Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Sally found that she had good abilities in this area .
2 If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did .
3 I 've noticed that she has good bladder control .
4 ‘ The main problem with fighting a modern war is that you have good generals and dumb generals , ’ says Ed Taylor , of TRW Defense Systems in California .
5 We 're now attempting to install , or produce those systems so that we have better information .
6 We are fortunate , you and I , that we have good sons . ’
7 As under the 1953 Act , the onus of proving that we have good reason , lawful authority , or one of the other defences , rests squarely with us .
8 It would be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him or her in a public place .
9 Otherwise , Sainsbury 's considered that they had good connections in the retail trade — especially through their joint-venture with British Home Stores — and thus their own recruiting facilities were usually adequate .
10 If the security services were so concerned about this then it clearly suggests that they had good reason to believe that Blake had not been forgotten by the Russians .
11 The continuing electoral hegemony of the Conservatives rested not only on the division of the anti-Tory vote between Labour and Liberals , but also on the fact that large numbers of manual and white-collar workers , benefiting from the rapid growth of new industries , services and housing in the Midlands and the South of England , felt that they had good reason to be grateful to the Government .
12 After sitting in the stalls and watching the summer show , the other two were convinced that they had good reason enough to want him .
13 It therefore seems directly consistent with the theory that candidates were forbidden to try to persuade the voters that they had better policies or attitudes than other candidates : a directive which had distinctive consequences for the pattern of the contest .
14 Pilots , and even instructors , often believe that they have good judgement and can land accurately anywhere because they can manage on their own site .
15 To those who argued that the policy was deluded , its sponsors could answer that it had good aims in view ; indeed , the more glaring the disappointment , the more glowing the colours in which those aims were painted .
16 Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential .
17 Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential .
18 Piggy felt that he had good leadership qualities , and during the voting , he held back to see if anybody was left to vote for him .
19 Piggy felt that he had good leadership qualities and during the voting he held back to see if anyone would vote for him .
20 Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise .
21 That Act also places the onus on the knife carrier to show that he had good reason for possessing it in public .
22 She moved , uncomfortably aware that he had good reason to be annoyed .
23 One thing you could say for Daine is that he had good taste in furniture .
24 That he had good cause is suggested by the fact that the raid is mentioned in the legal formulae of the Auvergne as being a time of great destruction .
25 Mel Smith took a sideswipe at Nigel Kennedy with his announcement that he had good news for music lovers — the violinist 's appearance had been cancelled .
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