Example sentences of "[adv] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The water treatment polymers will open up new markets for FMC , which at present only has a small business in this field based on commodity chemicals . |
| 32 | ( This word only has a weak form when used in a relative clause ; when used with a demonstrative sense it is always pronounced in its strong form . ) |
| 33 | George Mayo is sixty two , but only has a mental age of six . |
| 34 | Powell only has a remote chance of playing , for Reilly 's squad has retained its shape and strength . |
| 35 | But ‘ For A Child ’ only has a slight tempo shift , a trumpet solo and a blast of flugelhorn to give it some extra zest , and it 's simply not enough . |
| 36 | The international system not only has a major division between communist and capitalist states but also deeper cultural divisions between what are usually termed the First and Third worlds . |
| 37 | You must do this very thoroughly , as the picture will not be as tightly secured against the glass if it only has a free-standing photograph frame backing as opposed to the hardboard backing one uses for normal pictures . |
| 38 | A screen , on the other hand , not only has a specific function , but is also an integral part of the overall design , and will therefore be looked at in quite a different way . |
| 39 | But guar bread , newly created by British food chemists , not only has a high fibre content but actually has 25 per cent fewer calories per ounce . |
| 40 | The Gyle project not only has a permanent site safety supervisor , Stewart Adam , but also receives regular visits from a regional health and safety advisor . |
| 41 | At the cessation of the solo passage , if the instrument continues to play but only has a subordinate part , it is a good plan to place an asterisk at the point where the prominent passage ends . |
| 42 | When it comes to use as a reagent , tetra only has a minor role . |
| 43 | If , however , a bond only has a short time left to maturity , it will be much more liquid : its market price will be near its face value . |
| 44 | ‘ Yes , apparently she only has a short time to live ; David came back to be with her — he 's even living at Brooklands . ’ |
| 45 | As a result , the 300 volts created by the adults only has a stunning effect if the prey is very close . |
| 46 | The faith not only has an experiential reality , it has dynamic consequences as well . |
| 47 | To demonstrate that something necessarily has a certain property , so the theory runs , is to show , by means of a syllogistic argument from certain axioms or first principles , that it has it . |
| 48 | The Authority necessarily has a close relationship with Eurotunnel . |
| 49 | He had been educated at Eton College so had an excellent command of English . |
| 50 | ‘ Folk ’ tunes , especially of Scottish origin , had long had a strong presence in the North-East regional culture ; and , as in other areas of the country , they had also been taken up by middle-class circles . |
| 51 | Despite the damage man has done to the Asian elephant , he has long had a close partnership with the great animal founded if not on love then certainly on respect . |
| 52 | A few authorities , however , have long had a formal policy of allowing parents to see their children 's school records , and individual schools have sometimes had an open files policy and reported beneficial results to the motivation of pupils and relations with parents . |
| 53 | How this system of allocation has been operated and controlled has long had a significant effect in moulding the social composition of the rural village , for it has largely influenced who lives where . |
| 54 | Porteous has long had a high reputation for stocking maps and guides in depth , and its customers , to whom it also supplies daily newspapers , include large city companies whose executives travel regularly and widely . |
| 55 | The Socialists have long had an electoral pact with the Communists ( which is still in force ) to withdraw whichever of their candidates is the least well placed in the second round . |
| 56 | Of course , the press had been the earliest communications free market , even if , in practice , most European nations have long had an additional element of political party patronage and state aid to individual titles and to the sector as a whole . |
| 57 | Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account . |
| 58 | The Crown had long had an unquestioned right to commandeer ships from coastal towns . |
| 59 | According to Marenches , he and the Shah had long had an excellent relationship . |
| 60 | Hitherto , the coalition had only had a one-seat majority in the Parliament as a whole and was actually in a minority in the lower house . |