Example sentences of "[conj] having a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |
| 2 | The importance of this taxonomy of goods as private , or having a collective element ( this embraces common , public and toll goods ) is to determine whether markets will provide an allocatively efficient quantity of each type of good . |
| 3 | It is quite plain , for aught that appears in this statement of claim , that however the child in the womb may be regarded , whether as part of the mother or having a distinct personality — whether an entity or a non-entity — it was , so far as any actual relation the company had with it , a non-entity ; and , therefore , in my opinion , the existence of the duty , for the breach of which the defendants would be liable as carriers of passengers , can not be inferred . |
| 4 | People who are scared of getting cancer , or being involved in a car crash , or having a handicapped child , should be wary ; their fears and imagining are a magnet for such an event . |
| 5 | The choice is between mixing your own , or having a ready-mixed version delivered . |
| 6 | Care was identified as being those activities which one person did for another ; informal care consisted of practical care , information/advocacy , links with the outside world , regular surveillance , social integration ( belonging to a group or having a satisfying role in relation to others ) and affection . |
| 7 | Hostility — accusation that anyone mentioning alcoholism or drug addiction or having a different understanding of addictive disease from his or her own has a " bee in the bonnet " . |
| 8 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |
| 9 | It could be having a good night 's sleep the night before , playing tennis or taking a sauna , losing weight or having a stiff drink just before you begin . |
| 10 | It 's not worth dying or having a slashed face . ’ |
| 11 | The rewards could be quick and simple such as reading the newspaper for five minutes , or having a quick chat on the phone with a friend . |
| 12 | The time spent together might be given over to sharing a game of dominoes , or cards , knitting , or having a quick drink , if the circumstances were right . |
| 13 | Baldwin 's ( 1985 , p. 142 ) work on bringing up handicapped children indicates that grandparents often buy necessities such as food and clothing , and this can be vital to the finances of a household where having a handicapped child creates additional expense . |
| 14 | In England , by contrast , although there were some villages where having a widowed parent in the house ‘ was very much the ordinary , expected thing ’ at a certain stage in life , already by the late middle ages it was not the normal pattern . |
| 15 | You are most interested in how you come across to other people , whether they think you are witty or pretty , rather than having a genuine interest in them and their views . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's worse than having a teething baby , ’ Ruby grumbled . |
| 17 | Voters will get a better deal with a hung parliament and are more likely to get the decisions they want , rather than having a single party riding roughshod over their wishes , as in the community charge , claims Liberal Democrat candidate Suzanne Fletcher . |
| 18 | But the recession may even be healthy in making it more difficult to publish the second-rate , he argues : rather than having a clear strategy of which subjects they would concentrate on , far too many academic publishers were happy simply to print a selection of the manuscripts they were sent , including multi-authored books and conference proceedings which tended to be of limited academic market . |
| 19 | The Museum , although having a modern exterior , was originally built around a Moorish bath-house Commemorative plaques of the Rock 's historical past have been posted all over the streets and buildings . |
| 20 | Certainly , although having a resident population of just over a thousand , it can claim to be the capital of a very extensive area of the north , there being no larger town within forty miles . |
| 21 | Another finding was that having a combined receptionist and switchboard operator resulted in delays either to dealing with visitors or in answering incoming calls — and often both . |
| 22 | However , one need not be overly cynical to realise that having a good idea of what masses of people are likely to do in response to certain policies gives a competitive advantage to politicians and businessmen alike . |
| 23 | The crucial point is that having a great sound is one thing , but being a good subject for an article may be something else entirely . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , in this country , it had become accepted that having a big summer show was the norm , so we did one on abstraction followed by one on configuration . |
| 25 | you ruin your chances so about three times a week the comes in to arrange my poll tax and all this and they get going you know well why should a bloke that having a big house and he only pays the same rate as them so I said , well it 's like this as far I 'm concerned I said you know no bloke works perhaps twice as many hours as you do he chooses |
| 26 | Services engineer Jim Hunter , who is responsible for vehicle and plant maintenance on the terminal , told BPXpress : ‘ The remote location of Sullom Voe means that having a reliable crane is essential . |
| 27 | It has been suggested that Barratt was " afraid " of him , but the writer feels that having a wary respect , comes nearer the truth ! |
| 28 | It is also recognised that having a single contact person within the Exchequer Division to deal with travel agents is good practice and therefore it is suggested that Carole Ann Johnston , Admin Assistant arrange all travel and overnight accommodation when required . |
| 29 | They sometimes have unusual parenting styles and some , though by no means all , find that having a social worker looking over their shoulder makes them feel uncomfortable and unnecessarily unsure of themselves . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course we are trying to recruit new people to Flockplan , but we are doing so in the knowledge that having a detailed analysis of flock performance and an independent adviser standing at his shoulder , can help a sheep producer improve efficiency and profit enough to recoup the cost many times over . ’ |