Example sentences of "they have [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | As some of these are highly paid — a top specialist earns more than £100,000 a year — they have good reason to want to stick to their contracts . |
2 | In addition , cyclists , runners and skiers have now adopted close fitting garments like our jodhpurs for ease of movement , but they do n't top them off with ties or traditional jackets to go flapping around while they have other things to concentrate on . |
3 | SCIENTISTS believe they have new evidence to strengthen a suspected link between Epstein-Barr virus and Hodgkin 's disease , a cancer of the lymph nodes . |
4 | They have two gardeners comes round . |
5 | They have two lead strips on the bottom . |
6 | They have tiny holes drilled in their heads for the insertion of twisted pairs of gold-plated bronze wire to represent tresses of waving hair . |
7 | The Hungarian government is introducing a " green card " system for cars to ensure that they have regular checks designed to cut down on emissions of carbon monoxide ( CO ) and hydrocarbons ( HC ) . |
8 | They have extensive equipment to treat acute injuries as well as gymnasiums and hydrotherapy pools . |
9 | They have no line on a target , but they have four addresses staked . |
10 | They have little opportunity to use judgment or creativity . |
11 | This means that she can throw out the eggs of her nest mates , but they have little chance to throw out hers . |
12 | They share one common characteristic : they have little power to challenge the authorities . |
13 | Field men , as a result , are not only often in doubt as to whether they are observing a ‘ pollution ’ , they have little time to consider what action should be taken . |
14 | However severe the victimization or inequality of potential pay , they give no thought to having a lottery to determine positions on the coal face [ thc Durham tradition — of cavilling ] ; however their labor may be divided , they have little impulse to regulate production collectively or coordinate themselves in work groups to forestall management initiative . |
15 | He says that they have little information to go on , so the search has to be very wide . |
16 | By contrast , if energetic , ambitious and talented people from non-elite backgrounds can move through their own efforts into leadership positions in the key economic , political and administrative organizations , then they have little incentive to try to organize a collective effort with other non-elite groups to develop themselves as a counter-elite . |
17 | The police have the power to stop and search anyone if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that person is in possession of a controlled drug . |
18 | In particular if the meeting is in private premises it should be noted that the police can insist on entering the premises even against the wishes of the organisers , if they have reasonable grounds to believe a breach of the peace is likely to occur ( Thomas v. Sawkins ( H.C. , 1935 ) ) . |
19 | Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said . |
20 | They can place children in homes run by voluntary organizations and make contributions to their costs , and they have certain powers to inspect voluntary homes . |
21 | To ensure that Members of Parliament and Parliament as a whole can carry out their functions effectively , they have certain privileges to safeguard them from outside interference . |
22 | They have real power to influence both the market and opinion . |
23 | Responsibility lies with the SROs , but it could be argued that they have insufficient resources to carry out this role , and should merely be ombudsmen ( although there is also some doubt as to their ability to act in this limited capacity given their degree of underfunding ) . |
24 | The car is generally occupied by an idiot or two gazing strictly ahead either with expressions that lead you to think that they are convinced they are doing everyone else a favour , or that they are only sitting down because they have insufficient brain to walk and chew gum at the same time . |
25 | We are part way through a randomised multi-centre control trial of rehabilitation and the majority of physicians collaborating say they have insufficient time to review all their patients after discharge , after this aggressive therapy of 3 or 4 days in hospital . |
26 | In all three , the arts are barely on the official agenda : they bring in few votes ; they have small budgets compared to the least of other government departments , so they marshall small political forces . |
27 | But they have strong incentives to try . |
28 | They have various strategies to cope with the showy behaviour of boys , such as giving more attention , allotting instant verbal or physical punishment , aligning the curriculum to interest them ; the normal deviant girl does not anyway present too many control problems . |
29 | They have professional obligations to engage in that kind of scholarly work ; and , in that sense , be right up against the ‘ frontiers ’ . |
30 | Further , they have greater opportunities to develop their minds and personalities ( the atmosphere of a university campus is more stimulating than that of an assembly line ) , and greater autonomy in deciding how they will organise their work and leisure time . |