Example sentences of "[conj] have a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you think about and watch the settings of your child 's behaviour , it may be that he or she behaves in a non-compliant way , or has a tantrum on some occasions but not others ; that is , some situations seem to act as cues for him or her to behave in a particular way . |
| 2 | Some of this work has been informed from personal experience either because of being physically challenged or from having worked as a therapist , as an artist in residence within a hospital complex , in a mental institution , or has a counsellor in a hospice . |
| 3 | If any one should think that the women 's earnings are stated too low in these accounts , he will be convinced that they are not , on considering that these women commonly begin the world with an infant , and are mere nurses for ten or twelve years after marriage , being always either with child , or having a child at the breast ; consequently incapable of doing much other work beside the necessary businesses of their families , such as baking , washing , and the like . |
| 4 | More passive , less constructive activity with little or no end result , will have been the norm , like watching television or having a pint at the local pub . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Should they go at once or have a cup of coffee first ? |
| 8 | We need to reflect , however , on what has just been said : in brief , that for something to be or to have a power in the primary sense is for it to enter into a possible causal circumstance . |
| 9 | Whether that mistake is to have a troubled upbringing , or to have a baby without access to childcare support , or to have an industrial accident . |
| 10 | No farm worker welcomes the prospect of having to uproot his family should he , because he is ill , injured at work , made redundant , has achieved retirement or had a row with his boss , cease to be employed on the farm . |
| 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 | But he thought that this interest was underexploited , even though not all authors were interested in , or had a talent for , publicity . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You may feel that you were good at English or school or have a flair for the English language . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Similarly , dedicated compute servers can be configured so that they will run only certain types of jobs , or have a preference for certain types . |
| 19 | or have a streetplan of , was losing heart . |
| 20 | There are readings throughout the Christian Bible which give help to people who are tense , lonely , bereaved , concerned for others or have a weakness in faith and about hundreds of other things and from these readings many people begin to see a way out of their problem . |
| 21 | Or perhaps one might just narrow it a bit further than that and say well let's see how history is going in the first two years , or the O level history course , or something like that , and we would discuss well given that all these different people are involved in history or have a stake in it in some way , or are interested in it , and given that you 're only going to have a very limited amount of time to do anything in , how can you do something that would be genuinely useful to the school in looking at the history teaching and something that would have the support of the people involved so that it was n't threatening anybody but they felt there was something being genuinely helpful . |
| 22 | I am musical or have a love of music |
| 23 | ‘ While we can never offer a real home from home , guests come knowing that they can get some of the comforts of home — like being able to make a cup of tea or have a drink without necessarily having to come downstairs or order room service . ’ |
| 24 | As the rain gradually died away , birds began to fight and squabble like fractious children just allowed out after being cooped up indoors ; but then they did n't have leaky roofs ; neither did they have to climb up there as soon as it was light to inspect the damage ; or have a meeting with Leo , the thought of which made her feel weak inside . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He or she may be clairvoyant , a medium , or have a gift of telepathy . |
| 27 | So , if you 're 7 years old , or have a fondness for giant cuddly toys which speak very loudly indeed , Sesame Street is not to be missed . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A media specialist , for instance , may well be a teacher who has through additional training and experience gained an extra competency ; a person with full professional qualifications and experience as a librarian may also ( as we saw ) be a recognized teacher , or have a diploma in educational technology . |