Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [noun] had the " in BNC.
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1 | Under this contract the owner had the right to nominate which sub-contractor was to be engaged by the building firm to lay the floor . |
2 | For duties of a less routine kind the Secretary had the help of two secretaries for foreign tongues — Latin and French — and of his own personal staff . |
3 | We can see this idea expressed in international relations between states : the USA could not defeat Vietnam despite the fact that in terms of military equipment the USA had the most powerful weapons . |
4 | But Rutherford hooked well , Crowe provided several of his best cover-drives , the groundstaff captured a dog before it could interfere with play , and Tufnell 's effort to prevent a boundary by slide-tackling the ball had the same result as when he tried it on the same ground a year ago : four . |
5 | One day the aunt had the most terrible toothache . |
6 | Throughout the season the air had the peculiar resonance that attends hot weather , carrying sound from vast distances . |
7 | As they rounded the last corner the leaders had the main field breathing down their necks . |
8 | In the process they 've lost a certain edge , for at the end The Cateran had the rage and the fury of a band at its peak falling apart . |
9 | In the process they 've lost a certain edge , for at the end The Cateran had the rage and the fury of a band at its peak falling apart . |
10 | Eventually this policy was abandoned because it was unprofitable for the Russian state treasury , and from then until the early twentieth century the Chukchis had the distinction of being recognized as ‘ not completely subdued ’ , and were left largely to their own devices . |
11 | By the eighteenth century the trade had the total monopoly on the provision of coffins . |
12 | On May 2nd this same year the ladies had the inconvenient request of asking that the men be prevented from using the ladies ' lavatory . |
13 | Last year the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles so tickets are selling fast . |
14 | At the time of construction the bridge had the distinction of being the largest swing bridge in the United Kingdom . |
15 | The authors published their reports at the 2nd Benoxaprofen Symposium in June , by which time the firm had the full texts of the assays . |