Example sentences of "[pers pn] are have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 My brother and I are having a few people in for a drink before lunch on Sunday .
2 The more these systems are developed in concert and in a logical sequence , the more likely you are to have a successful implementation , and therefore reap the considerable benefits possible .
3 It is essential if you are to have a clear mind about each particular job and interview that you keep your applications and all the information relevant to them methodically filed and easily accessible .
4 The average glass of wine contains between 90–100 calories , and it is difficult to stop at one when you are having a good meal .
5 Whether you are having a religious or a civil wedding , you must apply ( in person or in writing ) for a marriage schedule by giving notice to the local registrar where you want to marry at least 15 days ( but not longer than three months ) beforehand .
6 ‘ My word , you are having a nice long holiday !
7 Calcium If you are having a reasonable amount of dairy produce you are not likely to be short of calcium .
8 The trick is to try and look beyond them to the interviewer and talk as though the two of you are having a personal conversation .
9 It might be that you are having a hectic day at work and you feel that things are getting to you , or you might be stuck in a traffic jam with your pulse racing and the frustration making you angry .
10 In conclusion , thank , you , everybody , for listening , and I hope you are having a wonderful afternoon/ evening and are all as happy as we are today .
11 Unless you are absolutely sure that both you and your partner do not have HIV , and neither of you are having a sexual relationship with anyone else , the wisest thing is to avoid having unsafe sex .
12 If we are to have a leaner , meaner , keener regular Army , inevitably we shall need a good Territorial Army to support it .
13 So if we are to have a consistent regional planning framework , that should be weighed in the balance as to whether they 're taken into account in North Yorkshire .
14 That that 's how it it started , that 's why they were n't part of the force , is , police were part of a co community , and therefore to have respect for the police , seems to me quite vital if we are to have a real sense of of of justice and and fairness .
15 I have already pointed out that the third property is necessary if we are to have a complete theory without parameters .
16 Those practices must be brought to an end , and I know that my hon. Friends will strongly support the Government when we say that enough is enough and that if we are to have a compulsory competitive tendering regime , it must be one under which the private and public sectors are able to compete with absolute equality .
17 Will he encourage his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to understand that the company car is not a tax-avoidance weapon but an essential tool of British industry and that , if we are to have a strong home-based industry , we do not need taxes so high that Jaguar and Rolls-Royce lose money ?
18 If we are to have a serious debate , we can do without the barracking that passes as comment from the hon. Member for Dunfermline , West .
19 We know at least that we are to have a common centrally determined curriculum for maintained secondary schools .
20 We need to motivate young people , whatever their aptitude or ability , to acquire further qualifications if we are to have a competitive and well-motivated work force in the 1990s and the next century .
21 If we are to have a national common curriculum , a balance between its practical and theoretical elements must be aimed at , and the balance observed equally in all areas of learning .
22 If we are to have a true two-stage sample , i.e. a sampling scheme for the secondaries within the sampled primaries , we have to face the fact that the primary sampling units can contain very different numbers of secondary sampling units .
23 There is a marked concentration in the region of Sagittarius ( the Archer ) , and it was this which led to the discovery that we are having a lop-sided view of the Galaxy because we are not in the middle of it .
24 I remind him that it hit Grimsby bitterly between 1979 and 1981 , and now we are having a second dose of it , with the loss of Findus Ltd. and 900 jobs , and the shrinking of labour forces by major employers .
25 track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so
26 Nobody is pretending that we are having a great time , but it is important to recognise the factors which have affected us in what is a transitional period for the club .
27 That was twelve — we are having a talkative day , are n't we ? ’
28 Because we are having a big do er champagne party and all
29 ‘ Quite frankly , we are having a bad year , ’ Mr Murdoch said .
30 They are having a terrible life of it .
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