Example sentences of "have [adj] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This discovery has potential as a useful tool in the epidemiological investigation of the spread of such an organism , and may even replace the other new techniques described earlier . |
| 2 | Handbell ringing has potential as a social as well as a musical activity in church . |
| 3 | Have n't had that for a long while |
| 4 | Yeah , yeah , we have n't got it , we could of had that as a nice car park . |
| 5 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |
| 6 | I kept making the point on Saturday here at Lane Martin , that I did n't think that erm we 'd had the last of the goals as they kept er popping in at both ends , and I 'm sure though we 've had three with a little over half an hour played here , we have n't seen the last of the goals here either . |
| 7 | This would be expected because , first , they would have been socialized into a version of mathematics nearer to that of the university ‘ modern ’ pure mathematicians than that of their elders and because , secondly , they would have had a potential interest in changes that could , within schools , challenge the seniority of their elder colleagues or , at least , they would have had less of a vested interest in current practice . |
| 8 | ‘ No , you ca n't have that as a main course . |
| 9 | One debate focuses on the power and influence of elites within Japanese society , and obviously any book on the Japanese state must have this as a major element , and indeed it does . |
| 10 | Very often during training , a student will be rather short of height but will just have sufficient for a normal approach . |
| 11 | that we had that like a little sitting room , I just had a settee in there and a couple of chairs , it was lovely and cosy in there |
| 12 | The entry specified that he had Spanish as a foreign language , which made me smile , for his Spanish had never been more than rudimentary , though of course it might have improved since he was in Salamanca . |
| 13 | His left eye had half-closed over a tight , blue bruise . |
| 14 | These settlements felt at least as detached from England as the Massachusetts Bay Company , and of course they had less of a legal foundation , because they had no charters of their own . |
| 15 | Despite these cautions , recent archaeological findings have provided much of value to the study of Earth Mysteries , particularly concerning the extent to which linear features were a prominent part of the prehistoric landscape , and the acceptance that monuments such as chambered ‘ tombs ’ had more of a ritual function . |
| 16 | Certainly the slave trade was expanding in the early eighteenth century ; more slaves were being bought in Africa than before , and the wars among Africans to provide captives to sell had more of a disturbing effect on the states of West Africa . |
| 17 | Terence had tried to talk to her as she had gone to her car , then the fat one had cat-called like a teenage oaf . |
| 18 | I have that from a reliable source . ’ |
| 19 | I have some fe a rainy day underneath me bed , |
| 20 | Much less flashy and class orientated in a UK sense , they have more of a general consultancy view of the world , with a problem-solving approach rather than just an interest in completing a job . |
| 21 | This is quite poignant , because other members of the EC have more of a European ‘ mentality ’ . |
| 22 | You just have those in a big bowl of gravy . |
| 23 | Er but again y'know I could in theory provide some handouts for you which you could perhaps pick up at the end of the er of the lecture from the front or even have available in a general office for you , okay ? |