Example sentences of "[conj] to have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHILDREN who are smacked or beaten are more likely to become troublesome adolescents or to have a criminal record before they are 20 , new research shows . |
| 2 | It 's always very helpful to have an opinion on your work , or to have a good argument every now and then ! |
| 3 | Tonal series are designed to contain note-groups of a triadic nature , or to have a whole group of notes in the same key . |
| 4 | ‘ Vulnerable people should be aware that there are some laboratories and practitioners who rely on controversial and unproven procedures … which are not considered by independent observers either to be reliable or to have a scientific basis . ’ |
| 5 | So the invariable requirement now is that a market member trading on the market floor or its equivalent ( eg an automated trading system ) is required by market rules either to be a clearing member or to have a clearing agreement with a clearing member . |
| 6 | Although these two types of margin are associated with distinct types of landscape , they may occur in close proximity owing to the tendency of transform faults to contain offset segments or to have a sinuous form rather than being purely straight ( Fig. 3.26 ) . |
| 7 | The ideal situation is to be able to receive a professional aromatherapy massage about once a month , or to have a willing friend with whom to exchange massage . |
| 8 | I think that it 's important to recognize that to have a depressed mood is not to have a depressed illness |
| 9 | This means that to have a big impact , benefits would have to be cut in real terms — undercutting inflation — by up to four per cent . |
| 10 | It would be better to operate on the present system and to get that right than to have a discriminatory cow premium . |
| 11 | And what nicer way to round off the evening than to have a quiet nightcap on the terrace with new-found friends , or take a gentle moonlit stroll along the beach . |
| 12 | I 'm a secretary to pay the rent , and a very lazy ex-ballerina with no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free . |
| 13 | And yet the effective auditor needs to understand management and to have a close working relationship with the managers . |
| 14 | On a personal level , I have to say that I found the fellowship 's officials to be delightfully hospitable and to have a genuine love for God . |
| 15 | The OIEC was expected to be based in Budapest , and to have a small staff of around 100 . |
| 16 | The best way to treat special damages is to deal with each item of special damage in a separate paragraph and to have a final paragraph totalling them all up and giving a global figure . |
| 17 | They had come , they said , to take Klein to lunch and to have a friendly discussion about a matter in which he might have a mutual interest . |
| 18 | Each wing was to be of two storeys and providing two wards of twelve beds each with one of the ground floor wards to be reserved for mental cases and to have a padded room . |
| 19 | Moreover , although the Gothic novel was largely escapist , its plebeian characters tended to be much more conspicuous than Jane Austen 's servants , and to have a distinct character of their own . |
| 20 | That is what it takes to become internationally popular and to have a longlasting career . |
| 21 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 22 | We also hope that , by the end of their course , students will be able to stand back , to see their core subject in a wider context , to have a sense of its development and how it relates to other subjects , and to have a due sense of its contribution to the world . |
| 23 | The claim was for a conciliation board , a national minimum rate of wages , a manning scale for stokehold , deck and galley , the abolition of medical examinations by a doctors privately appointed by the Shipping Federation offices , the right of seamen to a portion of their wages while in port and to have a representative present while signing on , the fixing of working hours and overtime rates and improved forecastle accommodation . |
| 24 | Never had we been so pleased to see a house and a coal fire , and to have a warm welcome ! |
| 25 | Three days before the presidential elections , the military government on Dec. 11 , 1989 , granted the Central Bank full autonomy under new statutes which allowed the Finance Minister to attend meetings and to have a 15-day veto on policy . |
| 26 | Mr Ball urged the Government not to whittle away mortgage relief and to have a neutral Budget to allow a longer period of stability . |
| 27 | From 1 September 1988 to 1 May 1991 , 194 consecutive patients were eligible for participation in the study and were invited to the outpatient clinic for an extra visit to answer a structured questionnaire and to have a cervical scrape taken for analysis for human papillomavirus . |
| 28 | Eight people who are themselves disabled were invited to join the group , to match the number of professionals already involved , and to have a direct influence on the work which was being developed . |
| 29 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 30 | It is necessary both to predict what is likely to be found in a discourse before trying to process it , and to have a clear purpose in processing . |