Example sentences of "have a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established .
2 The Corrado also has a multi-function computer , while the Calibra has a no-cost option of metallic paint .
3 So both G A B A and glycine are er physiological neurotransmitters er and it has a s the glycine receptor have a has a similar function of hyperpolarizing the membrane when open , inhibits action potential .
4 Perth ( 43 000 people ) has a similar type of position to Stirling .
5 Australia has a similar system of tied agents and independent advisers , and the TPC has no doubt about the usefulness to the consumer of universal remuneration disclosure .
6 This specimen also resembles O. gracilis Belyaev & Litvinova , 1976 which has a similar range of enlarged granules around the periphery of the disk and arrangement of oral papillae .
7 And then he has a study that has a similar wall of reference set of shelves and then I guess that maybe his bedroom has of this , but it 's erm and such a nice guy , a pleasant kind of man .
8 The apostle Peter has a similar understanding of this primary purpose of the church , when he writes : ‘ You are … a holy nation , a people belonging to God , that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light . ’
9 I can not see it in ‘ Stitchworld ’ although number 177 has a similar sort of line .
10 I should guess that your little friend has a splendid knack of observation but no fictional powers .
11 They anticipated the hellenistic taste for theatre : Dionysius I brought his bride from Italian Lokri in a warship decorated with gold and silver ; Plutarch 's Life of Demetrius has a splendid account of the cortège in which the third-century king Antigonos Gonatas brought back by sea to Macedon the funeral casket of his father Demetrius .
12 Allied has a splendid record of exporting 85pc of its output .
13 James Jenkins 's The Naval Achievements of Great Britain ( c. 1820 ) has a splendid array of coloured aquatints , but can almost never be found with the two portraits of Nelson and Howe .
14 This charming old Scottish house is occupied by the Scottish Craft Centre which has a fascinating range of pottery , jewellery and textiles for sale .
15 The Weald and Downland open air museum , 6 miles north of Chichester , has a fascinating collection of houses of historical interest including a 15th-century farmhouse and working smithy which have been saved from dereliction , brought here and restored .
16 He seems thrilled to stumble across the notion that war has a technological impetus of its own ; others will recognise in it the familiar railway-timetable explanation of why the first world war proved so unstoppably disastrous .
17 Although it believes it has a technological lead of around a year in the RISC notebook market , Gilkes does n't expect Tadpole to have the ground all to itself for much longer .
18 ( iii ) They should learn that , whereas chronological writing has a straightforward pattern of organisation , non-chronological types of writing can be organised in a variety of ways and so , generally , require more planning .
19 Just to go out into the night can give a sense of this ; night is not empty darkness — the night can be warm , or stormy , still or windy , and the darkness is charged by this and has a changing life of its own .
20 In practice , where a public company has a wide spread of shareholders , a significant minority shareholding may give the holder a decisive degree of influence over the company 's activities .
21 You see a university has a wide spread of expertise and facilities , which is well beyond the finance of a small company , and even sometimes a larger company , especially when the expertise or facility required is out of the ordinary .
22 The procurator fiscal has a wide measure of autonomy , both in a discretion whether to prosecute and in choosing the charges .
23 has a wide field of vision ; and
24 It has a wide angle of acceptance resulting in high sensitivity for both small spot ( synchrotron , Auger , UPS etc ) applications and standard XPS .
25 The current instrument has a wide angle of view , with the view field not sharply defined .
26 ‘ Sir Patrick also has a wide experience of business and is a financial heavyweight — and we need more of those on our board . ’
27 Central St Martin 's College has a wide variety of BA degree courses .
28 It has a wide variety of rooms and ten well appointed conference rooms .
29 Wales has a wide variety of semi natural vegetation and habitats of considerable nature conservation interest .
30 Excel has a wide variety of optional toolbars which can be reached via the menu system .
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