Example sentences of "a [noun] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even a mistress has a right to understand her grief . ’ |
| 2 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 3 | Each element in the communication processes of which media are a part has a history of its own : the media organizations , the changing technology , the contents , the audiences . |
| 4 | But how can a sentence have a causal role in relation to other sentences if the second sentence 's causal role is defined in terms of its relation to the first sentence ? |
| 5 | Formally , out of context , a sentence has a kind of time-free and place-free meaning . |
| 6 | Second , there are often two different passives available when a sentence has a sequence noun + adjective following the verb ; for instance , the fourth example of the previous set can be linked either to ( 4 ) or to ( 5 ) : ( 4 ) the packages registered were sent by our lawyer ( 5 ) the packages were sent registered by our lawyer It is intuitively obvious that ( 4 ) corresponds to the postnominal attributive interpretation of ( 3 ) ( c ) , but ( 5 ) to the other intensional pattern introduced here . |
| 7 | Such a claim would clearly be limited to the grammatical aspect of style , and even here , to say that a text has a " neutral style " is to mislead : the choice of expressing one 's sense in elemental , disconnected sentences has its stylistic value as much as any other choice ( see 7.4.2 . ) . |
| 8 | It seems , then , that the list of linguistic features to be counted is indefinitely large , if we want a quantitative description of a text to have a fine enough mesh to catch the linguistic details which contribute to readers " feeling for differences of style . |
| 9 | You see a university has a wide spread of expertise and facilities , which is well beyond the finance of a small company , and even sometimes a larger company , especially when the expertise or facility required is out of the ordinary . |
| 10 | It was designed for use with a computer having a spare ROM ( or RAM ) location and for which read/write control is performed by a single line producing a write pulse . |
| 11 | When a computer has a number of data.types , many operation codes are used up in providing the same arithmetic operation for operands with different formats . |
| 12 | If a field has a wooden hut where teams change into their kit you will certainly find plenty of lost coins around it ; money drops from pockets when players carry their clothes carelessly in and out of the hut . |
| 13 | For example , where a party to a contract has a power or discretion , and this affects the rights of other parties , a term is frequently implied that the power will be exercised in a reasonable manner , or at any rate not arbitrarily or capriciously . |
| 14 | Individual scientists are excluding from the EC research ; if a scientist has a ‘ good idea ’ he is unlikely to favour involvement with other organisations , especially if the idea is marketable . |
| 15 | You were very frightened , we had to get you up read you a story have a cuddle put the light on . |
| 16 | have a look have a look see how many cars are outside . |
| 17 | So we 'll have a look have a look at your |
| 18 | The camera section of a camcorder has a photographic lens which forms an image of the subject on a sensing device . |
| 19 | Such a male has a territory so much better than that of neighbours that a ‘ polygyny threshold ’ is surpassed and he gains a second mate . |
| 20 | What a privilege to have a part in it ! |
| 21 | She sat very still , making herself small , the bag with the dress in it crammed behind her legs , telling herself it was a privilege to have a seat . |
| 22 | SIR — It has already been reported that , contrary to official policy , the scientific merits of candidates for academic promotion in Italy are not given primary consideration by the members of the judging commission , so it often happens that a loser has a curriculum vitae ( c.v. ) clearly superior to that of a winner . |
| 23 | Fewer than half of the district 's households that include a pensioner have a car . |
| 24 | makes a change to have a game rather than erm |
| 25 | How could you tell if a horse had a pain ? |
| 26 | What is the ‘ essence ’ or ‘ nature ’ of a horse , and why does it follow from this that a horse has a certain type of head or feet , or lives to the age it does ? |
| 27 | Not wanting to say that it has an immaterial soul , they allow that a horse has a continued identity despite changes of matter . |
| 28 | A facade has a function as an ornament to a town as well as cloaking a building . |
| 29 | Unfortunately jumping to conclusions as a practice has a poor track record since , so frequently , they are proved to be inadequate or wrong . |
| 30 | Since a condition has a logical priority with respect to what it allows , there is a before/after relation between what know predicates and what the infinitive does , which calls for the use of to . |