Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some courts have a specialist probation officer who promptly channels those suspected of having mental health problems into the local service .
2 Even if players become available , very few clubs have a fairy godfather to take care of things .
3 Some ovens have a turntable and wave stirrers .
4 The occupier of the land on which the chattel is found may in some cases have a title superior to that of the finder .
5 Some schools have a wealth of scraps stored in drawers labelled with examples of the material contained ; silver foil on the ‘ shiny things ’ drawer , sticky paper for the paper scraps .
6 Whilst some schools have a teachers ' library the range of resources available seems poor .
7 Some schools have a display board featuring named photographs of the staff including the secretary and the caretaker .
8 Quite a few hangars have a tendency to rain inside in the morning as frozen condensation melts and you might want to consider strategically placing silica gel bags inside .
9 Some computers have a variation on the multiply instruction which delivers an n-bit result for operands limited in size , or which rounds a 2n-bit result to n bits .
10 Some computers have a PrtSc key ; if you press this key the screen display is copied to the printer .
11 Some cars have a petrol gauge that stays on full for a long time .
12 The school 's lollipop lady says some drivers have a lot to learn .
13 Some models have a sensor that weighs the food .
14 Some countries have a state archaeological service run entirely by professional field archaeologists , so that amateurs , and sometimes even archaeological students are not allowed to participate in fieldwork or excavation .
15 Who had said : Some countries have a climate , in England we have weather ?
16 Why do some countries have a structure which is characterised predominantly by either highly centralised or industry-wide agreements , whereas others have far more decentralised arrangements ?
17 Some communities have a number of branch houses , containing perhaps only three or four members , and some are reduced to a handful of elderly professed members .
18 Some companies have a department labelled ‘ marketing ’ to discharge this responsibility .
19 So the , the overall figure is going down , and this really reflects the way outbreaks have occurred , in that some areas have a lot early on , they 're dropping off .
20 Some organisations have a hierarchy of confidentiality — CONFIDENTIAL , PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL , STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL , TOP SECRET .
21 She explained some plants have a knack of placing themselves well , Campanula poscharskyana she proclaims ‘ a godsend ’ , particularly for the way it scrambles about , up poles and walls and even over other plants , its stems wreathed with soft blue flowers .
22 Some stories have a ring of truth , if a little exaggerated : They do fit the known biography .
23 The redemption terms can also differ between bonds : some bonds have a range of possible redemption dates ( such bonds are known as double-dated bonds ) , and sometimes the actual date of redemption is chosen by the issuer ( callable bonds ) and sometimes by the holder ( puttable bonds ) ; some bonds have no redemption date at all , so that interest on them will be paid indefinitely , ( such bonds are known variously as irredeemables , perpetuals or consols ) .
24 Yet some things have a point :
25 It has the potential to be a double-suckler ( some families have a tendency to produce twins ) and remains well able to produce high-quality meat and milk from low-protein foodstuffs , with an excellent food conversion rate .
26 But although these figures do tell us how few families had a grandparent in their own home , they can be misleading .
27 Some patients had a repeat biopsy so that more than one in vitro agent could be evaluated .
28 Some patients have a history of hospitalization and surgery before the age of 5 , and in some cases such events have occurred before the age of 18 months ( Rosenthal et al. 1972 ; Simpson 1975 ) .
29 For example , if you work in a surgical unit where some patients have a limb amputated , the physiotherapist and occupational therapist are key members of the team .
30 Some patients have a bowel frequency of only two in 24 hours whereas others defaecate 10 times in 24 hours .
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