Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the content through which these mathematical skills are taught has a set of messages all of its own and because we live in a capitalist society we can easily be unaware of these messages — about the exploitation of labour , the sexism , the inequalities based on racism and social class — that are all a part of the ideology of capitalism . |
| 2 | Securities houses are determined to have a big say in how any new system develops . |
| 3 | It could also be called ordeal by song , though the traditional and somewhat discordant songs sung by the trainers are said to have a soothing effect . |
| 4 | Dell Computer Corp is blaming problems with its notebook computers for a shock halving of first quarter profits ( figures , page five ) , and warns that the second quarter will be no better , and that its target of $3.30 a share for the year is now out of reach : the shares plunged $10 to $22.125 before the market opened yesterday : ‘ Basically , the notebooks are going to have a negative effect on earnings per share in the next two quarters , ’ chairman Michael Dell told Reuter — adding that Dell is taking steps to improve its notebook business by setting up joint development opportunities with new partners and that a partnership with an ‘ electronics and communications provider ’ was already in place , although he did not name it . |
| 5 | If electric cars are going to have a significant future , we have to find a cleaner way to generate electricity . " |
| 6 | For he was employed by the LMS railway as a train guard , and guards were compelled to have a good knowledge of first-aid . |
| 7 | The pictures were going to have a final edit anyway it certainly was not simply a question of the controversy which started late last week . ’ |
| 8 | However , the programme of rationalisation , cost reduction and production efficiencies is beginning to have a positive impact on the company . |
| 9 | One of the Labour lads is said to have a picture . |
| 10 | ‘ The Ashton Gate boo-boys are beginning to have a go at me and it does n't help , ’ said Cole . |
| 11 | Be that as it may , these avant-gardes are held to have a ‘ distinctive character ’ which resides in their ‘ seeking to abolish the separation between art and life ’ . |
| 12 | Crowds of celebs are having to have a laugh and raise loads of cash for children . |
| 13 | Can societies which lack either law courts or judges be said to have a system of law ? |
| 14 | All courses , except where specifically arranged , are conducted in English and participants are expected to have a command of English as a working language . |
| 15 | Clearly Looe schoolboys were expected to have a nautical bent and those who had were promised they would ‘ … be shown to take Observations of the Sun , Moon and Stars so expeditiously and accurately as if actually at sea , Looe having the advantage of the Horizon thereat upwards of 110 degrees ’ . |
| 16 | The pies were found to have a shelf life of approximately one week . |
| 17 | Ferranti 's naval and avionics businesses are thought to have a turnover of about £500m . |
| 18 | The manner in which the results of evaluation studies are presented has a considerable effect on their impact . |
| 19 | Twentieth-century evolutionists such as George Gaylord Simpson have argued that Darwin 's theory of adaptive evolution is incompatible with a belief in the necessity of progress , but in the late nineteenth century a philosophy of universal change could only be accepted if the changes were assumed to have a purposeful goal . |
| 20 | Since neutrophils are known to have a membrane-associated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphateoxidase system that generates large numbers of free radicals , this seems a likely source for late free radical generation . |
| 21 | The Committee suggested that the Lord Chancellor should appoint chairmen and clearly favoured an increase in the use of lawyer chairmen principally because lawyers were considered to have a good grasp of principles of procedural fairness . |
| 22 | Five months ago , councillors were forced to have a change of heart about introducing extra charges for the collection of domestic waste from caravan sites in the borough after furious caravanners raised strong objections to the decision . |
| 23 | ‘ Tween towns ’ between the two villages is reputed to have a ghost , a lady who crosses the road occasionally . |
| 24 | Few authorities were felt to have a coherent policy on supporting their older children . |
| 25 | Being brought up in an institution or by neglectful parents , a pregnancy , early marriage , and showing poor planning skills were considered to have a causal role in adult depression . |
| 26 | ‘ The generality of family houses being built have a fundamental flaw : the ratio of bedroom space to living space does n't accord with the way people want to live . |
| 27 | Firstly , patients with sporadic adenomatous colorectal polyps are known to have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer , but the possible modulation of this risk by hereditary or environmental factors will naturally vary from subject to subject . |
| 28 | The rural men were found to have a higher average rating of social support , and to live in a more cohesive community judged by an atmosphere of concern about the threat to its economic base which was not apparent in the urban area . |
| 29 | It can be contrasted with the thought processes of Western science , in which the march of phenomena is considered to have a definite and unique temporal direction from cause to effect . |
| 30 | I think we 're now in the third phase , where women are expected to have a job , but at the same time to look after the family and keep themselves alluring to men . |