Example sentences of "of having a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might be able to have half a bicycle if you share it with somebody else , but there is not way of having a thirtieth of a bicycles . |
| 2 | I hired my somewhat reluctant steed from the East Farm in Abbotsbury , a working stud farm with the good fortune of having a 17th century thatched cottage as its farmhouse . |
| 3 | However good our schools , there will emerge from them some people , quite capable of looking after themselves and of having a simple job , whose reading age will never be more than 8 or 9 . |
| 4 | Above all , they give people a sense of having a greater control over their own destiny . |
| 5 | This may be associated with financial or housing problems , loneliness , problems with relationships , or difficulties coping with the responsibility of having a tiny baby . |
| 6 | We drew up short term goals but Mrs Allen was not particularly interested in these — her main concern was the long-term aim of having a healed leg wound . |
| 7 | Britain welcomes foreign investment , as everybody knows , but the point of having a European Community is to make everyone play by the rules . |
| 8 | John William Elsworth , of Hilton Green , Brompton , near Northallerton , admitted charges of having a defective tyre , no insurance , no test certificate and no excise licence at Darlington magistrates . |
| 9 | The most notable examples were grouping , the practice of having a multiple curriculum focus in teaching sessions , with different groups working in different curriculum areas , and the kinds of teacher-pupil interaction associated with a commitment to discovery learning . |
| 10 | What , you think that the issue of siting of having a gipsy site can be solved quite easily . |
| 11 | The consequence of having a front end is that stimuli tend to make their impact there first . |
| 12 | The big advantage of having a standardized contract is that it can be exchanged between counterparties very easily . |
| 13 | You 're incapable of having a normal relationship with me . |
| 14 | Families who were used to servants , but were now finding domestic staff hard to come by , took immediately to the idea of having a young refugee about the house . |
| 15 | I think — I hope — that in a sense the relief of having a young assistant was not only that it helped his work , but that he also welcomed the presence of a younger doctor with more up-to-date medical knowledge . |
| 16 | THE NAKED TRUTH : The full Cabinet … with Chancellor Norman Lamont as nature intended , stripped of all pretence of having a decent economic strategy |
| 17 | Michelle , who was taking the drug Epilim , said at her home in Whyteleaf , Surrey : ‘ None of them told me about the risk of having a handicapped baby . |
| 18 | As I see it , you have talked about the A sixty one er and the idea of having a western relief road would remove something like seven thousand vehicles from the existing A sixty one . |
| 19 | Genetic counselling is basically giving advice to parents , including those who have already given birth to a mentally handicapped child , of risks of having a first or second child with mental handicap . |
| 20 | This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house . |
| 21 | He liked burials , the ritual pleased him and the prospect of having a new grave to tend . |
| 22 | ‘ He has the advantage this year of having a new £2,500 lightweight hi-tech Cannodale bicycle which will be a great help . ’ |
| 23 | I know , but what 's the point of having a new suite , and having old covers on it like that . |
| 24 | Or , apropos of the necessity of having a good historical imagination when reading , ‘ I had much rather know what I should feel like if I adopted the beliefs of Lucretius than how Lucretius would have felt if he had never entertained them . ’ |
| 25 | And in The Pope and the Witch , the comedy is so puerile and shambolic that there 's never any risk of having a good time anyway . |
| 26 | It 's not just a question of having a good old chat about the wild 30's . |
| 27 | Even a small arbitrary gathering of friends or sailors took on a party atmosphere owing to Minton 's knack of having a good time . |
| 28 | ‘ I think we make the most of having a good time , which a lot of bands just do n't bother saying . |
| 29 | Britain , sheltered by the sea and the strength of her navy from the necessity of having a good diplomatic organization , never attempted to compete with the great continental States in this respect . |
| 30 | I move them and instead of having a good scuttle across the floor , I stand up on these legs in quite the wrong attitude . |