Example sentences of "that [adj] [noun] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emotional complexity of the debate was deepened by the fact that neither side had the monopoly of logic or charm : Dr Colin Blakemore , though known as ‘ Dr Frankenstein' to the yellow press for having experimented on animals ’ eyes , seemed reasonable , persuasive and put-upon ; Douglas Hogg , MP , also on the vivisectionist side , was quite startlingly and pointlessly rude . |
| 2 | Why was it that this man had the ability to bring tears to her eyes ? |
| 3 | ‘ A friend of mine owned the studio and had been in the music industry a long time and was amazed that this 16-year-old had the whole production idea worked out in her head . ’ |
| 4 | It is not surprising that this movement had the sympathy of Euripides , who made considerable use of its tricks and mannerisms . |
| 5 | The new legislation made it possible for all South Africans to purchase freehold tenure to the 87 per cent of South Africa 's land hitherto reserved for the white minority , although it placed no obligation on white owners to sell , and commentators pointed out that few blacks had the means to buy . |
| 6 | To make the point more sharply , the Samaritan document invalidates the theory that Jewish Hellenizers had the decisive word in persuading Antiochus IV to transform the Temple of Jerusalem into a temple of Zeus Olympios . |
| 7 | Also one can not overlook the fact that by this time ( 18 March ) the chemists believed that they had evidence for neutrons and that those neutrons had the energies expected for fusion products . |
| 8 | Not that one man had the courage to be evil . |
| 9 | He could appear in several different forms and have several identities , and it seems that other deities had the same ability . |