Example sentences of "these [noun pl] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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31 These courses have a minimum of 2 weeks duration with between 4 and 6 hours of daily tuition given by a team of two or three experienced teachers , each of whom works on a specific language area .
32 One of these men had a wife and family , and only joined the Powis Square circle when he was on a spree .
33 Walking through the village on any racing day one would hear conversation like , " What do you know today Fred " and the reply would bring forth such words of wisdom as " Watch Richards in the 2.30 " , or " Back top weight " for these men had a language of their own and in the evening , meeting over a pint the locals would discuss the downfall of the favourite or starting prices and often the first greeting one would get on opening the door of the bar was " How did you get on today " Tich " " , and often the reply was " First and second , Fred " .
34 The forward tilt is admirable but these chairs have a disadvantage : by placing the knees on a pad the feet , with their receptors , are prevented from being placed flat on the floor .
35 In the case of major company resources it is fair to say that the very large companies invest millions in their computer systems and they expect these systems to have a life span of at least a decade .
36 These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race .
37 These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race .
38 These leaves have a length of 7–8 cm .
39 These approaches have a preoccupation with the activities of ordinary people rather than with important figures and are concerned with providing an alternative perspective on our past .
40 She arrives , convincingly , at a much more positive — for the women in question — interpretation ; but also one which allows the writings and lives of these women to have a depth and dimension for us which was simply not available in many cases while we insisted on trying to see them as sexual victims of appalling restrictions of personal freedom : to see them as though they were us .
41 As you can see from their smiles , these women have a lot to be happy about in their lives .
42 If anything , Letterman thinks , these women have a compulsion to reach a higher plane of conversation that strains credulity .
43 This is a good argument as it stands but one can well imagine that it would have been pressed in terms of these hopefuls having a right to be paid if they succeeded .
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