Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gingivitis did not increase the risk of coronary heart disease , whereas periodontitis or having no teeth increased it by about 25% . |
| 2 | Students away from the university , say on a sandwich course or having a year abroad , might or might not be included in lists one used . |
| 3 | Where drug actions are known , they have been found to exert an effect on the body 's metabolic processes — that is , our inner chemical workings — inhibiting or stimulating enzyme function or having an effect on their control mechanisms . |
| 4 | A small number of people have been infected through transfusions in the past but there has never been a risk in donating blood or having a blood sample taken . |
| 5 | Where the injury is traumatic , such as a person being struck by a car or having a hand cut off in a machine , there is usually no difficulty . |
| 6 | ‘ While we can never offer a real home from home , guests come knowing that they can get some of the comforts of home — like being able to make a cup of tea or have a drink without necessarily having to come downstairs or order room service . ’ |
| 7 | Patients were considered malnourished if they ( a ) had lost more than 10% usual body weight or had a serum albumin of <30 g/l ; and ( b ) also had a triceps skinfold thickness ( TSF ) of <90% adult reference range or a mid arm muscle circumference ( MAMC ) <90% reference range . |
| 8 | Eighteen patients had a skin biopsy or had a lesion removed , but no tests other than the usual histological examination were necessary . |
| 9 | When we had association we 'd stand around and talk , or sit and watch telly or have a bath and wash our hair . |
| 10 | But earning a living or having the money to be able to continue studying is , I know , just one area of concern for your readers . |
| 11 | The applicant must be a freeholder or have a lease with five years or more to run , and will be required to sign a form to say that she intends to live in that dwelling as her only or main place of residence for at least five years after the work has been completed . |
| 12 | He had a Corporal with him and we doubled to the front of Brigade H.Q and clambered aboard a jeep that had a trailer attached . |
| 13 | Or perhaps no one can understand anyone : each blackbird believes that he has put into his whistle a meaning fundamental for him , but only he understands it ; the other gives him a reply that had no connection with what he said ; it is a dialogue between the deaf , a conversation without head or tail . |
| 14 | We do well to remember that societal opposition to cruelty to animals , especially opposition that has the force of law , is a comparatively recent development . |
| 15 | Ideally the regions where these interfering signals occur should be covered using a second sample prepared with a mulling agent that has no absorptions in these regions , such as hexachlorobutadiene . |
| 16 | The broad vigorous body suggests a mind that has no need of the intellect to remain sane , though it gives itself to every fantasy ... |
| 17 | With wrestling , the ‘ opponents ’ are not simply themselves but taking on the parts of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ in a ritual that has a context much larger than the particular match . |
| 18 | Good gossip must have an esential core of truth to it , and a dose of compassion , concern or at least good humour attached ; it is bad gossip that has no basis in fact , that is driven obviously and primarily by maliciousness . |
| 19 | Oh , but this , it was catching the tooth that had the abscessing underneath it |
| 20 | It turned out that they had instead invested in an airline which never took off , a college that had no students , and a luxury yacht . |
| 21 | The tape that had the record of his theft . |
| 22 | A mechanism is therefore suggested such that a protein that has no affinity for the double stranded PPT element can interact specifically with one DNA strand after formation of the cruciform . |
| 23 | A number of kinds of events describable within modern microphysics involve an indeterminacy that had no place in the Newtonian programme . |
| 24 | Grown-ups have things to do , you know , an' they ca n't always explain them … well — ' She put her arm around the narrow shoulders and pulled the child into her side , and when again the arm came around her waist and the head was pressed between her breasts there arose in her that pain that was both an ache and a pleasure : a pleasure that had no future that she could see ; a pleasure that she had been deprived of all during her womanhood . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got a horse that has a chance . |
| 26 | For instance , you may well admire a well-bred horse that has a lot of competition potential — but even if you can afford it , buying it would be a big mistake if what you really want is something quiet and up to weight to hack and do riding club events . |
| 27 | The loch that has no bottom |
| 28 | Forget , he says , the fact that the people ( I am desperately trying to avoid using the words ‘ Red Indian ’ and refuse to opt for the hopelessly inadequate euphemism , Native American ) whom the Spaniards and others found had not discovered the wheel and had no draught animals . |
| 29 | Noel Park 's model was made from corrugated card and had a drawbridge and four towers , two with staircases and two with ramps . |
| 30 | I 've thought about him a great deal and have a plan he might find useful . |