Example sentences of "[conj] have [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is there any chance of a job or has the Godfather Of Soul got the market sewn up ? |
| 2 | Advice to young giant otters — try not to bleed while feeding on piranhas ; or has the reputation of the fish been a little overstated ? |
| 3 | The man reassuring him is , or has the authority of , the omniscient and omnipotent novelist . |
| 4 | The code contrast here seems to relate to such things as the distinction between talk about action and talk as action , the degree of speaker involvement in , or distance from , a message , whether a statement reflects personal opinion or knowledge , whether it refers to specific instances or has the authority of a generally known fact . |
| 5 | Or has the shadow of a nuclear holocaust changed all that ? |
| 6 | Middleclass youths are often ‘ mouths ’ but rarely become gougers because the latter require an element of ‘ pure badness ’ , which from the view of the police tends to exclude the middle classes , for ‘ pure badness ’ derives from being ( or appearing to be ) educationally subnormal , coming from ‘ bad homes ’ , or having a history of crime . |
| 7 | By a notice of appeal dated 22 July 1991 the administrators appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the court had no jurisdiction to make any order under section 238 of the Act of 1986 against the bank ; ( 2 ) the judge should have held that the words ‘ any person ’ in section 238 meant ( in the case of a company ) any company , whether or not registered in England and Wales , or having a place of business in England and Wales , or carrying on business in England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; alternatively , that those words ( in the case of a company ) meant any company with a sufficient connection with England and Wales : and that , on the facts of the case , there was a sufficient connection ; and in either case the court accordingly had jurisdiction to entertain the originating application against the bank , and to grant leave under rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 to serve the bank in Jersey ; and ( 3 ) in construing section 238 of the Act of 1986 the judge had erred in failing ( i ) to hold that the bank , even though a Jersey company , was within the class of persons with respect to whom Parliament was to be presumed to be legislating in section 238 ; ( ii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the mischief which the section was intended to remedy , and/or to the disastrous practical consequences for all insolvencies with any international element if the operation of the section were limited to those within England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; ( iii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the legislative context of the section and related sections ; and ( iv ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the fact that the transactions dealt with by the sections necessarily had a connection with England and Wales in that they involved a disposition of the property of a person or company the subject of insolvency proceedings before the courts of England and Wales . |
| 8 | Should they go at once or have a cup of coffee first ? |
| 9 | But if the resources of husband and wife were not to be aggregated , and each had a right to claim benefit independently , the Commission would be paying allowances to almost all wives who are unable to work or have the care of children regardless of the husband 's income . |
| 10 | Section 17(10) defines children in need as follows : a child shall be taken to be in need if : ( a ) he is unlikely to achieve or maintain , or to have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining , a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for him of services by a local authority under [ Part III of the Act ] ; ( b ) his health or development is likely to be significantly impaired , without the provision for him of such services ; or ( c ) he is disabled . |
| 11 | None was taking chronic medication or had a history of gastrointestinal disease , surgery , or diabetes mellitus . |
| 12 | Was she imagining it , or had a look of caution entered his eyes ? |
| 13 | Normally amongst these is included any matter where the complainant has or had a right of appeal or right to go to the courts but has not used it . |
| 14 | Cos you did n't know whether they 'd had er you know had a lot to drink or had a load of drugs and start going on the rampage or something . |
| 15 | Or had the point of a sharp wire pierced the wind-pipe ? |
| 16 | I mean there are a number of different forms that can take erm they could be a co-operative , registered with a friendly industrial society , or have a board of directors , but there must be a legal personality to the organization in order for them to receive public funds . |
| 17 | or have a streetplan of , was losing heart . |
| 18 | I am musical or have a love of music |
| 19 | That was my gut reaction too — you would need to be someone who is used to dealing with a lot of facts and figures , or have a load of programming utilities sitting in the background to keep track . |
| 20 | He or she may be clairvoyant , a medium , or have a gift of telepathy . |
| 21 | The submerged fringe of each continent is the continental shelf , which may be a thousand or more kilometres in width ( as it is to the south of Madagascar ) or have a width of practically zero ( as around parts of the Philippines ) . |
| 22 | If you want to go sailing , play volleyball or have a round of mini golf it wo n't cost you a penny and the kids can be left in the Pirates Club while you spend the afternoon doing things you want to do … but you may have a job persuading them to leave a few hours later . |
| 23 | For instance , you may be asked to go to a new and different place of work under the provisions of a mobility clause , or have the emphasis of your duties changed significantly , pursuant to a clause in the contract providing for flexible working . |
| 24 | Nor has the possession of oil or any other natural resource been the sole key to development success . |
| 25 | Nor has the production of the one noticeably interfered with the production of the other . |
| 26 | Nor has the tenor of British business life been much adorned by individuals so ready to dress up lies as the truth and , through their lawyers , to castigate the truth as libel . |
| 27 | Nor has the growth of private sector nursing homes and specialist hotels been evenly spread across the country ; indeed , these tend to be concentrated in those areas where cheap large houses were available for conversion , or in traditional holiday areas . |
| 28 | Here the infinitive 's event is treated as a possibility that has no chance of being real — as something which is impossible , absurd — which shows that the infinitive is clearly capable of expressing a potentiality all by itself . |
| 29 | The region or local office may feel that it is being dictated to by a central office that has no understanding of local needs and conditions . |
| 30 | The broad vigorous body suggests a mind that has no need of the intellect to remain sane , though it gives itself to every fantasy ... |