Example sentences of "[noun pl] they have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mention them briefly because among management trainers they have many aficionados ; they are written about more fully elsewhere . |
| 2 | They have a lower level of seats , like the new East Stand , but instead of an upper level of seats they have executive boxes for the assorted reptilia who frequent such places . |
| 3 | After two weeks they had enough evidence and they charged me . |
| 4 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 5 | These were not people with chronic or serious illnesses and yet they claimed that on most days they had some sort of ache or pain or just a feeling of being ‘ run down ’ or ‘ drained ’ . |
| 6 | In the past they said men should n't be concerned about their looks and things , but it 's pretty obvious that they are , because boys are always looking in the mirror , and these days they have slicked-back hair and fancy clothes , and that sort of thing . |
| 7 | While sexually mature males may remain in their natal troops they have little access to females , unless they are of especially high dominance . |
| 8 | Foremen are promoted from the ranks of production workers and as pivotal intermediaries they have quasi-managerial status . |
| 9 | Leaving their nest-holes they have some way to go before the sea can provide them with a refuge . |
| 10 | For meeting places they had private houses such as that of Richard Key at Eastden ; pride and strength in their chapels came later . |
| 11 | If you just make random proteins a hundred amino acids they have some kind of catalytic activity — not much , but some . |
| 12 | In individual cases catching criminals depended on the usually less than willing readiness of the village constables to act ; since they were chosen by vote annually from middling tradesmen and farmers they had little hope of dealing with many common incidents unless the rest of the community felt sufficiently outraged to support them . |
| 13 | Everywhere in China sophisticated hand-made tools are used , and the Chinese assume that because anyone can make such things they have less value than , say , a plastic bag . |
| 14 | Within a few hours they had 50 signatures . |
| 15 | In most expenditure programmes they have considerable discretion over totals and priorities . |
| 16 | But without several key players they had little chance against winners Leicestershire . |
| 17 | After school my father used to accompany him on his rounds in the car , and during these journeys they had ample time to exchange ideas without being overheard . |
| 18 | Writing about the immediate aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution , the Kiev-born writer Mikhail Bulgakov recalled : ‘ I can say only one thing for the moment — according to the calculations of the Kievans they had 18 changes of power . |
| 19 | Also , in their first 10 games they had 26 points , i.e. one more point than this season but still only 6 points ahead of us ) . |
| 20 | Erm on this film I saw when they was getting the fingerprints they had this sort of like little cloth in a bag and they sort of |
| 21 | According to police they had 3.7 kilos of heroin , valued at US$7 million on the streets of New York . |
| 22 | Mr Major signalled it was business as usual when he welcomed new Welsh Secretary John Redwood at the morning 's Cabinet and told ministers they had important issues to deal with . |
| 23 | Each had its own project to attend to … checking on nesting boxes they had some months earlier put among the trees … on the stream … recording the height of various trees planted the autumn before … and there was also some weeding to be done , as always , among the ranks of young trees . |
| 24 | But if they wish to visit shops , get their children to schools and use other services they have little choice — even if the price of petrol means that journeys have to be kept to the minimum . |
| 25 | Depicting the bad — especially the devils they had great fun with . |
| 26 | At the end of the year , or at any time , there is a small selection of pieces that represent stages in their progress towards being successful writers , including types of writing they 're best at and types they have more trouble with . |
| 27 | To deal with the signals produced by these sense organs they have considerable brains and very quick reactions . |