Example sentences of "had a [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lancashire County Council , who with local government reorganisation , had a responsibility for developing policies in respect of public passenger transport , accepted that the Blackpool tramway was an integral part of public transport in the area and they made finance available towards the operation of the tramway including renewal of the tram track . |
| 2 | After 1945 this philosophy became the conventional wisdom and governments accepted that they had a responsibility for macroeconomic management , predominantly through their own fiscal position . |
| 3 | The Department was reorganised into five geographical districts , each managed by an assistant director who also had a responsibility for particular service areas . |
| 4 | Speaking at the funeral of 17-year-old Damien Fegan , Fr Martin Kelly said the dead youth 's mother had a message for young people involved in the craze . |
| 5 | I do n't know what I 'd ha' done if t'owd dear i n't next bed had n't a had a daughter as worked i n't chocolate factory in York , kept her supplied wi' great bags o' rejects she could n't bring herself to eat on her own — funny that — they get put right off , working wi' chocolate , she had a craving for salty things , them roasted peanuts she was always popping in and Smith 's Crisps . |
| 6 | Mr Wray had a warning for other parents . |
| 7 | This afternoon police had a warning for other youngsters who carry similar weapons . |
| 8 | He 's made 2 escape attempts and had a reputation for persistent violence . |
| 9 | They had a reputation for honourable conduct . |
| 10 | Kitson locos had a reputation for good workmanship and innovative design . |
| 11 | Even in a service which had a reputation for snappy dressing , he was an exquisite . |
| 12 | At one time , Taissy had a reputation for red wines comparable to that of Hautvillers . |
| 13 | Realizing that they had a fight for Naval survival on their hands , the Admiralty took the unprecedented step of ‘ going public ’ to win support of opinion-makers , politicians , industrialists , and Commonwealth representatives in London . |
| 14 | His personal character is difficult to fathom , but he had a capacity for deep and long-lasting friendships . |
| 15 | Then , in 1965 , Derry was confronted with the Government 's decision to accept the recommendation of the Lockwood Report and site the proposed second university for Northern Ireland in Coleraine — despite the fact that Derry already had a focus for third-level education in Magee College . |
| 16 | He had a desire for strong and lasting friendship , but he judged his friends severely , expecting them to be as eager as he was to know , see and feel everything . |
| 17 | There is no doubt of its instinct for splendour ; the Stewart kings all had a taste for lavish spending , and the ability to find the money to indulge it . |
| 18 | Charles , who had a taste for mechanical devices , commissioned Gionallo Torriano of Cremona to repair it , but owing to corrosion he found that this was impossible and he agreed to make a similar instrument . |
| 19 | The Gruntes had gone their own ways for years , but Marjorie had a taste for practical jokes . |
| 20 | Raleigh replies when the Queen asks him what he thinks of the dispute between Essex and Mountjoy , and the last line is set with a homely finality which reminds us that , by the end of Gloriana 's reign , Raleigh is no longer a young man , and that the historic Raleigh had a taste for literary homily , as in his poem The Lie " . |
| 21 | But Georgie then pulled a master-stroke by revealing that she had a talent for automatic writing . |
| 22 | Since he also believed , after the meeting at Münchengrätz in 1833 , that Austria would take a lead from Russia on Ottoman affairs , he began to feel that he had a mandate for resolute action when the " eastern question " next arose . |
| 23 | ‘ Secondly , he had a passion for Arthurian legend and lore and searched for the Grail and Excalibur . |
| 24 | The Duke had a passion for practical jokes-wetting people with hoses and putting itching powder in their beds — and he was a devoted animal lover , always surrounded by dogs and preferring the ugliest because no-one else would be kind to it . |
| 25 | A small , dapper , decisive man who wore a trilby and glasses , the canon lived in the next village and had a passion for small neat things like himself . |
| 26 | Throughout his life Edward had a passion for solitary swimming , often for an hour at a time , in the sea at Felpham in Sussex , in the small lakes in the Black Mountains , or the larger ones in the Lake District . |
| 27 | Two centuries later Flamininus was emulated by the Roman emperor Nero ( AD 54–68 ) , who had a passion for Greek culture and who , in AD 67 , exempted all Greek cities , by then incorporated within the Roman province of Achaia , from taxation and Roman interference in local administration . |
| 28 | She had a passion for fine music and fine art . |
| 29 | As so many of his contemporaries did , he had a penchant for traditional cottage architecture and was particularly fond of the Kentish styles and materials , having worked for Lord de l'Isle at Penshurst . |
| 30 | She had a penchant for long grey velvet dresses which marked her , in my youthful estimation , as foreign and sophisticated . |