Example sentences of "[noun sg] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this technique has a long ancestry in the Old World it was unknown in the Americas until the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century . |
| 2 | Thirdly , the technique has a high contrast resolution which means that tumours are frequently shown with greater clarity than with computed tomography . |
| 3 | In this typical example of scientific doublespeak , the burden of proof is , as usual , thrown on to conservationists to show that a fishing technique has an unacceptable effect , rather than on the fishing nations to show that the method is ecologically sound . |
| 4 | For example , at an energy E , the orbit has a semi-major axis of length r B and a semi-minor axis of length r A . |
| 5 | This gracious and well-proportioned early 19th-century building has a varied past : it started out life as a rectory , became a farmhouse , and is now a comfortable country hotel . |
| 6 | To this day the building has a remarkable power in a modern city of concrete skyscrapers and oppressive traffic . |
| 7 | The building has a large narthex extending the whole width of the church with three saucer domes over it . |
| 8 | This impressive stone building has a commanding site on a hill above the surrounding plain . |
| 9 | THE LACE CENTRE , housed in a beautiful timber framed building has a wonderful selection of lace products on sale . |
| 10 | Ostensibly agriculture has a fine record — between 1961 and 1973 labour productivity bounded along at over 7 per cent per annum , though overall growth of output at just under 3 per cent was less impressive [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 11 | Ahead of the Pentium processor launch on March 22 , Intel Corp has a Pentium-compatible chip set for its Peripheral Component Interconnect specification : the new set reportedly supports a 64-bit data path and speeds of up to 66MHz . |
| 12 | Ahead of the Pentium processor launch on March 22 , Intel Corp has a Pentium-compatible chip set for its Peripheral Component Interconnect specification : the new set reportedly supports a 64-bit data path and speeds of up to 66MHz . |
| 13 | Microsoft Corp has a new Microsoft Visual C++ development system designed to streamline the development of C++ applications for Windows . |
| 14 | Nippon Digital Equipment Corp has a Japanese version of software that turns personal computers into X-terminals . |
| 15 | IBM Corp has a busy February lined up , and not content with mainframe kickers expected February 9 , and AS/400 F models February 16 , the company has inked in February 2 for an array of new RS/6000s . |
| 16 | The pistol shrimp has a special claw which is held open at the hinge by two discs bound by suction . |
| 17 | Challenger has a good chance of hitting a Soviet tank with its first shell at a distance of more than 2000 m . |
| 18 | The text has a certain givenness ; it may be interpreted anew in each age . |
| 19 | The placement of verbs in initial position in the Portuguese text has a communicative function : it thematizes processes as the writer 's point of departure , an arrangement particularly suited to the reporting of academic research and scientific methods . |
| 20 | Strictly nocturnal predators like the eagle owls can entirely miss a common rodent species if that species is diurnal , and in these cases the prey assemblage has an unbalanced species composition compared with the small mammal community actually present . |
| 21 | British Rail has an ancient obligation to pay for its own police force . |
| 22 | And the reason for this is that usually the male has a vast number of sex cells and consequently can afford to compete er for er female cells to fertilize . |
| 23 | The male has a different appearance from the female : the male 's belly is red , whereas that of the female is a glossy silver , distended ( if she is ready to lay ) with eggs . |
| 24 | Thus for him the male has a lesser role , simply preparing the matter contributed by the female , so that it is ready to accept the soul . |
| 25 | The male has an extra pair of legs at his front end , called ovigerous legs . |
| 26 | The Christian has a distinctive view of the physical world . |
| 27 | The Christian has a high view of man . |
| 28 | In doing so it became one of the few countries where the brand has an active agency handling Guinness through the retail distribution system . |
| 29 | It has been known for some time that eyes give out bioelectric signals — the retina has a positive charge , the cornea is negative . |
| 30 | If your hair has a slight wave or natural curl , you can emphasise this beautifully with Clairol 's Big Shot hairdryer . |