Example sentences of "[vb base] have the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Married since college , they run a highly successful advertising business and appear to have the perfect marriage . |
| 2 | Until then , The Smiths appear to have the upper hand . ’ |
| 3 | A photograph taken in Picasso 's studio in the summer of 1908 shows an earlier , apparently more or less completed version of the Three Women executed in a style which makes use of rough , almost violent striations , used to emphasize the different areas to the sides of the figures , while the figures themselves appear to have the rough-hewn bulkiness of much of the most characteristic contemporary African-influenced figure pieces . |
| 4 | I , I still want to have the downward trend but I suspect until this is sorted out we 're not going to get you off it altogether . |
| 5 | We have returns so far from sixty five per cent of the schools and we expect to have the remaining schools before the end of the month , I would n't expect it to change from where we are at the moment but if there was a significant variation then I will be in a position to report back to the Policy Committee at the end of the month but I 'm , I 'm not expecting that need be the case . |
| 6 | You may find when shopping around the travel agents that most of them lay off their bets through Cresta who seem to have the inside curve . |
| 7 | These seem to have the curious property that , although they can move fairly freely within a hadron , it appears to be impossible to obtain just one quark on its own ; they always come either in groups of three ( like the proton or neutron ) or in pairs consisting of a quark and antiquark ( like the pi meson ) . |
| 8 | A lot of them seem to have the whole class |
| 9 | So here is mystery with a vengeance — we seem to have the attractive idea that Christ died for you and me , he went to the utmost limit for us , he gave everything away , and in some mysterious and tantalizing fashion he took my sin and yours upon himself , but we can not say to whom the price was paid ! |
| 10 | When they happen have the unwrinkled skin |
| 11 | Thus even though know has the operative sense in this use , the operation of obtaining knowledge is seen merely as the condition for predicating the infinitive 's event of the direct object . |
| 12 | It is a wise precaution to ensure that we continue to have the nuclear deterrent which has served us so well in the past . |
| 13 | Owen : That 's what we were thinking , not detention … but why should the people who misbehave have the nice things here like pool and table tennis ? |
| 14 | Generally speaking , wild antelopes , sheep and goats all tend to have the right-hand helix ( as defined above for the screw ) on the left side of the head and vice versa ( heteronymous ) , whereas the opposite is often true for domesticated sheep and goats ( homonymous ) . |
| 15 | The first two hurdles H0 and H1 , although separately observable , are closely linked since different advertising channels have different success rates the leaflet to school may be easy to arrange ( no falls at hurdle H0 ) but is not very effective ( all down at H1 ) , while word of mouth recommendations tend to have the reverse problems . |
| 16 | Men tend to have the technological skills that enable command of technology , women simply to operate equipment or assemble its components . |
| 17 | Both have washed rinds and a firm texture and tend to have the washed rind garage-cheese smell , as described in the section on soft cheeses ( p69 ) . |
| 18 | Droning Dot and nurdish Nigel do have the odd laugh , but there 's never been a character who you could call easy going and game for a laugh . |
| 19 | Droning Dot and nurdish Nigel do have the odd laugh , but there 's never been a character who you could call easy going and game for a laugh . |
| 20 | Right Said Fred are making a fairly robust attempt not to become too aware , but they do have the odd theory , the odd observation . |
| 21 | Although Uzell reckons there are no real dominant players , he divides the competition into four main areas : computer vendors , such as IBM Corp and ICL , which he reckons have the geographical scope and financial muscle to deal with the global demands of systems integration projects , but are unlikely to be independent , are often too hardware-oriented and lack the relevant software expertise ; management consultancies , such as Arthur Andersen and Price Waterhouse , which he believes do have the necessary business knowledge , but generally lack implementation skills and have little experience of large-scale project management ; telecommunications suppliers , such as AT&T Co and France Telecom , which again he reckons are too hardware-oriented and short of software skills ; and software houses , such as Electronic Data Systems Corp and Cap Gemini Sogeti SA , which he recommends for their independence and expertise , but feels that few are international enough or have the necessary financial clout to handle large deals . |
| 22 | However , we do have the mass noun cutlery , which has the right sort of meaning , as knives , forks and spoons are all cutlery . |
| 23 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 24 | erm But there was this great gap and I think had the civil war not come , the dean of Christchurch who was the first of the two Fells , would have probably finished that building then . |
| 25 | I do , I hope but we appreciated Claire and Steven had her more than we had , but you know , we 've had the odd times we 've virtually been across there a month or something like , but but when you have a position where you have five |
| 26 | They 've had the odd child who has n't been erm whatnotted and some various |
| 27 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 28 | We 've had the odd difference of opinion , while respecting the other 's point of view . |
| 29 | They 've had the good sense to include the little-aired ‘ Think About The Future ’ mix of the Mondays ' ‘ WFL ’ , but should be questioned about the inclusion of the terminally tacky Soup Dragons ' ‘ I 'm Free ’ , the success of which marked the point at which cynical goons jumped the wagon and things went sour . |
| 30 | They 've had the good sense to include the little-aired ‘ Think About The Future ’ mix of the Mondays ' ‘ WFL ’ , but should be questioned about the inclusion of the terminally tacky Soup Dragons ' ‘ I 'm Free ’ , the success of which marked the point at which cynical goons jumped the wagon and things went sour . |