Example sentences of "the [noun sg] had the [det] " in BNC.

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1 Having a mind untrammelled by convention he offered the names ignose or godnose , but the editor of the Biochemical Journal would not accept either of them , so because the vitamin had the same empirical formula as glycuronic acid he called it hexuronic acid , leaving its structural chemistry to be determined later .
2 The boy had the same urge to better himself .
3 The deed of variation will have the effect as if the will of the deceased had the same terms as the deed of variation ( IHTA 1984 , s142 ) .
4 But Rutherford hooked well , Crowe provided several of his best cover-drives , the groundstaff captured a dog before it could interfere with play , and Tufnell 's effort to prevent a boundary by slide-tackling the ball had the same result as when he tried it on the same ground a year ago : four .
5 I was n't aware that in nineteen eighty and nineteen eighty seven , the government had the same policies it does now .
6 would have thought that the cow down the road had the same chance of getting to the one that he had .
7 It should be public property and would be so if the millionaire had the same heart and principles of Beefy .
8 It seemed the family had the same feeling because a week later I had a pleasant letter from the mother .
9 The house had the same closed , secretive look , its windows tightly shut , the curtains half drawn ; no sign of life .
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