Example sentences of "be [adj] have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except for those few unhappy souls who have so lost their emotional capacities that they are grateful to have all choice removed from their lives , each person who hears the prison door clang feels a desolation at being cut off from the life of the world and from those they love . |
| 2 | But in the Guardian 's case they are fortunate to have such high reserves . ’ |
| 3 | If they are fortunate to have enough money , where are they to find out that that helpline exists and obtain the numbers ? |
| 4 | Though heads are delighted to have more autonomy — they will now be able to hire a plumber without going through the town hall — many feel that they are being buried under a mountain of paperwork . |
| 5 | Bob Clough-Parker , spokesman for the city 's Chamber of Trade , who went on both the previous lobbying missions to London , said : ‘ Speaking on behalf of the private sector we are delighted to have this renewed opportunity to discuss Chester 's merits as a location for the pay office with the new minister . ’ |
| 6 | Chairman Peter Johnson said : ‘ We are delighted to have this following when you consider that the recession is biting deep . |
| 7 | CCG director Mike Queen added : ‘ We are delighted to have this prestigious contract . |
| 8 | My friends as me if am nervous having such an esoteric homeloan . |
| 9 | They 're embarrassed to have such primitive people represent the country to the rest of the world . |
| 10 | They 're embarrassed to have such primitive people represent the country to the rest of the world . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're supposed to have this national reserve , but I was determined to bring back ‘ Land of Hope and Glory ’ , ’ he said . |
| 12 | He 's done nothing wrong and you 're lucky to have such a conscientious officer . |
| 13 | The end came this year during a charity concert ; Semie managed to complete his encore , but collapsed immediately afterwards — a true musician 's exit , and we 're lucky to have such bizarre and wonderful instruments to remember him by . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're lucky to have such a beautiful assistant . ’ |
| 15 | We 're pleased to have this chirpy , family-run hotel exclusively to Club 18–30 again for Summer '90 in this lively young people 's resort of Faliraki . |
| 16 | From the G M B point of view , of course , we have quite a sporting section and we 're proud to have this link er , with both of the organizations and we 're pleased to have been of some assistance to the er , British Boxers ' Asso Professional Boxers ' Association er , in er , this launch and establishment we felt , because we 've got the Scottish professional footballers , who are well established and er , are very much an integral part of the G M B and we 've got the Northern Ireland er , footballers , we 've got the rugby players and we 've got speedway riders all of which come under . |
| 17 | If they own their homes , they are likely to have little or no mortgage and some will have inherited property on the death of their parents . |
| 18 | If a client proposes an asking price which appears unrealistic or unreasonable , it may be preferable to withdraw from the engagement rather than to be involved in protracted negotiations which are likely to have little prospect of success . |
| 19 | Which are likely to have most weekend tourist trade throughout much of the year ? |
| 20 | And it has to be said that most of us are likely to have some kind of experience when our ego is deflated ; and that can often have a beneficial not a negative effect . |
| 21 | Although this varies a great deal from patient to patient , all post-operative patients are likely to have some degree of anxiety and/or pain . |
| 22 | You are likely to have some ticklish moments , times when perhaps corpse clashes with comedy . |
| 23 | People have to invest their money and most years , whether in an era of low interest rates or high interest rates , they are likely to have some of their capital eroded by inflation , after tax is taken into account , if they just put it in the building society . |
| 24 | But the Canaries are likely to have more success if they throw 29-year-old Crook into the equation . |
| 25 | It seems that younger people are likely to have more contact with the community ( to go on exchanges , visits etc. ) and have more use of the language ( at school , with peers of the second language community ) . |
| 26 | As sociological interest in the problem grows and develops , we are likely to have more understanding of these questions . |
| 27 | In some ethnic minority families as a result , women are likely to have more children to look after than white families and less older relatives around them to help . |
| 28 | This may be due to a lesser degree of familiarity with the larger units which are 1,000 times as large as the smaller units with which the pupils are likely to have more practical experience . |
| 29 | The increased detail of these codes means that hospital coders are likely to have more difficulty in coding clinical work accurately . |
| 30 | One can still argue , as I have argued myself in connection with the correlation of the north-west European Trias , that major events , such as marine transgressions on to one part of a continent , are likely to have more widespread effects in the rest of that continent . |