Example sentences of "had [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALL IN THE FAMILY William Randolph Hearst Jr had arguably the best seat at the twentieth century . |
| 2 | The Burnham Committee , which had since the First World War been responsible for determining the salaries of teachers , now produced a unified scheme , making no formal distinction between the remuneration of teachers in Primary , secondary modern , or grammar schools . |
| 3 | The Thurn und Taxis family , which had since the sixteenth century controlled the postal services of the smaller German States , maintained on behalf of the Emperor similar establishments in many cities of the Holy Roman Empire . |
| 4 | On that basis the Irish Parliament , whose legislative powers had since the fifteenth century been subject to the sanction of the executive in London , had that limitation removed from it and became a ‘ free Parliament ’ , but a Parliament on which no executive , not even the local Irish executive , was dependent . |
| 5 | He could also count on the co-operation of his brothers , Louis Duke of Anjou and Philip Duke of Burgundy , and in Bertrand du Guesclin he had perhaps the ablest commander on either side in this phase of the war . |
| 6 | But Caspar , who had only the sketchiest knowledge of these matters , did not know . |
| 7 | Her eyes were dark and carefully made darker but her lips were without lipstick and her face had only the merest dusting of powder . |
| 8 | Of 112 outfits , I had only the haziest recollection of red , pink and leopard-print . |
| 9 | The trouble was that ( where it was not already part of tradition ) the introduction of piece-work was often resisted , especially by the skilled men , and that it was complex and obscure not only for the workers , but for employers who often had only the haziest idea of what production-norms to set . |
| 10 | She had a pretty shrewd idea that Desmond had only the haziest notion of how much could be expected from the various books , and she had intended to keep it that way . |
| 11 | Subsequent expert examination revealed that they had only the harmless condition known as ‘ mould drip . ’ |
| 12 | He went bail for Oscar Wilde [ q.v. ] , though he had only the slightest acquaintance with him ; for Headlam it was a matter of justice . |
| 13 | He had only the slightest touch of rouge and a little mascara , which made him look healthy . |
| 14 | I also went there when I had only the vaguest knowledge of what I wanted . |
| 15 | Divorcee Mrs Robinson was arrested in April , 1989 , and while awaiting trial , she said she had only the vaguest idea of what she was being accused . |
| 16 | Simon had only the vaguest idea of where she worked and what was involved , but did n't much mind . |
| 17 | I was struck by the fact that the majority of people visiting our stalls at summer shows had either not heard of us , or had only the vaguest idea about what we do . |
| 18 | Reynolds had only the vaguest memory of his search of the Evergreens , but he thought he could find what he was looking for . |
| 19 | I had only the vaguest recollections of England . |
| 20 | On the other hand , Switzerland , with the lowest tax burden , had only the tenth-fastest growth rate of 1.8% in that period , well below the OECD average . |
| 21 | The earliest aero-engines had only the crudest form of speed control , a ‘ blip ’ or magneto on-off switch . |
| 22 | She had only the tiniest portion of porridge , a Baby Bear portion , but she took the longest to eat it , nibbling in tiny crumbs from the edge of the spoon . |
| 23 | The bulk was in Latin , a language of which I had only the barest understanding from a single term spent in its study at Elizabeth Barton 's . |
| 24 | Then we spent five minutes blowing cigar smoke at each other , until Stok said , ‘ Lenin did n't smoke , hated flowers , never had a soft chair in his office , had only the simplest food , liked reading Turgenev and always had his watch fifteen minutes slow . |
| 25 | He had enough the last time did he ? |
| 26 | David Feherty , who , like Richardson , has received his first Masters invitation , had much the same experience . |
| 27 | ‘ The man on top of the wedding cake ’ , as Dorothy Parker called Governor Dewey , with the snobbery of the rich left , had much the same experience of fallacious exaltation at the hands of the polls as poor Mr Kinnock . |
| 28 | Arthur Scargill had much the same idea , arguing that pits could only be saved by strike action and taking the battle to the streets . |
| 29 | Some had much the same sales after forty years as before . |
| 30 | Charlotte did not phrase her response as a rebuke , but it had much the same effect . |