Example sentences of "have [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corinth was also famously cosmopolitan : its prostitutes gave it a reputation somewhere between nineteenth-century Paris and Post-Second World War Saigon : ‘ not everybody has the wealth to go to Corinth ’ the proverb said , and those who did go there might be unlucky and take away more than pleasant memories , judging from the terracotta penises still visible along with models of other parts of the body in the Corinth Museum — dedications by sufferers from venereal disease ( see also AJA , 1941 , 442f . ) . |
| 2 | When the Prime Minister has the guts to call the election , we shall be ready . |
| 3 | Who has the guts to take the fair decision , the tough decision , to offer to put an extra penny on income tax to pay for education ? ’ etc etc . |
| 4 | And as a Portuguese Euro-minister claims that Britain 's oil may have to be controlled by the authorities in Brussels , Jacques Delors demands another £2bn and ERM-inspired interest rates force thousands on to the dole , how long will it be before one of our major political parties has the guts to campaign against the European Community in its present form , rather than sticking their collective heads in the merde and pretending that everything 's coming up roses ? |
| 5 | Mr Hermens added : ‘ Anyone can order the seals in the same number range and it would be easy for anyone who has the seals to open them . |
| 6 | A system which has the intelligence to acknowledge that people are more than just a bag of bones dressed up in a birthday suit and that ill-health is not only caused by biological factors , but social , political , economic and environmental ones as well . |
| 7 | It may be that one of my children might want one or two of them , but nobody these days has the houses to hang pictures in the way Bunny and I have done , and I 've always known that the public will eventually enjoy them . |
| 8 | With an enthusiastic and dedicated workforce , LASMO has the skills to meet the challenge of exploring for , developing and producing oil , gas and natural gas liquids anywhere in the world . |
| 9 | It implies a certain commitment to the user and his or her needs , and it implies a particular kind of responsibility to ensure that the user has the skills to obtain what is needed : that is , to obtain the right information or material , in the right form , so that the user can benefit from it . |
| 10 | French Goblin was a good staying hurdler last season and has the physique to do well over fences . |
| 11 | Neil Jenkins of Pontypridd was badly exposed last season and the summer tour to Australia was truly a baptism by fire , but he has the physique to return to the top level if his confidence can be restored . |
| 12 | Compassion is not Jack 's strong suit : he advises a woman , worried about a scar , to tell her husband that she ‘ looks like a Playboy centrefold — and has the staple-marks to prove it ’ . |
| 13 | I think that the church has the responsibility to continue to find new and innovative ways of reaching out and doing a better job and that is er testimony to the fact that we can continue to reach out to persons who are suffering in many ways , and I would appreciate and look forward to learning better from you how to do that and would be happy to share . |
| 14 | In continuing to provide good and appropriate music in different styles the Church has something important to offer to the world , and as part of its mission it has the responsibility to do so . |
| 15 | Everybody has a boss , a person who has the responsibility to oversee his or her work ; the Chairperson of the Board has the company 's shareholders while the Prime Minister has to face the electorate for a renewal of the mandate at least every five years . |
| 16 | In the Judaeo-Christian view , while the state has the responsibility for ensuring that the family is an on-going economic concern , the family has the responsibility to look after itself and the welfare of its members . |
| 17 | The trainer also has the responsibility to convey to the trainees that they must not think of themselves as problem solvers , but only as facilitators . |
| 18 | Naturally the wife has the responsibility to make such comments as , ‘ The leg wo n't bend that way . ’ |
| 19 | It is only when all the options have been considered , all the ideas have been exchanged and the husband still considers his plan to be more appropriate that both he and his partner understand he has the responsibility to follow that plan prayerfully . |
| 20 | Jaguar has the ability to issue up to 40 million new shares — more than enough to take GM 's stake up to 29.9 per cent — though such a move would require the approval of Jaguar shareholders . |
| 21 | In this computerised version of the classroom favourite each opponent has the ability to plant mines , sweep for mines or even have submarines that dive . |
| 22 | ‘ Anders has the ability to decide a match with one display of his skills . |
| 23 | I think we 've said it before did , about David Lawrence that he , he has the ability to bowl very quickly and in that learning curve of test cricket , he 's now got to go from a , a lad who goes for five and six and all the regularly , he 's got to drop that economy rate , down to three and still take the and then he 's a test bowler . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ Your boy obviously has the ability to give of his best when his best is required . |
| 25 | A pilot who must restrict his flying to perfect weather and clear skies will find his aircraft tied to the ground for most of the year , but if he has the ability to control his aircraft accurately whatever the weather , and is qualified to fly confidently from airport to airport under instrument flying conditions , only the very worst weather , fog , ice or severe thunderstorms will restrict his plans . |
| 26 | A VGA display has the ability to support both text and graphics . |
| 27 | Finally as some transfers , in particular ‘ bulk ’ may be rather time consuming , the LIFESPAN Manager has the ability to restrict the elapsed time over which LIFESPAN RDBI runs . |
| 28 | The right hon. Gentleman still has the ability to mislead the young that he has shown in his distinguished past . |
| 29 | Fashanu has the ability to charm FA disciplinarians and once at Lancaster Gate came up with the immortal line ‘ Would a Bernado 's boy do something like that ’ when pleading his case after a tunnel clash with Viv Anderson . |
| 30 | On another level , frankincense , the most commonly used incense in churches , has the ability to deepen the breathing . |