Example sentences of "the [noun] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Nichol demanded : ‘ Who leaked this report before we in the defence had a chance to see it ? ’ |
| 2 | Thus , if in the year 1992/93 the income was £100 and the trustees paid the basic rate of tax because the income had a UK source of £25 and the additional rate of tax of £10 the amount of income available at the end of 1993 is £65 . |
| 3 | In strong winds , however , the sides of the tent had a tendency to cave in and flap about . |
| 4 | If two such people , the one popular with Conservatives , the other a nominee of the new Liberal Government in London , took that view , the Prince had a lot going for him . |
| 5 | ‘ They also say the serpent had a woman 's face . ’ |
| 6 | The solicitors had a conflict of interests , and should have arranged for him to receive independent legal advice . |
| 7 | Like the ECSC , the EEC had a Council of Ministers as its main decision-making body . |
| 8 | And I saw that the shed window had been boarded over with some plywood , and the board had a number beneath which was the signature ‘ Popova ’ . |
| 9 | On this basis , the technique had a sensitivity of 82% , a specificity of 77% , a predictive value of 91% , and a false positive rate of 8.8% . |
| 10 | Dr Gerard Vaughan , a former health minister , was especially vocal in condemning the action , but others took the view that the ‘ informer ’ in the case had a duty to report an action which possibly constituted a crime against another human being ; |
| 11 | The courts had a variety of treatment orders available in respect of the children brought before them , including placing children on probation and sending them to attendance or detention centres or to approved schools . |
| 12 | On the Sabbath morning of 1st June , 1679 , the blacksmith had a visit from Captain John Nisbet of Hardhill in the parish of Loudoun , who was accompanied by George Woodburn of Loudoun Mains . |
| 13 | Huey the Snake had a grip on the local drugs network , so the Richardson 's moved in to break his hold . |
| 14 | There was no tune , but the notes had a pattern nevertheless that was very compelling . |
| 15 | The birds had a habit of dipping their beaks in the water and then shaking their heads so that the ivory-coloured beaks flashed in the sun . |
| 16 | The voice was sun-warm , rough smoothed down a notch with sympathy ; the accent had a home : Santos Angeles . |
| 17 | The embassage had a trumpeter , and he blew a resounding flourish . |
| 18 | ( N.C. , 1979 ) where it was said that persons charged with serious disciplinary offences had a right to call any evidence which was likely to assist in establishing vital facts in issue , that the chairman had a discretion to refuse to call witnesses to prevent the accused calling so many witnesses as to make the system unworkable but that fairness demanded that there be a right to cross-examine witnesses . |
| 19 | The PGL had a run of four successive titles broken by the NIBA last year and our hoping to get back on the rails in Dublin next month . |
| 20 | Half the squadron had a go at Woolley , popping off a couple of rounds in his general direction and then having to dive away fast when he swung towards them . |
| 21 | The jeep 's firepower was quite staggering , as the Vickers had a rate of fire of over 1,000 rounds per minute . |
| 22 | With doorstep sales , the buyer had a right to cancel an HP or credit sale contract , recovering any payment already made , within four days of receiving a second copy of the agreement . |
| 23 | In Dennant v. Skinner ( 1948 K.B. ) the buyer had a van knocked down to him at an auction . |
| 24 | The pensioner had a handbag containing £400 ripped from her grasp when he struck in Old Roan . |
| 25 | It was in part because of this love of the specially religious life , and in part because of the affection for the long history of the Church , that he led another pilgrimage ( 1959 ) of several thousand people to Holy Island on the coast of Northumberland and even The Times had a piece about the archbishop walking barefoot . |
| 26 | In addition , the groups had a group discussion ( organized by the team leader ) between the first and second repetitions , though the subjects actually performed the experiment on an individual basis on each repetition . |
| 27 | The kitchen had a bed recess . |
| 28 | As Billy came back down by the river and up the hill towards the cottage , he knew the danger in the kitchen had a name at last . |
| 29 | If each of the products had a chance of great profitability then there would be true Broadway risk , but that sort of expectation for a single product is unrealistic . |
| 30 | The merchants had a problem , claims Marglin , because the spinners and weavers had what the economists term a ‘ leisure preference ’ . |