Example sentences of "had [adj] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duke also had high hopes for Super Tuesday , especially in his native Louisiana . |
| 2 | The manufacturers of videodisc players in the late 1970s and early 1980s had high hopes for commercial success across consumer , professional and business markets . |
| 3 | As evidence , Mr Smith cites the relative share price performance during 1991 of the companies which had high scores for creative accounting in the 1991 report . |
| 4 | At 22 , Lottie felt she had few qualifications for such a sensitive job , but after his time with the Kindertransporte Freddie was more confident . |
| 5 | In fact he had few qualifications for great office . |
| 6 | It had different results for various sections in the community , but all were affected by it in some way , either directly or indirectly . |
| 7 | Second , the solution they sought had serious implications for civil liberties since sections would effectively deprive individuals of their liberty . |
| 8 | But it had obvious difficulties for many students who found they could not manage both love affairs and study . |
| 9 | That 5½- acre site was in the hands of the liquidator of JMOB for some time , and had obvious disadvantages for any developer . |
| 10 | The erstwhile priest was currently charged with indecent assault and buggery and he had previous convictions for serious sexual offences . |
| 11 | All patients had conventional examinations for anal incontinence or diatthoea , or both including flexible sigmoidoscopy , barium enema , barium meal and follow through , faecal fat estimation , xylose test , glucose breath test , and lactose tolerance test . |
| 12 | Subjects who had abnormal results for one or more of these parameters were regarded as having abnormal manometry . |
| 13 | Within months he found a patron in Governor Lachlan Macquarie [ q.v. ] of New South Wales , who had ambitious plans for public works in the colony , and in 1816 he was appointed government architect , receiving his emancipation in the following year . |
| 14 | had reasonable grounds for that belief ; |
| 15 | It is not merely that there are portraits of him at every turn , for there are almost as many of Inglis , nor could it be claimed that he was the greatest lawyer , for he had many rivals for that title even in his own generation , yet it is beyond argument that he was the most influential advocate ever to walk the floor of Parliament House . |
| 16 | The Egyptian Moses was murdered , Freud claims , and this had profound implications for Jewish religion . |
| 17 | She claims proudly that one news agency had more requests for that photograph than any other that year . |
| 18 | Both Presidents Bush and Saddam Hussein had harsh words for one another in television broadcasts . |
| 19 | This taking into municipal ownership of a variety of undertakings had various aims for those of differing political persuasions . |
| 20 | Household expenses were rising ; Henry had grandiose schemes for new royal palaces ; revolt threatened in Ireland ; and the foreign consequences of his first divorce seemed likely to prove expensive . |
| 21 | The couple already had several quotes for new windows when the rep arrived at their home and were determined to get a better deal . |
| 22 | This year they had ninety-pound coats for thirty . |
| 23 | I must say , I had certain ambitions for higher education myself , but when you receive the call , as they say , those cherished dreams just have to go by the board . |
| 24 | The presentation took place in the showroom where she also received a Caithness Crystal glass vase given by her friends in the factory and warehouse with whom she had close links for many years . |
| 25 | The prophets had sharp words for those who reduced them to this level . |
| 26 | She had sharp words for those men who believed time spent in women 's company was ‘ mis'employ 'd ’ but admitted that among the ‘ inferior sort ’ , ‘ the Condition of the two Sexes ’ was ‘ more level ’ than among their social superiors . |
| 27 | The Germans and Croats only had sufficient rations for 48 hours . |