Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The public house known as the Brewery Tap was quite a large and tall building having a big yard with stables at the left hand side .
2 Endoscopic sphincterotomy and basket extraction of the stones has been the most widely used technique having an overall success rate of 85% in clearing the ducts .
3 The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with an almost straight distal edge or may be rounded triangular in shape .
4 The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with a slight distal lobe .
5 The oral shield has an obtuse proximal angle , indented lateral sides and a convex distal edge ; the distal portion of the shield appears enlarged , extending approximately half-way to the disk edge .
6 The oral shield has an irregular shape , although it may sometimes be hourglass shaped , and extends from the oral frame on to the interradial area .
7 Conduction velocity is average , spatial summation within the receptive field is linear ( they have a null position usually ) , the receptive field has a centre-surround organization , and receptive fields are small .
8 Patients who did not present with bulky or extensive initial disease and who did not relapse after complete remission had a good prognosis , comparable with that of low or mixed grade patients .
9 To determine whether acute smoking has an acute effect on gastric secretion that can explain the findings of the chronic studies , the effect of this on gastric secretion was studied using the same methods as those used in the chronic studies of Whitfield and Hobsley .
10 The European parliament has a wide range of electorate per member and the electoral quota would not be extraordinary were Cornwall to get its own seat .
11 Here it will suffice to note that this kind of investigation , employing techniques quite alien to the dominant tradition in linguistics , has revealed that conversational interaction has an elaborate and detailed structure of which we have very little conscious awareness .
12 In the overall scheme of things , however , loyalist violence has a different effect — and it is quite the opposite to what is intended .
13 The committee takes the view that government research projects carried out by private industry have a better chance of leading to commercial rewards in terms of new products and processes .
14 But like the strong force , and unlike the electromagnetic force , the weak force has a finite range : it acts only over distances of the size of a nucleus , about 10–13cm .
15 ( a ) Where all or any of the principals of a multi-national partnership have a separate legal practice as foreign lawyers :
16 An abacus uses human gall-stones on taut human sinew , the rocking horse has a semi-skeletal head , a set of wooden toy soldiers all have subtle mutations when looked at for a second time , and so on .
17 Leaves grown under strong light have a slight brownish or pinkish tinge .
18 The new raw brick had a cold , Methodist-like aspect and that discouraged him , he said .
19 With the vast literature on this part of history that is available the social scientist has a difficult task of evaluating the information upon which he can draw .
20 British Rail has an ancient obligation to pay for its own police force .
21 And particularly when British Rail have a declared policy of improving access for the disabled .
22 How can British Rail have an adequate link ?
23 Tofu is available fresh or in long-life packs ; the fresh variety has a firmer texture .
24 Further support for the suggestion that the magnetic field has a substantial poloidal component is provided by observations of γ -rays .
25 But the electromagnetic field has an infinite number of variables , one for each point in spacetime .
26 It is true that British Aerospace has a good total record — especially if one includes the OTS , ECS and Maritime satellites .
27 The new jet , which will be ready for launch in 1995 to compete head-on with the European Airbus A330 , where British Aerospace has a 20 per cent stake , and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 trijet , will be the last major new passenger jet to be launched this century .
28 Since it is generally agreed that intelligence has a genetic component , can it not be argued that social inequality has a biological basis ?
29 But if the absolute rise in eps is used , companies which begin with high eps have an unfair advantage .
30 A council of laymen and priests under the presidency of the High Priest had a large measure of autonomy in its government of Jerusalem , but the presence of Ptolemaic garrisons in the country must be assumed .
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