Example sentences of "have a [adj] [noun sg] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of the various hand movements has a specific job to do , determined by range , angle , position and target . |
| 2 | If a body has a legal power to do X , it has authority to do it . |
| 3 | Some will think that a good community never lays down coercive rules except to enforce moral duties , and therefore that Mr. O'Brian should be made to compensate Mrs. McLoughlin if , but only if , he has a moral duty to do so . |
| 4 | ‘ Of the 65 per cent of companies not using credit insurance , half had no idea what it would cost as a percentage of total sales value , indicating that the industry has a real job to do explaining how little properly structured credit insurance can cost : often 0.5 per cent of turnover or less . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Michael has a great determination to do everything himself and get it right , ’ said Watkin . |
| 6 | Someone who has a lot of overt status has a great deal to do : their time and attention are very precious . |
| 7 | The very ubiquity of the mass media removes media as a whole system from the scope of positivist social analysis ; for how may we ‘ measure ’ the ‘ impact ’ of a social force which is omnipresent within social life and which has a great deal to do with constituting it ? |
| 8 | This subtle shift has a great deal to do with the current fashion accessory of an eligible husband rather than an eligible boss . |
| 9 | no , it was rationed , and er , talking about erm people 's taste having changed , I think the media has a great deal to do with that because when you look at things on television you can see how people |
| 10 | It is permissible to raise additional enquiries , and indeed , the buyer 's conveyancer has a professional duty to do so if there appear to be material omissions . |
| 11 | It also has a good deal to do with how we look . |
| 12 | Each of the participating agencies has a different job to do , a different area of activity , and different interests and concerns . |
| 13 | Another Scourie loch which has a delightful story does not really lie within the boundary of the hotel fishings . |
| 14 | It shows someone in obvious mental distress and gives a strong message that the nurse has a positive job to do . |
| 15 | I ca n't find anyone who actually likes this offset idea , and you really do n't want to spend your playing career justifying why your instrument looks so wacky ; left to hang around the user 's neck , it does actually rest neck-up , as promised , although I would think that this has a fair bit to do with the strap button being under the top horn and slightly back towards the body . |
| 16 | If you can relate back to branches , everybody was just running around , everybody 's had a specific task to do , you were just running round like a , |
| 17 | Just because Sunil had had a nasty experience did n't mean that his sleeping pattern would have changed . |
| 18 | Brian Howes , President of Kimberly-Clark 's European service and industrial sector said : ‘ The board was impressed by our partnership with the local community which has had a great deal to do with the success of our North Wales operations in establishing an award winning site of manufacturing excellence . ’ |
| 19 | It may not be a good reason to us , but they must have had a good reason to do it , either family-wise or tension-wise , or because of life in general . |
| 20 | If I 'd had a proper education do you think I 'd be driving this cab around ? ’ |
| 21 | In my tycoon days , before the collapse of my second career , I 'd had a fair amount to do with bankers , and my collective memory of them was of thin , precise men , in dark suits and wearing rimless glasses . |
| 22 | No well we could have had a matching hair do . |
| 23 | The Collector suspected that the Bard 's success in this respect might have a great deal to do with the ballistic advantages stemming from his baldness . |
| 24 | Surprisingly enough , it may have a great deal to do with conveyancing . |
| 25 | It could be coincidental or it could have a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 26 | Very quick it was but we did have a nice bath did n't |
| 27 | They came down in their own time , after they 'd left off work , and they 'd have a small job done ; and then they 'd take it back ready for work the next morning . |
| 28 | So she can have a little bit to do |
| 29 | You will need to warn management of the potentially adverse effects of refusing to appear or to comment and this will need to be set against the fact that having a valid argument does not always guarantee a sympathetic audience . |
| 30 | However , just having a winning attitude does not guarantee success all the time . |