Example sentences of "a [noun sg] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the scheme of public assistance , a person refused a payment had the right to make representations to a local Public Assistance Committee ( PAC ) . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the test of interest for the popular newspapers seems whether such a case has the potential for titillation rather than an outcry at such wickedness . |
| 3 | ‘ Even a mistress has a right to understand her grief . ’ |
| 4 | A videodisc has the capacity to store both still and moving pictures . |
| 5 | Each element in the communication processes of which media are a part has a history of its own : the media organizations , the changing technology , the contents , the audiences . |
| 6 | Formally , out of context , a sentence has a kind of time-free and place-free meaning . |
| 7 | Second , there are often two different passives available when a sentence has a sequence noun + adjective following the verb ; for instance , the fourth example of the previous set can be linked either to ( 4 ) or to ( 5 ) : ( 4 ) the packages registered were sent by our lawyer ( 5 ) the packages were sent registered by our lawyer It is intuitively obvious that ( 4 ) corresponds to the postnominal attributive interpretation of ( 3 ) ( c ) , but ( 5 ) to the other intensional pattern introduced here . |
| 8 | Whilst the peerage was validly conferred , however , the House of Lords itself decided that such a peer had no right to sit , and the object of the exercise was thus frustrated . |
| 9 | When a computer has a number of data.types , many operation codes are used up in providing the same arithmetic operation for operands with different formats . |
| 10 | Notice that , if a computer has an array of accumulators , as discussed in 3.2 , then the two instructions : Load accumulator n from store location X and ; Store accumulator n in store location X are logically sufficient . |
| 11 | Suppose a computer has an array of accumulators ( with the appropriate instructions ) , and accumulator zero is the computer 's program counter . |
| 12 | It 's not often a chairman has the chance to thank her Royal Highness publicly and I do so with pleasure now . |
| 13 | For example , where a party to a contract has a power or discretion , and this affects the rights of other parties , a term is frequently implied that the power will be exercised in a reasonable manner , or at any rate not arbitrarily or capriciously . |
| 14 | You may feel that insisting on using a condom has the implication that you or your partner may have HIV . |
| 15 | You were very frightened , we had to get you up read you a story have a cuddle put the light on . |
| 16 | have a look have a look see how many cars are outside . |
| 17 | So we 'll have a look have a look at your |
| 18 | The Moscow agreement could have offered the basis for a settlement had the United States and the Soviet Union cooperated and had the bulk of opinion in Korea accepted it . |
| 19 | Such a male has a territory so much better than that of neighbours that a ‘ polygyny threshold ’ is surpassed and he gains a second mate . |
| 20 | What a privilege to have a part in it ! |
| 21 | She sat very still , making herself small , the bag with the dress in it crammed behind her legs , telling herself it was a privilege to have a seat . |
| 22 | So , for example , an Orc rider wearing a chainmail shirt and carrying a shield has an armour save of 3+ compared to 4+ for a man wearing the same armour and riding a horse , and 5+ for the same Orc fighting on foot . |
| 23 | SIR — It has already been reported that , contrary to official policy , the scientific merits of candidates for academic promotion in Italy are not given primary consideration by the members of the judging commission , so it often happens that a loser has a curriculum vitae ( c.v. ) clearly superior to that of a winner . |
| 24 | Fewer than half of the district 's households that include a pensioner have a car . |
| 25 | makes a change to have a game rather than erm |
| 26 | If a user has an expansion card featuring the DSP32(C) , then source code can contain the usual graphics and normal input/output instructions found in Microsoft C. |
| 27 | How could you tell if a horse had a pain ? |
| 28 | A facade has a function as an ornament to a town as well as cloaking a building . |
| 29 | Such a department has the job of transforming creative department layouts and copy into the finished article : a newspaper or magazine advertisement , poster , brochure , leaflet , showcard , label or whatever . |
| 30 | And one famous quote during a court case he presided over was : ‘ The old law of the eye for the eye and a tooth and for a tooth has no place in civilised society . ’ |