Example sentences of "have [prep] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that Windows has proved to the world that massive files are OK ( yah ! ) you 've as much chance of being able to save a decent sized word-processed document onto a 1.44MB floppy as Madonna has of becoming a nun . |
| 2 | This concept is also linked with the concept of power , which is one used to indicate how much influence a family member has in achieving a desired outcome , by active or passive alignment with other members . |
| 3 | The commonest example of a voidable contract is one where a party has by making a mesrepresentation induced the other party to enter the contract . |
| 4 | Any expectations he may have had of inheriting a larger share of the Angevin Empire were fading fast . |
| 5 | It 's the first chance I 've had of spending a couple of months at home , leading a normal life and just doing things that are interesting to do . |
| 6 | The special careers data base received over 1000 enquiries , fulfilling one of the main aims of the exhibition to ‘ excite the interest of young people and to reinforce the notion that there is a good and satisfying life to be had in following a trade . ’ |
| 7 | The CEGB has probably been unwise in its emphasis on the economic benefits to be had from building a PWR at Sizewell . |
| 8 | I think the reason they probably did this because it 's , it 's , it was politically harder to do that , they would 've had to taken a lot more responsibility . |
| 9 | As usual , however , there are problems , and help in solving them can be had by making a few simple measurements . |
| 10 | He had intended to sweep aside any reservations Kingdom might have about revealing a patient 's secrets by pointing out the overriding importance of finding Heather , but , instead , he had become meek and subdued , as if content to accept Kingdom 's judgement unreservedly on how much or how little he could divulge . |
| 11 | In recruiting the best the Profitboss gives his people the best ; the best opportunities to demonstrate their real skills , the best challenge they 'll ever have of making a key contribution . |
| 12 | It may be the only chance the ten year old child will have of leading a normal life . |
| 13 | In appropriate cases a commissioner from the Requesting State might be appointed to carry out the special method or procedure requested , e.g. , to overcome the difficulty which a civil law State may have in satisfying a Request from a common law State to take evidence under cross examination , because no judge or local lawyer in the requested State had any experience in that field . |
| 14 | Any gene I had for making a sacrifice , on behalf of a a sibling , are one hundred percent in my own body . |
| 15 | I had for winning a free place at ten , |
| 16 | ‘ Dad , ’ he says to Phil , ‘ if one side had hydrogen bombs and the other side did n't , but they had about say a trillion ordinary bombs , well , which side would win ? ’ |
| 17 | Some of her Papers , a little time before her Death were communicated to several Persons of Rank and of distinguished Taste and Judgement , who were pleased to express a great Satisfaction in the View they had of promoting a Subscription … |
| 18 | THREE second half tries in eight minutes from Wigan put paid to any hopes the ambitious Eagles had of grabbing a shock win at Central Park last night . |
| 19 | It was something like four or five days after I finished filming Total Recall with Arnold and I had to put every dime that I had into buying a house . |
| 20 | In the unreformed NHS , the ambiguities about corporate purpose were compounded by the difficulties individuals had in establishing a distinctive niche in the policy-making process . |
| 21 | First of all , many people have been asking me on this programme in the past what credentials you people on the Council have for setting a budget . |
| 22 | I 'm referring to the habit shopkeepers have of leaving a note on their door saying : ‘ Back in half an hour . ’ |
| 23 | Yes , gentleman , the problem is the shorter the period , the less chance you have of getting a measurement which is necessarily representative of a general trend . |
| 24 | And let's face it brothers , sisters , some of our members have more chance of seeing Lord Lucan riding as they have of finding a job . |
| 25 | The writers go on to say that the younger the children , the less difficulty they have in admitting a step-parent or step-sibling into their lives . |
| 26 | A major factor in maintaining relationships is the measure of success people have in finding a mutually comfortable distance . |
| 27 | have to making a nuisance of themselves otherwise the police |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't stay in the business as long as I have without learning a little bit about people . |
| 29 | In this kind of situation they might be concerned to hold on to what they have by accepting a change in the electoral system that would block the prospect of a Socialist Government committed to extensive state intervention and a more " extreme " kind of constitutional reconstruction . |
| 30 | You can tell which system you have by unscrewing a rose cover . |