Example sentences of "have [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The second type : considerably fewer relics of serfdom , the landowner has to a considerable extent already become a capitalist , the peasants are better off and the peasant market has a greater capacity , etc . |
| 32 | The growing central controls on the curriculum , and other aspects of state schooling , has to a considerable extent been grounded on a concern with the quality of teaching , and the associated view that improving the quality of education is dependent on improving the quality of teaching . |
| 33 | We shall see later that the power of the occupiers to exclude or restrict their liability towards visitors has to a considerable extent been eroded by s. 2 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 34 | In fact , Caernarfon is the nearest building Wales has to a royal palace having been owned continuously by the Crown ever since Edward I established it in 1283 . |
| 35 | There is no doubt that the progress achieved to date has to a significant extent been the result of your backing . ’ |
| 36 | A friend of the late Giovanni Falcone , one of Italy 's martyrs in its fight against the Mafia , Baltasar ‘ Superjudge ’ Garzon is the closest Spain has to an anti-Mafia crusader . |
| 37 | Sadly Walter L Jacob & Co Ltd , described in this context by The Observer as perhaps the " closest the UK has to an American-style boiler room operation ! has not been the only licensed dealer to recruit clients in this way . |
| 38 | But the book does explore the emotional effect that this major change has on a small boy 's life in a clever and very unusual way . |
| 39 | The gene itself benefits , in terms of its vertical transmission , from the average effects that it has on a whole series of bodies . |
| 40 | The Ugandan capital Kampala has seen the devastating effect that civil war has on a sophisticated engineering scheme . |
| 41 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where the company has at a relevant time … entered into a transaction with any person at an undervalue , the [ administrator or liquidator ] may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 42 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where the company has at a relevant time … given a preference to any person , the [ administrator or liquidator ] may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 43 | ‘ ( 1 ) … where an individual is adjudged bankrupt and he has at a relevant time … entered into a transaction with any person at an undervalue , the trustee of the bankrupt 's estate may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 44 | For a continuously varying trait ( let us use human size as an example ) , the value of the trait in an individual is probably determined by what genes it has at a large number of genetic loci , together with the effect of the environment . |
| 45 | ‘ Not honour 'd with a human shape . ’ |
| 46 | Expos 'd in a True Picture of [ Jeremy Collier ] ( 1704 ) by Thomas Brown , or Hypocrisie Unmasked , the title of two works with American associations , one published in 1646 by Edward Winslow relating grievances by the Governor and Company of Massachusetts against Samuel Gordon of Rhode Island , the other published in 1776 with the subtitle or , A short inquiry into the religious complaints of our American colonies . |
| 47 | Occasion 'd by a Serious Admonition ’ , Leapor writes : |
| 48 | In 1758 he published the following ‘ Verses occasion 'd by a barbarous Disappointment that the Author lately met with ; wrote extempore , and left for a certain Gentleman , at his House ’ : |
| 49 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 50 | Any object that an individual has had for a long time , a favourite book for example , has already been affected by that individual 's electrical impulses . |
| 51 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 52 | What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside . |
| 53 | It was the best experience I have had for a long time . ’ |
| 54 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 55 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 56 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 57 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 58 | This explains the attraction soft conventionalism has had for a recent generation of legal philosophers . |
| 59 | There was a good living to be had for a shrewd man in an institution . |
| 60 | All highly inventive stuff and this latter , somewhat typical of the smaller pieces here , can be had for a modest £140 . |