Example sentences of "the [adj] have [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The English have strange habits , ’ he mused sardonically . |
| 2 | The EC summit in June 1989 agreed to achieve this first stage in July 1990 but set no dates for further progress and , yet again , the British had important doubts about the proposal . |
| 3 | There is no representation that at the time when the cheque is signed the accused had sufficient funds in his account . |
| 4 | Now the last person I had moved on to the hundreds had enormous problems with the stickiness of them . |
| 5 | Only 5% of patients were competent , and only 12% of the incompetent had living wills . |
| 6 | Although their linear growth improved ( change in SDS for height=+0.87 ( 0.93 ) , 10 of the 17 had final heights below the third centile ( SDS for ultimate height=-1.94 ( 0.93 ) ) . |
| 7 | The loss of two men , a highly expensive experimental aeroplane and the F-104 had serious repercussions , especially when one considered that all this happened when all were engaged in taking photographs for a private company during a military test flight . |
| 8 | Features of possible appeal to this market include a music centre , comprising AM/FM radio tuner with scan capabilities and 16 programmable pre-set stations , a compact disk player , and an eight channel mixer to adjust the tuning and balance of the radio or CD-ROM — the latter has potential applications for home-based education , providing on-line tutorials and reference guides . |
| 9 | The former provides the criteria for determining when a treaty creates rights or obligations vis a vis third States , while the latter has comparable provisions with respect to third party organisations . |
| 10 | The latter has lovely tones but is not always an easy leaf to use as its heavy colouring can make it difficult to incorporate into a design . |
| 11 | The latter has large values at much higher κ than the former . |
| 12 | The District 's Annual Report for 1959–60 said that , although the WEA 's national officers were still trying to achieve this increased grant , the Eastern had exceptionally-strong claims and accordingly ‘ we are now pressing for special consideration ’ : in other words , Jacques was arguing with the Ministry that , even if it could not afford 90% grant to the WEA as a whole , could this not be allowed to the Eastern District individually ? |
| 13 | In 1988 , 70 per cent of the estate 's adults were unemployed and 49 per cent of the jobless had criminal records . |
| 14 | The MMC has wide powers to make recommendations , and the Secretary of State to act on these recommendations , yet on only a few occasions have companies been formally penalized as a result of MMC investigations . |
| 15 | The former has Corinthian capitals , still beautiful despite their mutilation . |
| 16 | People lower down the hierarchy can only make claims if the deceased did not have relatives who rank above them ; and a distinction is made between full and half-blood relatives , the former having prior claims ( Cretney , 1984 , pp. 698–700 ) . |
| 17 | The .22 has other advantages . |
| 18 | The 16th had close ties with the Boys ' Brigade , with flags presented by the Trades ' House of Glasgow . |
| 19 | She gets on well enough with Sheila Martin , though the two have occasional differences of opinion because of Sheila 's somewhat more slapdash approach to accounting matters . |
| 20 | The Carolingian Empire in 823 was at its furthest extent , and Louis the Pious had numerous palaces in his Frankish heartlands . |
| 21 | The EB-650 features diamond-shaped , Trini Lopez-style soundholes , ‘ TB Plus ’ modernised Thunderbird pickups and comes in a choice of translucent blue , red , amber , black and purple ; the EB-750 has traditional f-holes , a pair of active Bartolinis , gold hardware and either natural , ebony or vintage sunburst finishes . |
| 22 | Some urban riots in the 1980s had racial connotations — whites fought blacks and blacks have fought the police — but in general must disturbances involved urban youths , both black and white , in confrontation with the Police . |