Example sentences of "have a [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billy Crystal has a perfect wife and beautiful daughter but feels rattrapped trying to support them , Daniel Stern is having an affair with a teenage supermarket assistant and has been reduced to pretending to sleep at social gatherings in order to avoid his nagging wife , and womanising Bruno Kirby has finally tied the knot with a glamorous bimbo half his age ( ‘ soon he 'll be dating sperm ’ , observes Crystal ) and agonises over whether he can stay faithful to her . |
| 2 | But because it is beside rather than in the Pyrenees , the Basque Coast has a gentler climate than you might expect , with an average temperature over the whole year of nearly 14° Centigrade — almost as good as you will find in Portugal . |
| 3 | In short , Britain has a political system that is malfunctional and not amenable to radical reform . |
| 4 | Denise has a young baby and she was a very popular landlady , always greeting us with a smile . ’ |
| 5 | Geoff is married , has a young family and has moved from his former home in West Yorkshire to Barmill . |
| 6 | The Governor has a similar philosophy but he can express his thought . ’ |
| 7 | Humour has a similar function as any copy of The Dandy or The Beano will demonstrate . |
| 8 | So is there anyone out there that has a similar machine that is now ‘ surplus to requirements that I could cannibalise for parts ? |
| 9 | This involves changing the verb altogether and replacing it with one that has a similar meaning but can be used in a different syntactic configuration . |
| 10 | This has a similar effect and you will begin to grow drowsy and relaxed as the hypnotherapist speaks to you . |
| 11 | Associativity has a similar explanation except that the required depolarization is provided by a different set of afferent fibres ; in theory , these ‘ helper ’ inputs could use any neurotransmitter that promotes depolarization , and , experimentally , depolarization is often provided by injecting current into the cell . |
| 12 | In section 12.7 the Arrhenius equation was used to describe the temperature dependence of viscous flow , but an empirical equation proposed by Doolittle gives a much better description of viscous flow , and has a similar form where A and B are constants and . |
| 13 | Bordighera has a splendid promenade and bathing beaches of rock and pebble . |
| 14 | I am confident Scottish Nuclear has a long-term future and that it will continue to be one of Scotland 's best engineering companies . |
| 15 | When constructing the tree corresponding to a BFS , each line has a corresponding node and we will write R i for the node corresponding to row i and C j for the node corresponding to column j . |
| 16 | This is particularly true in this area where we have to compete with the Townswomen 's Guild which has a lower subscription and also with numerous Council-run activities , many of which are free or at a low cost for pensioners . |
| 17 | If two assets have the same risk but one of them has a lower return than the other , then it is sold and the proceeds are invested in the other . |
| 18 | It may be as low as 500 ( 3 branches per 100 carbon atoms ) in high-pressure polyethylene , which in consequence has a lower density than its linear brother — high-density poly-ethylene , which has a molecular weight between branches approaching 3000 . |
| 19 | With a modern glider which has a lower wing and the wheel well ahead of the c.g. , this weathercocking will be even more pronounced , so it is better to hold the down wind tip . |
| 20 | Ministry in the home never has a lower priority than that outside the home . |
| 21 | The freewheeling path of the bifilar drive does not return energy stored in the inductance at turn-off to the d.c. supply , so the drive has a lower efficiency than the bipolar bridge drive . |
| 22 | If the solute has a lower pressure than the solvent , then the vapour pressure is reduced . |
| 23 | More important is the fact that nobody can really tell whether Germany has a successful economy because of its voting system ( though , between you and me , this seems as unlikely as a cart pulling a horse ) or whether it seems to have satisfactory constitutional arrangements because its economy has been working so well for so long . |
| 24 | Breeze the Alsatian now has a new home and is thriving . |
| 25 | Sampras , who has a new coach and a fresh attitude , is at No 4 in the world list . |
| 26 | However , Byron Nelson , 79 , has a new hip and may be called on for duty . |
| 27 | ‘ My husband has a new job but he is unable to start work because he can not leave Oman . |
| 28 | The mill now has a new owner and fortunately , he too , fully appreciates what an important acquisition he has made . |
| 29 | Fisherman Malcolm Gibson has a new rod after a youth threw his in the sea . |
| 30 | The organisation , formerly known as Operation Raleigh , has a new logo and is considering an above-the-line campaign to boost its image revamp next month . |