Example sentences of "this [noun sg] had [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was extremely important that this framework had wide acceptability , as unit writers would be recruited to prepare HN Unit Specifications based on the framework . |
| 2 | I think it right to say at once that on the authorities , consisting of a series of previous decisions of the Divisional Court in which the provisions now contained in section 7(3) and ( 4 ) and section 8(2) of the Act of 1988 have been considered , neither the magistrate nor the Divisional Court in this case had any option but to decide as they did . |
| 3 | This question had little significance and was relevant only to the part-time farmers as most family farmers said they did not take holidays . |
| 4 | Maybe this question had some relevance to the fact that there was a large space vacant before the stage — or did the fish smell like fish ? |
| 5 | There is evidence that this tactic had some effect in marginal seats and , indeed , made the overall result far better for Labour than it would have been had people not voted tactically . |
| 6 | Whatever its origin , this discovery had much importance in the future of penicillin . |
| 7 | As 80–85 per cent of patents are generally held to derive from inventions made by employees in the course of their employment , the resolution of this issue had direct impact on the thousands of workplaces generating patent applications each year . |
| 8 | This type had considerable influence on locomotive design for many years . |
| 9 | The official price of gold was increased to $ 38 an ounce , but this move had little significance since the dollar was no longer officially convertible into gold . |
| 10 | Their small numbers and low profile , combined with a ‘ hippie ’ ethos of ‘ peace and love ’ to which crimes involving the burglary of people 's homes and violence against the person are anathema , meant that this group had little impact on the community as a whole . |
| 11 | This point had some importance because , in Gaitskell 's absence in America , there was an attempt by Griffiths , the Deputy Leader , to object to the course which had been adopted . |
| 12 | This factor had considerable importance in engendering urban sprawl . |
| 13 | And as the boat station had been there before nineteen sixty six , probably a hundred years before nineteen sixty six , it was then claimed that this person had adverse possession , which in short , is squatter 's rights . |
| 14 | This prospect had particular significance to the Soviet Union on account of Greek membership in NATO . |
| 15 | If the students of Lincoln were right in thinking that he was not a good administrator , this church had less administration than any church in the land . |
| 16 | He was of an age and class that still swilled the dregs of colonialism at two in the morning , and the fact this man had black blood in him ( and , he guessed , much else besides ) counted as another mark against Chant 's judgement . |
| 17 | If this man had another career it must be as a professional singer . |
| 18 | The wide range of existing tranquillizers had no common chemical features by which they could be identified , so this approach had some merit , particularly in inspiring chemists and setting them free to pursue interesting chemical problems with no biological constraints . |
| 19 | In 1892 this Greek had tragic news . |
| 20 | This Report had great influence , but many of its recommendations were never implemented . |
| 21 | Erm what I was trying to do was be candid about what kind of er inquiries of the strategic kind might be expected to come if this county had that kind of policy . |
| 22 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 23 | I presume that more patients from his district were near the top of our waiting list ; in addition to , a third of the patients having such bypass operations from his district this year had unstable angina and were operated on urgently . |
| 24 | Because of this , Marx took as one of his main tasks the understanding of how this system came into being , and this was in order to discover why this system had such power of the minds of those who operated it , whether exploiters or exploited . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think this couple had any idea what was going on , ’ said an arresting officer . |
| 26 | Halling at this time had considerable hop fields from the area of the Plough to North and Upper Halling , the last of these fields to survive being in Upper Halling in the early 20th century . |
| 27 | Russia at this time had potential labour force over double that which it had in the mid 19th Century . |