Example sentences of "that they have [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They grew big and strong and healthy , for he saw to it that they had all of the best , particularly in winter , and nothing to fear — except the running knot in the hedge-gap and the wood-path . |
| 2 | During that two hours they realised that they had much in common . |
| 3 | Both admitted that they had much in common with the Liberals , but both dreamt of political careers with the Conservatives . |
| 4 | Though Steven had not yet qualified as a doctor/passed his A levels/opened his restaurant/learned to tell the difference between a gasket and a sprocket , it was obvious that they had much in common . |
| 5 | Lydia watched it , thinking that they had much in common except that she had her prey in her grasp and was already preparing it for consumption . |
| 6 | Indeed , the West Indians originally thought that they had much in common with British people and expected to be able to identify with the British way of life ( PEP 1976 ) . |
| 7 | No official reason was given for McCreath and Winter leaving , but rumours suggest that they had tired of their peripheral roles within the band set-up . |
| 8 | Even John Stuart Mill who , as one would expect , greatly admired Socrates , describing him in On Liberty , rather extravagantly , as " the head and prototype of all subsequent teachers of virtue " and " the acknowledged master of all the eminent thinkers who have since lived , " was moved to protest at this probably misplaced generosity : " The Athenian Many , of whose irritability and suspicion we hear so much , are rather to be accused of too easy and good-natured a confidence , when we reflect that they had living in the midst of them the very men who , on the first show of an opportunity , were ready to compass the subversion of the democracy . " |
| 9 | Do you think that when people are buying the insurance that they have much of an idea about their consumer power ? |
| 10 | Although many sociologists see professionals as a distinctive part of the upper middle class , others have argued that they have much in common with managers . |
| 11 | Our charge against the Government is that they have next to no positive proposals for Maastricht on the subjects that I have mentioned or on any other subjects . |