Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifteen patients had colectomy for failed medical treatment after a mean of 15.6 years ( range 9–32 ) disease duration . |
| 2 | Neither he nor his men had stomach for such business . |
| 3 | All subject groups had DGR for some of the study period ; however , both groups of patients had reflux for a significantly longer proportion of study time than the normal controls ( 12% of study time for normal controls , 67% for gastric ulcer patients , and 91% for gastric surgery patients ; p<0.001 gastric ulcer v controls and p<0.0002 gastric surgery v controls ; Fig 1 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ It was very much a case of starting from scratch introducing new systems and procedures , ’ said George , 58 , who lives in Billingham and at times had responsibility for 132 different premises and up to 2,500 employees . |
| 5 | George , 58 , who lives in Billingham , at times had responsibility for 132 different premises and up to 2,500 employees . |
| 6 | Separate national autonomies had appeal for those with some stake in society , the lower-middle classes , craft and some skilled workers ; the right wing gravitated towards peaceful reform and nationalism , while the left endeavoured to hold hard to revolution and a working-class unity that would cut horizontally across the empire . |
| 7 | One survey discovered that 31% of spot sufferers had blemishes for 3–5 years , and 14% for more than 10 years . |
| 8 | Analysts said this was consistent with recovery as manufacturers bought more foreign materials , exporters switched to home markets and consumers had money for imported goods . |