Example sentences of "[noun sg] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This study confirms that patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus have a marked degree of acid gastrooesophageal reflux , considerably exceeding that seen in the majority of patients with erosive oesophagitis without columnarisation .
2 Sinter deposits associated with active fumaroles on the caldera rim of Emuruangogolak volcano have a U-series isochron age of 293kyr .
3 The vaulted tombs at Lebena , or Lendas , on the south coast have a similar layout to those in the Mesara Plain , with a round main chamber and rectangular cult rooms adjoining .
4 I mean we were in a particular discussion last night I mean that chap was making a particular point and we were able to ask questions and that was very useful and it helped everything else and as a result I have a view that Hydro Electric have a certain commitment to the community and I respect it for having that commitment .
5 Unemployment and other problems associated with labour have a direct bearing on social welfare .
6 The holiday resorts in our programme have a wide appeal .
7 for young people and if one of the things that corporations to my mind have a positive duty to do which is the social responsibility and we live in a society so increasingly fractured , rudderless and you know not so far away in places from anarchy that they have a duty to do things which effect maybe to see one the Bs not the A ones the Bs
8 Blood is not only used for straightforward transfusions , products extracted from blood have a whole number of uses — from the treatment of burns to the prevention of infection .
9 Unlike sharks , bony fish as a rule have a marked tendency to be flattened in a vertical direction .
10 We have a single-minded policy for British industrial success , but the Opposition have a feeble-minded policy which would achieve nothing for British industry .
11 It seems to me that many of the people involved in our industry have a fundamental lack of understanding of the needs and preoccupations of the modern child , and there are far too many groups , circles , committees and working parties which we seem to form in endless pursuit of the Holy Grail of better children 's bookselling .
12 This is known as a ‘ negative feedback ’ response , where additional inputs into the equation have a regulatory effect .
13 I would say you could defend the British position because what it seems to me to be based on is first of all the idea that the institution itself should make the decision , and that surely is a democratic start , that you do n't lay down a rule from Newcastle to John O'Groats , or wherever , and that the people in the institution have a certain chemistry together .
14 and its still looking good for the promotion play-offs … only Tranmere have a realistic chance of catching the top six teams …
15 ‘ Story ’ , ‘ travel ’ and ‘ journey ’ all blur together , drawing on Federman 's study of Beckett , the title of which is incorporated into this text and into Double Or Nothing , so that once again traces of realistic action have a metaphorical role to play .
16 The parallelism may be less transparent : in 22 foot and scrutinise have a parallel relation to bill , and in 23 foot and add up have a parallel relation to bill .
17 Having recognized the urgency of the problem — that , as we have seen , there is no pre-service teacher-training requirement for new entrants to the colleges and under half of the existing teaching force have a professional teaching qualification the Report made six main recommendations .
18 The work of Butler and Stokes , and other subsequent research within the same analytical framework , has shown that ‘ middle class ’ and ‘ working class ’ identification have a considerable relevance as regards support for the two main political parties in Britain .
19 For example , models in the IBM 370 range have a basic instruction set for general data manipulation and transput control , an optional floating-point instruction set for scientific calculation , and an optional decimal digit string instruction set for business data-processing .
20 Patients presenting with metastasis of unknown origin have a mean life expectancy of only four months so most diagnostic methods occupy a large proportion of the patient 's remaining life and identification of the primary site only rarely influences the choice of treatment .
21 Usually players with a strong left-hand grip have a good forearm rotation because the arm is already part of the way there .
22 Women at work have a triple difficulty to cope with .
23 This means that all people over pension age who are not in full-rime work have a statutory right to have their income brought up to a guaranteed weekly level .
24 Always the police prefer to exhibit bodily constraint in their styles , for restraint and decorum have a symbolic history as an indication of subcultural insider purity , a comfort with a vanishing status quo , and a rejection of the changing outside world .
25 there 's point to point racing at Mollington tomorrow … where the Bicester and Whaddon Chase have a full card of runners and riders …
26 Members of a particular stratum have a common identity , like interests and a similar life style .
27 At the end of the exercise have a short period of conversation while you concentrate on the fingertips on your larynx and on feeling the right degree of voice volume , your friend keeping check for you on the right amount of voice volume and indicating if it becomes too loud or too quiet .
28 Tumours within the bone marrow have a low signal and are therefore clearly depicted against a background of fatty marrow .
29 HO HO HE HE — what a night last night — i switched between Galatasaray — Scum and Norwich — Bayern Munchen on the telly ( yeah — i have cable and german channel RTL showed three matches in a row involving german teams , Scum vs G. was shown on a norw. commercial channel — Scum have a great following over here and i guess they would show Scum because the thought Scum would make it … )
30 For collecting vocabulary have a small notebook which you can carry with you wherever you go and jot down any new words or phrases on the spot .
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