Example sentences of "have a [adj] [n mass] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only ask because Mr Hamlyn has made them look remarkably similar — the main difference is that Ms Rendell has a splendid pair of naked buttocks perched on her head where her hair should be . |
| 2 | The Sky-Claw has a patented means of retaining a pair of handles on a dowel with locating cross-pegs . |
| 3 | At present , Highlander has a working staff of 15 . |
| 4 | In its first real move into the Japanese market , Santa Cruz Japan has a well-planned series of seminars ready to be held over the next few months . |
| 5 | As the number of companies leading the law-breaking campaign is small , he has a viable means of enforcing the law but he refused to do so — |
| 6 | In the former case , the fact that the linearised flow near C+ and C has a complex pair of eigenvalues alters the results considerably . |
| 7 | he has a burly pair of shoulders and an inclination to go for his shots . |
| 8 | He also has a great pair of extremely shabby second-hand jeans that look brilliant ! ’ |
| 9 | He also has a great pair of hands . |
| 10 | By contrast , the body responsible for registering and monitoring information collected by credit reference agencies has a register of about 130 000 entries , deals with about 20 000 enquiries a year , and has a full-time staff of more than 70 . |
| 11 | And she has a good pair of lungs to her , has n't she , Rose said to her three-year-old son Baptiste : she can scream good and proper that one can . |
| 12 | hamatum , has a cohabitant species of staphylinid beetle , but in this case the ant appears to be immune to its guest 's fungal disease . |
| 13 | The Commission has a permanent staff of 24 and , in addition , employs eight seasonal staff during the summer and autumn periods . |
| 14 | ‘ She is still in bed but smiling profusely she has a lovely pair of eyes . ’ |
| 15 | Every firm has a different means of calculating its own costs ' structure , but it is important to be able to provide a definitive response ; indeed it is recommended practice . |
| 16 | He calls himself a ‘ stopper , ’ with his greatest ability being able to pounce on anything earthbound that should cross his territory , but he also has a fine pair of catching hands , and he took many full-blooded cuts and slashes through the expansive point area during the World Cup . |
| 17 | Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries , but both are near enough to fitness and form . |
| 18 | I 've had a whole series of catastrophes |
| 19 | But he 'd still much rather have a new pair of football boots at Christmas . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'll have a long series of locks to navigate later — a bit trying for a novice . |
| 21 | THE Prince of Wales brought laughter from international hoteliers by telling them : ‘ There is nothing like having a good pair of Bristols . ’ |
| 22 | The OIEC was expected to be based in Budapest , and to have a small staff of around 100 . |
| 23 | ‘ You got to have a good pair of legs and a good pair of lungs to go up there . |
| 24 | For additional effect it is a good idea to have a large pair of sunglasses and a summer type holiday hat . |
| 25 | Ideally , it is necessary to have a large series of fairly complete skeletons of one particular ethnic group , for it is in most cases only by noting the variability in the collection that any degree of certainty in sexing can be achieved . |
| 26 | Manager Bruce Menzies anticipates a tough task in team selection , with some players unavailable for early evening kickoffs through work commitments , but is glad to have a playing staff of three teams to be able to choose from . |
| 27 | The Lancet , for instance , had a long series of articles on various medications that paraded as abortifacients . |
| 28 | The archbishop of Besançon was summoned through the bishop of Langres ( an intentional slight ) for allowing papal messengers to be captured ; the bishop of Speyer on the same grounds and also for sending one messenger to the gallows ; the archbishop of Tarentaise for crowning Philip ; and the bishop of Passau , who had probably been the draughtsman of the Staufen protest , had a long series of charges brought against him — he had not delivered two million marks to the king of Hungary , he had not paid back the money given him by Richard I for his release — indeed , his crimes were so great , the letter said , that he could have been punished without trial . |
| 29 | We had a long series of various pieces of research , one of which was actually talk to enormous amount of customers through customer and as a consequence of that we 've we decided to form a fairly business to produce a very different pair of stores , different in that they wo n't trade in the traditional way that M F Is gone ah they 'll carry different merchandise , different price lines . |
| 30 | Well no we had a matched pair of a pair of precision E P bearings radials at the front . |