Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , few men or women had sufficient time or energy after long hours of farm labouring or housework to devote to a garden or allotment . |
| 2 | The Far Eastern bank interviewed took an entirely different line ; they always worked with the large international firms , claiming that neither they nor candidates had any confidence in the smaller firms . |
| 3 | efforts to prise Richard away from all or part of Aquitaine , but neither threats nor blandishments had any effect . |
| 4 | De Alwis , Dr Netasinghe , head of the veterinary team , and the park rangers and trackers had another trump card in the person of the man who was to carry out the darting . |
| 5 | His passions and hatreds had other sources , fastening more readily on the fatuous and feeble administrators , the ‘ old gang ’ by whom England and her dependent territories were governed . |
| 6 | But it illustrated that Christians and pagans had similar views of each other . |
| 7 | Turnbull and Spears had 6 girls out of a total work-force of 30 . |
| 8 | Some of the professionals believed that they had greater patience than their able-bodied colleagues , and often pointed out that their patients and clients had greater confidence in them and were more likely to take their advice . |
| 9 | These Greeks and Karians had garrisoning jobs in the Persian period , the enemy being presumably the native Egyptians . |
| 10 | They took her out , across the wide Neva river to the north-east of the city , to a long street of factories and high concrete walls where tourists and visitors had little reason to go . |
| 11 | ‘ I write of power being destructive and parents had absolute power over children in those days . |
| 12 | Blacks and Asians had more offences of violence than Whites , but Whites had more burglary and criminal damage . |
| 13 | Who time should go faster the closer you were to a clock , they did n't know , and none of the castle 's waiters and attendants had any explanation either . |
| 14 | In Lexington 's case her parents and grandparents had good hips and she is not lame . |
| 15 | The transport of military equipment and troops had absolute priority on the railway network , and the military were determined opponents of programmes of line closures . |
| 16 | Until 1 October 1903 , the Railway Company had borne all the costs for these schools and teachers had travelling privileges identical to those of Works employees . |
| 17 | The elections were held in accordance with a law passed on Feb. 20 [ ibid. ] , and voters had one vote for one of the listed parties ( there being no candidates ' names on the voting form ) . |
| 18 | It 's true that surpluses were accumulated , and transferred in non-economic transactions , and peasants had non-economic reasons for acquiring cash : at the monastery of St-Riquier c.830 , the offerings that came in ( and even if the largest of these came from nobles , the majority , to judge from the beneficaries of miracles , were from peasants ) were worth 300 lb of silver per week . |
| 19 | Both they and Saracens had hard-fought draws in one of their pool matches but go through by virtue of scoring more tries . |
| 20 | In and around Addis Ababa murder , brigandage and highway robbery increased alarmingly ; in restoring order , public hangings , floggings and mutilations had little effect . |
| 21 | Although the hamlet had just 38 houses , six people had died from cancer , four others suffered forms of the disease and others had motor neurone disease which attacks the central nervous system . |
| 22 | In a primitive world where some creatures had no eyes at all and others had lensless eyes , the ones with lensless eyes would have all sorts of advantages . |
| 23 | In earlier times , the family had often held the key to power and women had more opportunity to influence affairs : thus , in feudal times , the Lady of the Manor supervised a large household , exercised great practical authority over both men and women , and stood in for her husband in his frequent absences from home . |
| 24 | Smiths , wheelwrights , butchers , tanners , graziers and husbandmen had direct links with the rural hinterland . |
| 25 | Management and employees had 18 months , including 12 months in the new plant itself , to set up the structure before a module had to be shipped . |
| 26 | Americas Watch said that by 1986 overcrowding had been solved in the largest prison ( Tipitapa ) , and inmates had more facilities for work and recreation and for family visits . |
| 27 | But authorities had differing aims for the green belt . |
| 28 | The Club claimed that this was because the premises were licensed but fans had other interpretations . |
| 29 | Blacks and Asians had more offences of violence than Whites , but Whites had more burglary and criminal damage . |
| 30 | But Saracens had different ideas . |