Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curfew was lifted on April 9 , and on the same day the opposition groups had a meeting with the King in which they affirmed their commitment to the establishment of " full democracy " . |
| 2 | The Chinese sage Confucius had a doctrine of ‘ the rectification of names ’ which held that the thing should conform to the word . |
| 3 | In 1981 , however , sports car drivers had a World Championship for the first time , when the championship was again renamed the World Endurance Championship and from 1982 the championship was for the new Group C cars . |
| 4 | The opposition parties had a PV of 51.1 , higher than Fianna Fail 's at 45.7 ; but Fianna Fail 's PS was 51.7 , again a majority . |
| 5 | The tall carriage entrance had a clock with a black face and gilt Roman numerals in its small pediment , the yard paved with small , sunk cobbles with moss between . |
| 6 | Resenence Jeopardy had a lover . |
| 7 | In the litigation in the English Courts arising out of the collapse of the International Tin Council the question was raised whether the Tin Council had a cause of action against its own members . |
| 8 | Proximal small bowel resection had a clearcut effect on both absolute and relative pancreatic weight . |
| 9 | The William Roberts Action group had a meeting with Norman Wilkinson ( Director of Sports and Leisure ) on May 19 and when he was asked if there was any money in the budget for a new pool he said that there was not . |
| 10 | During one University break Roy had a job packing boxes in a lemonade factory . |
| 11 | We found out that the sitting room had a timber panelled ceiling which had been papered over and given lots of coats of whitewash . |
| 12 | Chf Insp Longstaff said club managers had a responsibility to make sure they knew what the law required of them . |
| 13 | For years the Vietnamese boat people had a dream . |
| 14 | But Earls Court only holds 20,000 and Maine Road football stadium had a capacity of 50,000 , so people looking at the crowds at Manchester always saw one empty or thinly populated stand . |
| 15 | The rest of the stock market had a see-saw day . |
| 16 | The stock market had a roller-coaster ride before and after the Tory election victory and forged ahead despite frenzied dealings on the foreign exchange markets . |
| 17 | By contrast Celtic had a goal in hand for much of the match and put together many passages of the passing game which has been such a feature of recent matches . |
| 18 | Those of us who ran a BCRS stall at the CADMRS exhibition on Easter Eve had a preview of the layouts and modelling techniques to be seen in this department of railway enthusiasm . |
| 19 | The Palais Club had a membership in 1928 ‘ well past the ½ thousand mark ’ and it grew fast as dancing became the major pastime of the 30s and 40s . |
| 20 | It was a pity Mollie had a day in hospital whilst you were in Scotland , but I am glad the holiday was a success otherwise — I do wanted you to like Scotland . |
| 21 | The reception in Tarland village hall had a buffet which included locally caught salmon followed by a ceilidh with dancing until the small hours . |
| 22 | An observer noted that ‘ the day is happily gone by , the dark age has passed over , when the village farrier had a clyster-pipe and bladder in one pocket , and a roll of tow emerging from another , and brandishing his twitch as a weapon of offence and defence , is the only person to whom our domestic animals are entrusted ’ . |
| 23 | In the second half Peterborough had a man sent off but it did n't affect the final score , Peterborough beating Birmingham one nil at London Road . |
| 24 | The test kit had a range of pH6 to 8 , but the reading of my existing tank was obviously below 6 as it went instantly yellow . |
| 25 | Similarly , a cut-off value of 2.6 for the carbamylated haemoglobin/serum urea ratio had a sensitivity of 100% , specificity of 76% , and positive predictive value of 65% for distinguishing the two conditions , and a cut-off value of 0.15 for the carbamylated haemoglobin/serum creatinine ratio had a sensitivity of 100% , specificity of 73% , and positive predictive value of 63% . |
| 26 | Similarly , the cut-off value of 5.5 for the carbamylated haemoglobin/serum urea patients had a sensitivity of 100% , specificity of 38% , and positive predictive value of 73% for separating reversible renal failure from CRF , and a cut-off value of 0.2 for the carbamylated haemoglobin/serum creatinine ratio had a sensitivity of 100% , specificity of 58% , and positive predictive value of 80% for separating the two conditions . |
| 27 | In fact , the top eight Guardian constituencies had an average Labour swing of 3.8 per cent , and the top eight Sun constituencies had a swing of 4.7 per cent . |
| 28 | The lady prioress had a hand in it ! ’ |
| 29 | No-one in the United States Rugby Union had a clue about coverage and neither the union nor the magazine was ever sent a press release . |
| 30 | Unstated was the belief that the American Central Intelligence Agency had a hand in the downfall and death of Lumumba who had appealed to the USSR , and thereby upset the United States and also Britain ( Macmillan wrote ‘ our long-term interests would best be served by … a Congo Government … largely depending on American rather than Russian aid and support ’ ) . |