Example sentences of "[det] [conj] a [noun sg] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is the ‘ essence ’ or ‘ nature ’ of a horse , and why does it follow from this that a horse has a certain type of head or feet , or lives to the age it does ? |
| 2 | It 's very important you 're taught that , er such feelings as respect , love , emotions all come into this and a woman has a right to say no , if she does n't |
| 3 | ‘ I am afraid , Your Highness , ’ said Mahmoud stiffly , ‘ that once a case has been opened — ’ |
| 4 | The ground resolution of a TM image is such that a pixel has about a 30 m side , which seems appropriate for the scale of analysis used . |
| 5 | All that a child has a right to claim from his father is nourishment and education and the things nature furnishes for the support of life but he has no right to demand rule or dominion from him . |
| 6 | And it does that because a wind has sprung up , you ca n't see it but you can observe its effect . |
| 7 | The programmatic development of the Copernican theory over more than a century has already provided us with one example . |
| 8 | A pub which has been run by the same family for more than a century has won an award for its traditional charm . |
| 9 | Since 1950 the number of those unemployed for more than a year has increased from 34,000 to more than a million at the start of this year . |
| 10 | The number of people out of work for more than a year has more than doubled since long-term unemployment began rising in October 1990 . |
| 11 | ALTHOUGH more than a week has passed since Hanson bought 2.82% of Britain 's ICI , the only certainty about that stake is that the world 's fourth-largest chemicals company will never be the same again . |
| 12 | A cyclist held in prison in Nepal on forgery charges for more than a month has been released . |