people . |
| 4 | A Tantric painting or drawing has a spiritual purpose , to assist the user in meditation . |
| 5 | Because of the difficulties of getting it all together , the chairperson or co-ordinator has a key part to play ( see Chairing meetings on page 28 ) . |
| 6 | If a company or group has a potential surplus ACT problem , it may therefore consider acquiring a stream of FII ( by purchasing shares in UK companies ) or by acquiring a company with surplus FII ( see below ) . |
| 7 | Where the parent company or group has a significant holding ( 10% or more shares of an undertaking or more than 10% of the investing company 's assets ) in an undertaking ( which is not a subsidiary undertaking , joint venture or associated undertaking ) the following must be stated : |
| 8 | The affidavit is not specifically required to deal with future loss but it is advisable to indicate what items are continuing so that the master or registrar has a global view of the case . |
| 9 | But the Buddhists also point out that , unless a man or woman has a special gift or potential , these techniques will not work infallibly . |
| 10 | Intergenerational mobility : that is , the son or daughter has a different social position ( higher or lower ) than that of the parents ( for example , a miner 's daughter might train to become a teacher ) . |
| 11 | The first great collection or book to have a widespread circulation was the Decretum , which has long gone under the name of Gratian , and which was made in Bologna in the early 1140s . |
| 12 | However , if a landlord or landlady has a resident student , is there any guarantee that the student will not be asked to contribute towards the council tax ? |
| 13 | A train whistle or siren has a higher pitch as the train approaches than when it recedes . |
| 14 | Where deviance has a categorical , unproblematic quality , a penal response is triggered . |
| 15 | Some have argued that change has a cumulative effect . |
| 16 | In Committee , the Minister invariably points out that Parliament has a simple way of dealing with orders and that we should stick to it . |
| 17 | What sets up the causal link in this case is the fact that honey has a distinctive taste , which Pooh will recognise . |
| 18 | Figure 1 shows that distribution of authorship number was similar for Nature and Cell , although Cell had a higher proportion of studies with three to five authors . |
| 19 | The idea of a genetic switch that is geometric rather than chemical has a certain appeal . |
| 20 | Although AMP has a significant stake , other British insurance companies own over 20 per cent of Pearl 's shares . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , the very fact that poetry has a central role in Soviet life means that much of it is conservative in form and predictable in content . |
| 22 | Although it is often claimed that exercise has a beneficial psychological effect in its own right , the evidence for this is scanty and it is always difficult to separate the specific effect of exercise from the moral support and social contact which usually goes with it . |
| 23 | Of non-flowering plants , it has been argued that ferns have a lower associated insect fauna , though it has long been known that bracken has a large number of associated arthropods . |
| 24 | ‘ Still , as a means of attracting my attention that scene had a certain novelty . ’ |
| 25 | Indeed the psychiatrist who first popularised the notion that hypnosis has a special relationship with truth , no less a figure than Sigmund Freud , later issued a retraction . |
| 26 | In its review of sexual offences the Criminal Law Revision Committee argued in favour of preserving the existing classification , on the basis that rape has a settled popular meaning and that the distinguishing feature of ‘ conventional ’ rape is the risk of pregnancy . |
| 27 | The FASB plans , however , to retain the current practice of using the amortised cost method for debt securities that management has a positive intent to hold to maturity . |
| 28 | He seems thrilled to stumble across the notion that war has a technological impetus of its own ; others will recognise in it the familiar railway-timetable explanation of why the first world war proved so unstoppably disastrous . |
| 29 | But it can be argued that marketing has a significant role within any social work agency . |
| 30 | We have seen that retirement has a differential impact on older people which depends primarily on their prior socio-economic status and the access which this grants to resources which might be carried into retirement . |