Example sentences of "have a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM has a conflict of interests between the AS/400 and RS/6000 ’ . |
| 2 | This time , the Third World has a lever of sorts in its willingness , or unwillingness , to co-operate , but one of limited value since co-operation in drawing up a climate convention is ultimately as much in the interests of the poor nations as it is in those of the rich . |
| 3 | If you or someone you know has a problem with drugs , you can get help and advice from trained councillors . |
| 4 | I was just there for Type ninety , and he has a wall of books in his living room that — the shells are some kind of Danish wall system from nineteen fifty-five and it seemed , you know , that the shelves were slightly saggy , a few nicks and scrapes , so it 's not new looking at all . |
| 5 | God has a way on retreats such as this of bringing home to us the challenge of a first-order question : ‘ Do you love me in the way Mary loved me and allowed herself to be used for my mission ? ’ |
| 6 | DARRYL HAS A WAY WITH WORDS |
| 7 | The new President already has a legion of critics who find him shallow and lacking in principle . |
| 8 | His three heads represent the past , present and future ; his spittle poisons and burns the earth ; he has a mane of snakes and a serpent 's tail ; his eyes are watchful and his ears are constantly pricked , listening for newcomers as he admits the dead and devours the still-living . |
| 9 | Luckily he has a stash of stones with which to protect himself . |
| 10 | In his job as Forties Delta scaffolding foreman , Reg Sowerby has a head for heights . |
| 11 | A true geodesic has a criss-cross of poles which gives greater stability in high winds |
| 12 | The specialist teacher or adviser will need to discuss with the pupil 's own teacher the information obtained from screening procedures that has a bearing on adaptations to learning materials or to the environment . |
| 13 | Management has a choice about workers : it can pay them a pittance to control an on-off button , or minimise down time by training them to fix — ie program — the new machines . |
| 14 | Indeed as friend , colleague or relation , the listener has a choice of responses which were not available to her had the task merely instructed her to listen : she could , for instance , adopt a cool intellectual probing , helping the talker to weigh up the pros and cons , or she could set up emotional resistance to the idea . |
| 15 | Port Solent has a choice of houses and apartments to suit the various needs of the yachtsman and those who want more than a home on the waterfront . |
| 16 | AFTER being ill-served for many years by the investment industry , the small investor at last has a choice of funds which follow share indices . |
| 17 | This range of portable gas detectors has a choice of sensors including CO , SO 2 , H 2 S , O 2 , and combustible gases . |
| 18 | Which type of service is offered by a store that has a choice of exits ? |
| 19 | Whatever its weaknesses , Switzerland always has a couple of aces up the sleeve . |
| 20 | The word processor package which I 'm using to write this book has a couple of games built into it — partly for light relief , no doubt , but also to give newcomers the opportunity to play with the system , to get confident in using the tools . |
| 21 | It has a couple of switches which can be used to modify the output , one of which is /F . |
| 22 | The study room has a couple of armchairs , one heavy wooden chair set at a writing desk , a bookcase set against the east wall by the door , ornaments and furnishings , and a set of five masks ( as described below ) mounted along the north wall . |
| 23 | It has a couple of shops , bars and cafés but Malcesine is less than eight miles away , easily reached by local bus . |
| 24 | She has a couple of children with her and a third on the way . |
| 25 | As Anne has a couple of children and is at home all day she often does lots of baking but also lots of nibbling ! |
| 26 | The equally dependable Valerie Masterson has a couple of tracks too , and the orchestras involved are the Philharmonia under John Owen Edwards , the English National Opera Orchestra conducted by Mark Elder , the Scottish Opera Orchestra under Justin Brown , and the New Sadler 's Wells Opera Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth . |
| 27 | Fairfax has a couple of gins and tonic ready by the time I have the fire blazing . |
| 28 | ‘ I know Jeff has a couple of clients in Alghero . |
| 29 | Es Calo , the sleepy little fishing village which is without doubt my own particular favourite spot , also has a couple of beaches and swimming from almost all the island 's beaches is entirely safe . |
| 30 | He has a couple of fields behind his cottage and keeps a few beasts . |