Example sentences of "is have [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Since then a number of people a great deal abler than ourselves have worked on the problem but , because of the sheer labour of handling the algebra they were forced either to assume that the crack tip was infinitely sharp , that is had zero radius , or else , with a finite tip radius , to use very approximate methods , or at least to map the stress system only in certain regions .
2 ‘ The biggest difficulty is having one foot in the committee and one on the playing field .
3 The declining popularity of bonfire night in the back garden is having two effects : a dramatic cut in the number of people hurt by fireworks , and booming business for the firms that put on the big public displays .
4 One other possibility is to have two cameras recording simultaneously onto two recorders .
5 A particularly favoured combination is to have two detachments supporting a main body of halberdiers , one of hand gunners and another of swordsmen .
6 Penny Vincenzi 's Wicked Pleasures ( Orion ) , a cut above the norm in this glitzy genre , is to have two covers , the gold gloss of the C format plus one with a white background .
7 It 's only just been finished but the plan is to have four people living there — three clients or whatever and one person sponsored by us , probably a member of staff .
8 Their strategy is to have one member of the team running continuously and carrying the bale , while the other drinks the beer .
9 In this instance you can put it across the eyebrow , right , across the eyebrow , ask them to hold it and if you 're doing a bandage like this the way to keep it on is to have one part of the bandage going above the ear and the next time you go round go below the ear right , go above the ear and the next time you go round go below the ear okay and then finally just tie it off , get the idea ?
10 A safer course ( assuming that the business wishes to exclude liability where it is permitted to do so — ie in non-consumer cases ) is to have one set of terms , including the appropriate exclusion clauses , but to include a provision that the forbidden exclusions do not apply in a case where the buyer deals as a consumer .
11 An attractive arrangement where light permits is to have one curtain with a heading fixed in a closed position and tie the curtain fairly tightly in the centre of the window with bows .
12 ‘ The international strategy of the bank is to have one partner from each European Community country and no conflict of interests among them , ’ says the BCP chairman .
13 ‘ Not in any great sense of condemnation , but quite clearly the scriptural teaching is that the one safe situation is to have one partner , within the Christian view of marriage . ’
14 On an open ward , the best arrangement for patients at risk is to have one area designated for their observation and management .
15 The club 's aim is to have 20,000 members within the year .
16 The pixels within each memory bank are arranged in row and column format , and a common arrangement is to have 512 rows ( or rasters ) of 512 pixels in each of the memory banks .
17 The government 's target is to have 1,500 megawatts worth of electricity , equivalent to 3 per cent of the country 's requirements , generated by renewables by the turn of the century .
18 You know I mean , oh oh di you know I mean it 's to theorise , I suppose but I mean all it takes really is to have three bins .
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