Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in for two weeks , during which I had a wide variety of tests . |
| 2 | ‘ It was only much later , when it was too late to change anything , that I glimpsed the possibility that this may have been one small way in which I had a slight advantage over Gittel . |
| 3 | ‘ An eternity of time passed during which I had a blazing row with a nosy seagull which kept hovering over me . |
| 4 | ‘ I believe , ’ he said , ‘ that I can obtain you a position as reader in a publishing house in which I have a certain interest . |
| 5 | I mainly use the package with my Brother 950i , to which I have a connecting cable , but I ca n't wait for Soft Byte to produce one for the Pfaff 6000 so that I can view the patterns on screen before knitting them . |
| 6 | You cook the moules as for marinière : moules marinières is prepared by scrubbing the mussels , rejecting any that do not close when knocked against the sink , whilst allowing the finely chopped onion and garlic to thoroughly soften in the wine in a large pan for which you have a close-fitting lid . |
| 7 | The act was performed with particular virtuosity when Mrs Crumwallis dosed them all with castor oil , an old-fashioned cure-all in which she had a fiendish trust : then the boys ' performance resembled nothing so much as an acted-out illustration for Nicholas Nickleby . |
| 8 | I picked on the Aplysia examples , because they lead to one of those rare cases in which we have a neurophysiological understanding of behaviour ( Fig. 3.7 ) . |
| 9 | Dolphins are probably as diverse now in terms of numbers of species , as at any time for which we have a good fossil record . |
| 10 | In an age in which we have a keen sense for the difference between fact and symbol , Wilson-Kastner makes no distinction . |
| 11 | Hotels and catering , clothing , retail , are three of the main Wages Council 's industries , of which we have a large membership . |
| 12 | Today we 'd call it a one male group , it 's a social structure in which we have a single dominant male , a harem of females and im sexually immature young . |
| 13 | The world communist movement , meanwhile , had virtually collapsed as an organised force , and individual parties had lost ground in nearly all the countries in which they had a legal existence ( some had simply disappeared ) . |
| 14 | Scholars will remember the original theory of the CAP was based on what was known as ‘ the law of comparative advantage ’ — in short , countries should each farm crops and enterprises in which they had a significant economic advantage . |
| 15 | ‘ If ’ , argues Conklin ( 1977 : 94 ) , ‘ businessmen feel ideologically deprived by government regulation because they think that the law is unfair and unduly restrictive of the economic forces to which they have a strong commitment , they may violate the law ’ . |
| 16 | Such agreements would otherwise be void or unenforceable under the general prohibition against trustees dealing with trust property in which they have a personal interest . |
| 17 | ( The adult readers might like to list those books , and other reading matter , for which they have a particular affection or which they feel have made a contribution to their lives , and then check to see how many of them would be considered to be of the highest literary worth . ) |
| 18 | He was educated at Marlborough College , to which he had a lifelong devotion , and at Balliol College , Oxford , where he captained both the cricket and hockey XIs and where he obtained a first class in classical honour moderations ( 1924 ) and second classes in mathematical moderations ( 1924 ) and literae humaniores ( 1926 ) . |
| 19 | He had , however , a natural ability with a penny-whistle , of which he had a great number , one of which he always carried in his pocket . |
| 20 | He was habited youthfully , in black jacket and trousers , over which he had a dripping cape . |
| 21 | McCallen has been having problems with the RVF Honda for which he had a new engine during final practice and as a result , his times have not been up to scratch . |
| 22 | There was , however , always one matter for which he had a personal responsibility which he could share with no one else . |
| 23 | ‘ . Thus if Scargill was satisfied that ( a ) Branch members would accede to a call for a strike by their local officials , ( b ) that those officials would call a strike , and ( c ) that the National Executive ( over which he had a strong influence ) would sanction such strikes , then he could achieve the equivalent of a national strike without submitting it to the membership at large for their endorsement . |
| 24 | For years he was a member of the Saturday sub editorial staff processing the comprehensive sports copy flowing in from all parts of the world for Ireland Saturday Night , a newspaper for which he had a deep affection . |
| 25 | Within days of moving up he assumed a Farmer Giles accent , extra-shapeless trousers ( nothing is so sexless as an Englishman 's trousers ) , broken boots ( ‘ They do n't just let water in , they suck it in , ’ he said proudly ) , and most important , a bucket hat , of which he had a whole series . |
| 26 | The king did not attempt to achieve this by overthrowing or even modifying the constitution , for which he had a sincere and perhaps exaggerated respect . |
| 27 | With great patience and no doubt a certain amount of pride , for here he was expert , he minutely described the cultivation of pineapples , melons and oranges in stoves and greenhouses , cucumbers on hot beds and of early fruits , wall-forced , for which he had a special reputation . |
| 28 | Wigg 's two passions in life were first a constant and continuing admiration for the British army and second a lifelong interest in racing , about which he had a massive and detailed knowledge . |
| 29 | This principle may be infringed when a member of a board takes part in the granting or the rejection of an application for a licence in which he has a personal interest . |
| 30 | Our client is the sole director of a private company in which he has a substantial interest . |