Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to have the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am most grateful to have the opportunity to develop once again on the Adjournment the problems associated with trunk roads in Leicestershire . |
| 2 | I am extremely grateful to have the opportunity to raise this issue and I am glad that my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is present , because I know that he will listen with his usual thoughtfulness , great knowledge and understanding of the problems that I will enunciate . |
| 3 | It would have been so easy to have the chimney-sweep around . |
| 4 | When there is a different purse and a different bureaucratic structure , it is much less easy to have the sort of fruitful relationship that exists between , for example , St. Kentigern 's school at Blackburn and the Oatridge agricultural college . |
| 5 | that 's right , and when you do get the thunder storm well my family get into their bathing costumes and go out and stand in it because it 's so lovely to have the rain . |
| 6 | Among other casualties in this process will be plot : ‘ the plot having disappeared , it is no longer necessary to have the events of fiction follow a logical , sequential pattern ( in time and in space ) ’ ( Federman 1975 : 810 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ It wo n't be easy , ‘ he said grimly , and I was suddenly rather glad to have the taciturn Chatterton aboard . |
| 8 | It is always preferable to have the rig nearer the wave rather than vice versa . |
| 9 | In 1245 the king accepted his advice that it would be more splendid to have the leopards , which were planned to go beside the throne at Westminster , made of bronze rather than of marble . |
| 10 | But the truth was , freedom was damned lucky to have the University of Birmingham on its side . |
| 11 | In this mansion are to live … the English gentleman with his gracious wife and his beautiful family ; he always able to have the boudoir and the jewels for the wife , and the beautiful ball dresses for the daughters , and hunters for the sons , and a shooting in the Highlands for himself . ’ |
| 12 | It is always advisable to have the mare and foal checked over by your veterinary surgeon during the first day of life . |
| 13 | In these cases it is more desirable to have the person or item carry the required information . |
| 14 | Geminis are traditionally supposed to have the memory of an elephant but the concentration span of a butterfly . |
| 15 | It was also unusual to have the batsman complain about seals swimming behind the bowler 's arm , but at least this allowed us to stop for drinks even more often than we had done the day before . |
| 16 | It is also helpful to have the LH simply read down the list of words before you start the actual checking . |
| 17 | It is also helpful to have the names of any handicapped people in the area so if you are a parent or an aunt or a friend , again give the name of the person to someone with a board at the back of the church — age does not matter ( our oldest handicapped SPRED friend is 70 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's probably healthy to have the outlook that we have , though . |
| 19 | He also found it unacceptable that ‘ although this has not been set down in black and white , the West is clearly inclined to have the conference discuss the regime existing in Afghanistan , and the character of Soviet-Afghan relations ’ . |
| 20 | It is also desirable to have the possibility of shifting staff between design and operational duties . |
| 21 | The Sports Council will await Universiade GB 's concurrence with the deal before nominating their man , but it ought to be one of their members with business acumen — which means either David Simon of BP , who is most unlikely to have the time , Raymond Michel , formerly with a distillery , or Norman Jacobs , a partner in one of Britain 's largest firms of solicitors . |
| 22 | But I think she was fairly relieved to have the situation taken out of her hands by her parents telling her what to do . |
| 23 | Erm there was a , I mean there was a lot of friction , I mean , I mean I 'm really lucky to have the strength of a friendship that I did because you know , if , I would n't have got , you know where I am , sort of without it , I think . |
| 24 | But it was n't really convenient to have the porch used as a shelter or as a storage for Harry 's odd and rather smelly belongings . |
| 25 | She was as eager to have the ring returned as I was . |
| 26 | I think I was feeling guilty — although we must have been equally relieved to have the subject at our disposal . |
| 27 | It is at least disconcerting and sometimes painful to have the memories flooding back to spoil the enjoyment of success , and what could be more effective in bringing back the memories than the sight of an unknown stranger receiving an honorary degree apparently for no good reason . |
| 28 | Irish gardens have the peaceful innocence of prelapsarian Eden ; you are quite likely to have the place to yourself , and most have not yet plumbed the commercial depths of the pot pourri franchise . |
| 29 | A particular feature of such a view of what is just is that any attempt to translate it into practice must begin by favouring the weakest and the least advantaged , since these are the people least likely to have the opportunity to enjoy an equal share of what we have , and are thus most in need of help . |
| 30 | Mr Mackie agreed that all three men had been quite happy to have the injection administered by Murray and that he had also consented whenever Murray had injected him with drugs . |