Example sentences of "have [prep] common " in BNC.
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| 1 | What holds humanity together today is the denial of what the human race has in common . |
| 2 | While her work has in common a pre-occupation with a place called ‘ home ’ and the notion ‘ family ’ , her photographic construction is quite different . |
| 3 | The bedrock aspirations these educators have had in common , as far as early childhood educational opportunities are concerned , are expressed in a recently published book which is based on contemporary research and which shows the continuing aspiration for a comprehensive preschool service : |
| 4 | The exhibits in the Brussels exhibition seem to have had in common only a concentration on clearly defined simple forms and a corresponding limitation of colour , and very few of them had anything at all in common with the work of Picasso and Braque . |
| 5 | The arrangements set up by the two Houses differed widely , but they have had in common that their powers derive from the practical assistance given by the United Kingdom Government in the prompt provision of legislative proposals and other Community documents , and from the Government undertaking not to agree any proposal in the Council of Ministers until parliamentary scrutiny is complete . |
| 6 | What do they have in common that makes them material substances ? |
| 7 | What do they have in common , these giants of the road ? |
| 8 | What language would we have in common ? |
| 9 | WHAT do the following have in common : a machine that can write the Bible on a pinhead ; a single-lens microscope that magnifies 1000 times ; a barometer that measures the difference in atmospheric pressure across the thickness of a book ; a 15-cm ( 6-inch ) telescope that fits into a jacket pocket ; and the first bicycle crossing of the uninhabited central region of Iceland ? |
| 10 | The formation of cliques is not unexpected , given the fact that the only things which the residents actually do have in common is that of having the same employer and the same degree of occupational and residential mobility . |
| 11 | What on earth would they have in common ? ’ |
| 12 | What do the following have in common : Brian Walden , Matthew Parris , Robert Kilroy-Silk . |
| 13 | Dear Guitarist What do the following have in common ? |
| 14 | Consequently , they never really probe the significance of what those two activities might have in common . |
| 15 | It is hard to imagine what Sylvester Stallone , Cilla Black , Twiggy and Lewis Collins could have in common except a famous face that provokes stares from passers by . |
| 16 | What they did have in common , was a relatively poor organizational base among eligible electors and financial dependence on the leaders of industry and finance . |
| 17 | Image Problem What do the following have in common ? ( a ) ( b ) ( c ) |
| 18 | Delete any information which you think the two children would have in common . |
| 19 | What they do have in common is that in all cases industry will be looking for the location where it can make the best profit . |
| 20 | Say the distance between two species is the number of characteristics which they do n't have in common . |
| 21 | Her infectious enthusiasm was such a contrast to James 's indifference , Christina wondered what they could have in common . |
| 22 | You could then relate their interest in the sea to what the bride and groom will have in common , ‘ I hope they will have many happy voyages/sailing trips together , ’ and finally relate your subject to the wider issue of marriage , ‘ and enjoy the voyage of life together ’ . |
| 23 | What could we possibly have in common except our situation ? |
| 24 | Everything fell into place : clothes drier , grass cutter , teapot — what did they have in common ? |
| 25 | ‘ So , about the only thing we do have in common is … ’ she said , and hesitated as though she could think of nothing they shared . |
| 26 | ‘ So , ’ she said flippantly , ‘ about the only thing we do have in common ’ |
| 27 | What they could have in common it would be difficult to guess , unless it was that both were defiantly unacademic and felt the need to make a common front against the teachers — not that learning sat particularly heavy on any of them , either . |
| 28 | What the weighty reports do have in common , is evidence that the high social ideals of a liberal egalitarian education system in practice fall short of the mark . |
| 29 | If , as I have suggested , the 12 members of the Community do not have much in common with us over sovereignty , what do we have in common over foreign affairs ? |
| 30 | What do they have in common beyond their youth and innocence ? |