Example sentences of "have a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But because it is beside rather than in the Pyrenees , the Basque Coast has a gentler climate than you might expect , with an average temperature over the whole year of nearly 14° Centigrade — almost as good as you will find in Portugal . |
| 2 | Alec Stewart 's charge has a stiffer task here , but is getting 6lbs from the favourite which gives her a sporting chance of stopping Daru 's unbeaten run of four victories . |
| 3 | Britain now has a louder voice in world affairs that needs to be backed by a coherent national military strategy . |
| 4 | This is particularly true in this area where we have to compete with the Townswomen 's Guild which has a lower subscription and also with numerous Council-run activities , many of which are free or at a low cost for pensioners . |
| 5 | However , the widely-used local building stone from Rubislaw Quarry is located in the Aberdeen granite , which has a lower uranium content than the other granites and so emits less radon . |
| 6 | However , the Rubislaw Quarry , stone from which has been widely used throughout the area , is located in the Aberdeen granite , which is less geochemically evolved and has a lower uranium content than the other granites . |
| 7 | A further advantage , highlighted by Bakhuizen ( 1976 ) , is that the variable-reluctance stepping motor has a lower rotor mechanical inertia than the hybrid type , because there is no permanent-magnet on its rotor . |
| 8 | In particular , it has a lower jaw so loosely connected with the upper that it can be pushed forward like a long narrow spoon . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , why this relaxation was either necessary or sufficient remains an unsolved problem , since the average consistency of the reference measurements , and usually even that of the plant measurements is better ( has a lower error ) than the level now used for the consistency checks ( 20% error ) . |
| 10 | Since some effort is required in both uttering and interpreting , c has a lower boundary . |
| 11 | Some firms like BP try to use as much North Sea crude as possible , because it has a lower sulphur content than Arabian Gulf oil . |
| 12 | The guidance is persuasive rather than prescriptive and has a lower level of authority than statements of auditing standards . |
| 13 | The results presented here show the 140k DNA binding domain has a lower DNA binding specificity compared to the equivalent domain of Vmw175 . |
| 14 | If two assets have the same risk but one of them has a lower return than the other , then it is sold and the proceeds are invested in the other . |
| 15 | There have been no studies yet in diabetics showing that a group with really good glycaemic control has a lower incidence of coronary artery disease than a well-matched control group . |
| 16 | Bergsjo et al suggested 43 weeks ' gestation as induction at this time has a lower incidence of failure . |
| 17 | It would appear then that self-citation of theses is not nearly as common as self-citation of publications , and even in the case of publications , geology has a lower incidence of self-citation . |
| 18 | What 's more , a damp wall has a lower resistance to the passage of heat than a dry one , so it becomes colder and simply encourages more condensation . |
| 19 | It may be as low as 500 ( 3 branches per 100 carbon atoms ) in high-pressure polyethylene , which in consequence has a lower density than its linear brother — high-density poly-ethylene , which has a molecular weight between branches approaching 3000 . |
| 20 | Security , high income and ‘ fringe benefits ’ such as paid holidays are seen to characterize the ‘ core ’ workforce , while the peripheral workforce has a lower income , a minimum of ‘ fringe benefits ’ and generally shorter , though variable , hours . |
| 21 | How would you apply the principles of horizontal and vertical equity in deciding how much to tax two people , each capable of doing the same work , but one of whom chooses to devote more time to sun-bathing and therefore has a lower income ? |
| 22 | A significant recent advance was the demonstration { 28 } that the basic " plane-wave " Ikeda map is unphysical , because the 2tR instability has a lower threshold for finite wave vector perturbations than for zero wave vector ( plane-wave ) , with the result that a uniformly excited medium develops an Ikeda oscillation in which neighbouring regions oscillate out of phase . |
| 23 | For historical reasons , to which many hon. Members have referred , the 1908 Act has a lower minimum . |
| 24 | With a modern glider which has a lower wing and the wheel well ahead of the c.g. , this weathercocking will be even more pronounced , so it is better to hold the down wind tip . |
| 25 | Prostostrongylus , whose intermediate host range is restricted to certain species of snail , has a lower prevalence , though its geographic range is just as wide . |
| 26 | In Britain , however , because of ministerial responsibility and because of the suspicion that the appropriate ministry could do the job much better than a new , inexperienced board ( which usually has a lower calibre of staff ) , the ministries concerned have their own sections on tourism , forestry and the countryside which go over everything the board in question proposes , giving authorizations , suggestions or exercising a veto . |
| 27 | It has very much the same facilities as Delta Five , but is single-user rather than allowing several people to work on the same data , and also has a lower limit on the number of records , transaction files , and so on ; nothing that would really present a problem , unless you were trying to use the system for a fairly large system , in which case you should be using Delta Five . |
| 28 | Secondly , this country has a lower burden of tax than many of our European partners , but the Opposition are determined to reverse that . |
| 29 | Ministry in the home never has a lower priority than that outside the home . |
| 30 | The freewheeling path of the bifilar drive does not return energy stored in the inductance at turn-off to the d.c. supply , so the drive has a lower efficiency than the bipolar bridge drive . |