Example sentences of "has [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Hartman has shown that the average person has one or less nightmares a year ; and only one person in 500 has them on a weekly basis . ) |
| 2 | New Zealand has the playing infrastructure but it has nothing like a big enough commercial base . |
| 3 | Its atmosphere has something of a European town square about it , albeit taken inside and miniaturised . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , The Logic of Fantasy has something of a two-world structure of its own . |
| 5 | Fishbane has something on a grander scale altogether . |
| 6 | Thoroughly wet wood has something like a third of the strength and stiffness of completely dry wood . |
| 7 | The reason is to be able with ease to identify the sender of the letter , who typed it , and the file number if the organisation has one for a particular account . |
| 8 | Glenshee has four cannons and Aonach Mor now has one on a one-year trial basis . |
| 9 | The British have fallen in love with this Mediterranean island because it has everything for a perfect holiday : sunny skies , glorious beaches , bustling resorts , friendly people , fascinating sights and beautiful countryside . |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't see a carpenter saying he wo n't build a house because he does n't like what 's next door and he 's going to wait until there 's a house with 8.3 rooms and the sun has it at a certain angle and then he 'll pound his nails and he wants billing above the plumber . ’ |
| 11 | A bailor has it against a mere bailee at pleasure even if he never himself had actual possession of the goods and only acquired title by virtue of an illegal but completely executed contract of sale . |
| 12 | C.J. Coventry being the other , in 1888–89 ! ) rotates an arm as perpendicular as a spire , and has anything but a stony facade . |