Example sentences of "have [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has striking Italian looks , a model height of five feet ten inches and long slim legs — all attributes which she had n't been taking advantage of . |
| 2 | We are the only dinner guests this Friday evening , so the bespectacled Mr Moore has ample opportunity to demonstrate his wide-ranging talents . |
| 3 | According to Campaigns Director Andrew Lees , : " Given the potentially broad scope of such " areas " , the obstructive official has ample opportunity to rebuff requests by anyone whose request is not specific enough to penetrate the bureaucratic defences of a body which does not want to release the information . " |
| 4 | It runs off a normal car battery and has ample power to drive the punt at a greater rate of knots than you are likely to need , unless you are going to troll for pike ; and then you would be better using a boat rather than a punt . |
| 5 | There is a significant difference between the pattern of the cash flows system of the various projects ( e.g. one project has high cash flow in early years and low cash flows in latter years : while another project has low cash flows in early years and high cash flows in latter years ) . |
| 6 | A friend of Butcher 's , who has strong football links with Japan , said last night : ‘ He is very popular over there and they are keen to strengthen the coaching side of their game . |
| 7 | The department has strong research links with the Centre for Speech Technology Research and the Human Communication Research Centre . |
| 8 | Walton stresses that there is no simple concept or criterion of the child 's best interests which can be applied in a crude rule-of-thumb way , and no group or individual which has sole authority to assume that generally it has the best conception of the child 's interests . |
| 9 | EVERYONE has the right to be tattooed , but Mark Baudain ( above ) has odd taste to want such grotesque markings on his face , neck and head . |
| 10 | Why has executive power tended to increase in the twentieth century ? |
| 11 | The Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry then has complete liberty to accept or reject these recommendations , and to decide whether , and how , they should be acted upon . |
| 12 | negotiating team : make sure the other side in any negotiation has complete authority to negotiate and to settle |
| 13 | Has right arm extended to distribute fore-arm smash on any advancing attacker . |
| 14 | How has foreign trade caused changes in ( i ) mining , ( ii ) quarrying , ( iii ) fishing in South West England ? |
| 15 | So , it is essential that the retaining wall has adequate strength to avoid bowing and possible collapse in the future . |
| 16 | And what title has British Coal used this time ? |
| 17 | Why has British industry failed so comprehensively in these ways ? |
| 18 | How and why has British writing acquired its ‘ no experiments , please ’ reputation ? |
| 19 | ‘ He 's disobedient , naughty and has a terrible temper ’ describes a range of behaviour that has different meaning according to the parent 's expectations of how the child should behave . |
| 20 | It is managed from an office located within the Bank of England which has direct computer links to over 100 firms including all GEMMs , IDBs , SEMBs , the large banks and many of the large institutional investors in government stock . |
| 21 | Each first-line manager has direct authority to give anyone in his group up to about £60 . |
| 22 | The unit is made in stainless steel and has cast-iron pan supports with removable drip trays underneath . |
| 23 | In my opinion , his marquetry is best when purely ornamental ; and his work of the 1730s is stunning , as is exemplified by the detail of Item 1 which has charming bronze mounts by Francesco Ladetto . |
| 24 | Carlsbad , California-based CCI Coded Communications Inc now has definitive agreement to acquire Decom Systems Inc : Decom holders will receive 0.238 CCI Coded share for each Decom held if the average price for CCI Coded is between $2.35 and $3.15 a share for the 20 trading days prior to the closing . |
| 25 | Hewlett-Packard Co has definitive agreement to acquire Four Pi Systems Inc , a manufacturer of Automated Process Test systems using X-ray technology to test surface-mount printed circuit assemblies ; its patented technology generates and analyses cross-sectional images of electronic assemblies at production-line speeds ; terms were not disclosed , but on completion of the acquisition , Four Pi will become a wholly-owned unit within the Automatic Test Equipment Business . |
| 26 | Minneapolis-based Digi International Inc has definitive agreement to acquire fellow data communications systems specialist Star Gate Technologies Inc in a share exchange transaction valued at about $10m : Solon , Ohio-based Star Gate did $885,000 net on turnover of $10.7m for the 10 months to January 31 . |
| 27 | Sapiens International Corp NV has definitive agreement to acquire SmartStar Corp , the privately-held Goleta , California that came up with the first applications generation language for Digital Equipment Corp 's VAX/VMS , and is now working on object-oriented user interfaces for databases . |
| 28 | Hewlett-Packard Co has definitive agreement to acquire Metrix Systems Inc , Nashua , New Hampshire developer of network management applications , on undisclosed terms . |
| 29 | Hewlett-Packard Co has definitive agreement to acquire Metrix Systems Inc , Nashua , New Hampshire developer of network management applications , on undisclosed terms . |
| 30 | Many of these physical complications are reversible once the prime cause of the damage — alcohol and drug intake — is discontinued : the human body has amazing capacity to repair itself . |