Example sentences of "of [noun pl] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As much as 85 per cent of cars had a radio , and over half were used whenever the car was driven . |
| 2 | The reduction in the number of candidates had a side effect in that no count in 1975 went beyond 12 stages whereas in 1973 two counts reached 18 stages . |
| 3 | In the past all sorts of different kinds of buildings had a stone placed in the wall to show when they were built . |
| 4 | Linnaeus ' system of plants had a basis in arithmetic : he counted the male and female parts of the flower , and these figures placed it in its class . |
| 5 | I think he 's has loads and loads of things had a lot 's and lot 's to eat |
| 6 | In the towns and cities , every block of flats had a Party representative , who reported to an area controller , who , in turn , was responsible to a district officer . |
| 7 | In this study about a quarter of patients had a biopsy for a sole haematological abnormality . |
| 8 | In the early 1950s no more than 10 per cent of households had a television . |
| 9 | In those areas where it was possible to receive transmissions only 9% of households had a set , and only 8% of our sample watched television daily . |
| 10 | Some 22 per cent of councillors had a degree or equivalent qualification compared to only 5 per cent of the general population . |
| 11 | A number of farms had a son , or other member of the family , who would attend but of the 87 to whom this question applied the main answer received was : ‘ it depends ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ But Tatyana Nowak said to me a number of Poles had a grudge against Mills for something or other — she did n't say what , and I had no chance to find out . ’ |
| 13 | One study that identified 25% of women had a bone mineral density more than 2 standard deviations below normals . |
| 14 | Overall 80% ofmen had a haemoglobin concentration of 12.5 g/dl or less at diagnosis and 75% of women had a concentration of 11.5 g/dl or less . |
| 15 | The Crown said Wilson co-operated fully with detectives and although the total amount of drugs had a street value of £40,000 , the ‘ relative margins ’ for each link in the chain meant Wilson would not have been making significant money . |
| 16 | The front doors were some eight feet above the court surface so each pair of dwellings had a flight of steep brick steps leading to them . |