Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] had the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , terrible though it might be to imagine , Mistress Philippa had the cool nerve and composure to be a murderess , and Parchmeiner might well be her accomplice . |
| 2 | The début single had the desired effect of stirring up a wealth of excitement . |
| 3 | A vendor rating exercise had the Spondon-based business performing best overall in areas such as technical , production , commercial , delivery and quality . |
| 4 | Not since a bony young Yorkshireman , Len Hutton , batted into a third day in August 1938 against Bradman 's Australia to pass the Don 's record score for a test match had the British known such transcendent moments of self-belief through sport . |
| 5 | Renewed commitment to child welfare had the initial effect of inducing parents to desert their offspring at an even faster rate . |
| 6 | But the decisive telephone call had the right result : Joan was a winner ! |
| 7 | Clerk Starke had the upper hand . |
| 8 | No details were given about the content of the comments , unlike those of the previous consultation on the PREPP recommendations , but it is known that while the community proposals had the broad backing of nursing unions and organisations , all had some reservations , and these have not been addressed . |
| 9 | Immunohistochemical studies of fresh tissue easily distinguished MALT lymphoma from benign reactive lymphoid hyperplasia ( pseudolymphoma ) and showed that tumour cells had the characteristic phenotype indicative of their origin from MALT . |
| 10 | The assortment of star quality on display at Thursday 's Starsearch heat in Derry 's Delacroix Inn had the judging panel transfixed . |
| 11 | All of the walking species had the widely-splayed legs that gave them a slow and lumbering gait , but , in the absence of more streamlined animals , they prospered . |
| 12 | Before I left for London next day Margaret had the official confirmation of Dickie 's examination results . |
| 13 | The two selection regimes had the expected effects on host fitness : infected bacteria in the vertically transmitted lines increased in density much more quickly than those in the lines where horizontal transmission could occur . |
| 14 | The launch model had the new 2.8-litre V-6 24-valve engine , 174bhp offering 135mph and an 8-second 0–62mph dash . |
| 15 | On the one hand , the Daily Mirror story had the important ingredient of television stars and the alleged exploitation of children in their front-page exclusive story , headlined Stars in Child Porn Probe , while on the other hand , more routinely , there are the very brief items in the local newspapers where the local police use the newspaper like a bulletin board to warn the local neighbourhood about a local nuisance who insists upon exposing himself . |
| 16 | To the Sumerian , Egyptian and Mycenaean peoples lapis lazuli had the added attraction of appearing as an exotic substance . |
| 17 | Death was final but a severed love affair had the added conspiracy of jealousy , anger and the possibility of future revenge . |
| 18 | In this campaign too — the battle of the River Ebro — the government forces had the initial advantage of surprise , but their much depleted physical and military strength made them unable to turn it to their permanent advantage and they were eventually pushed back to their original positions . |
| 19 | In humid climates , triticale seed had the annoying propensity of sprouting prematurely ; often , while still on the parent . |
| 20 | At first Milan was ruled by the della Torre family ; Martino della Torre had the revolutionary idea that the city should be governed by the people , with taxes calculated on ability to pay . |
| 21 | The new Mamey Abbey had the appropriate symbolism , for ‘ the portal opened to a hall , such as is now rarely found ; with the dais , the screen , the gallery , and buttery-hatch all perfect , and all of carved black oak ’ . |
| 22 | But costume jewellery had the distinct advantage of not pretending to be anything other than what it was . |
| 23 | The small railway outpost had the Indian sign on it when closure came entirely on I January 1917 in the midst of World War I. However , some five years later the GWR had a change of heart and decided to reopen the station to goods traffic on 18 September 1922 . |
| 24 | At 9pm that night , the parents of Baby One discovered their daughter 's ankle tag had the wrong surname . |
| 25 | Produced for 20th Century Fox by Elmo Williams , the film crews had the daunting job of recreating two air forces and two navies in numbers sufficient to depict the massed Japanese attackers and , for lack of a better phrase , the massed American targets . |
| 26 | However , the WPA was persuaded to give up its seat to the PPP , as did the TUF ; in return the PPP , which as the majority party had the constitutional right to determine the two NCLDO seats , allocated one to itself and the other to the WPA ; the final distribution of Assembly seats was PPP 35 , PNC 27 , WPA 2 , TUF 1 . |
| 27 | Yet when he lowered his arm Meredith had the odd sensation that she 'd lost . |
| 28 | The White House committee had the full reports of Dr Barnard and Dr Macdonald in front of them . |
| 29 | Each lantern lens had the corresponding red , blue or green filter before it , and the result was a very satisfactory reproduction of the multicoloured tartan ribbon . |
| 30 | Each lantern lens had the corresponding red , blue or green filter before it , and the result was a very satisfactory reproduction of the multicoloured tartan ribbon . |