Example sentences of "or have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If your skin is sensitive and burns easily , or has a tendency to burn — use a Sun Protection Factor greater than 10 |
2 | moon god of Thebes , child of Amun and Mut , who is either falcon-headed or has a moon disk on his head . |
3 | It acts as a sort of catch-all offence where the accused has caused death but did not have malice aforethought or has a defence to murder . |
4 | If you think about and watch the settings of your child 's behaviour , it may be that he or she behaves in a non-compliant way , or has a tantrum on some occasions but not others ; that is , some situations seem to act as cues for him or her to behave in a particular way . |
5 | Well , we can give a certain clear sense to saying that the hot coffee is able or has a power to dissolve the cube of sugar . |
6 | Some of this work has been informed from personal experience either because of being physically challenged or from having worked as a therapist , as an artist in residence within a hospital complex , in a mental institution , or has a counsellor in a hospice . |
7 | It replaced the previous categories of handicap with the concept of special educational needs , defined as existing where a child has significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age , or has a disability that prevents or hinders him or her from using the educational facilities normally available . |
8 | It is therefore advisable to delete clause 9.1.6 , or if that fails , at least ensure that it is amended to refer to the distress or execution being levied at the premises ( 5 ) Consider adding the following two provisos : PROVIDED HOWEVER that in the event that this Lease is mortgaged at the time of the proposed re-entry and the Landlord has been given notice of the existence of the mortgage then prior to such re-entry or proceedings therefor the Landlord will serve a notice of such proceedings and proposed re-entry on the mortgagee at the mortgagee 's last known address AND PROVIDED FURTHER that if the Tenant ( being an individual ) becomes bankrupt or ( being a company ) enters into liquidation ( whether compulsory or voluntary save for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent company ) or has a receiver appointed the Landlord shall not exercise the right of re-entry by virtue of such bankruptcy liquidation or receivership unless neither the Tenant nor its mortgagee shall pay the rent hereinbefore reserved on the days and in the manner provided or there shall be any breach or non-performance or non-observance of any of the other covenants or agreements on the part of the Tenant herein contained |
9 | The woman who is fearful of or has an aversion to sex at 30 , unless some remedial circumstance intervenes , will be still more so at 70 . |
10 | There is no convincing evidence that advertising influences total consumption or has an impact on levels of alcohol abuse . |
11 | You awake or having a wank ? ’ |
12 | Was I working or having a day the day off . |
13 | This guy 's in the bathroom or having a piss |
14 | If any one should think that the women 's earnings are stated too low in these accounts , he will be convinced that they are not , on considering that these women commonly begin the world with an infant , and are mere nurses for ten or twelve years after marriage , being always either with child , or having a child at the breast ; consequently incapable of doing much other work beside the necessary businesses of their families , such as baking , washing , and the like . |
15 | The difference is , however , subtle , and not as obvious as being in pain or having a fever . |
16 | might have been in there to look at someone else , to talk with a club owner or having a drink . |
17 | This helps clients learn to understand more about the processes involved in , for example , stress , or having a panic attack , or the development and maintenance of phobic anxiety , or the uses and abuses of tranquillizers . |
18 | When Mum can relax in a deck chair and the children can enjoy making sand pipes and castles or having a donkey ride . |
19 | ( For example , if you dream of having a novel published , remember yourself scribbling away as an adolescent , or having a poem published in the school magazine , or simply reading novels . |
20 | More passive , less constructive activity with little or no end result , will have been the norm , like watching television or having a pint at the local pub . |
21 | Students away from the university , say on a sandwich course or having a year abroad , might or might not be included in lists one used . |
22 | Middleclass youths are often ‘ mouths ’ but rarely become gougers because the latter require an element of ‘ pure badness ’ , which from the view of the police tends to exclude the middle classes , for ‘ pure badness ’ derives from being ( or appearing to be ) educationally subnormal , coming from ‘ bad homes ’ , or having a history of crime . |
23 | A day at the studio — or having a photographer come to your home — is fun too , and the pictures show it ! |
24 | Obviously personal inclination is very important , but personal inclination can often arise from having been taught by an exceptional teacher , or having a scientist parent who helps with homework . |
25 | A small number of people have been infected through transfusions in the past but there has never been a risk in donating blood or having a blood sample taken . |
26 | Everyone was given equal space and care was given to those of us who found it more difficult because of being deaf or having a speech difficulty . |
27 | By a notice of appeal dated 22 July 1991 the administrators appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the court had no jurisdiction to make any order under section 238 of the Act of 1986 against the bank ; ( 2 ) the judge should have held that the words ‘ any person ’ in section 238 meant ( in the case of a company ) any company , whether or not registered in England and Wales , or having a place of business in England and Wales , or carrying on business in England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; alternatively , that those words ( in the case of a company ) meant any company with a sufficient connection with England and Wales : and that , on the facts of the case , there was a sufficient connection ; and in either case the court accordingly had jurisdiction to entertain the originating application against the bank , and to grant leave under rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 to serve the bank in Jersey ; and ( 3 ) in construing section 238 of the Act of 1986 the judge had erred in failing ( i ) to hold that the bank , even though a Jersey company , was within the class of persons with respect to whom Parliament was to be presumed to be legislating in section 238 ; ( ii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the mischief which the section was intended to remedy , and/or to the disastrous practical consequences for all insolvencies with any international element if the operation of the section were limited to those within England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; ( iii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the legislative context of the section and related sections ; and ( iv ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the fact that the transactions dealt with by the sections necessarily had a connection with England and Wales in that they involved a disposition of the property of a person or company the subject of insolvency proceedings before the courts of England and Wales . |
28 | The macroscopic aspect of the stomach is described as atrophic or having a cobble stone aspect . |
29 | But before you even think about rest you 'll be eager to soak up the special intimate atmosphere of Sunwing — chatting at the bars , tucking into the superb breakfast buffet , eating in the à la carte restaurant or having a pool-side snack , the emphasis is on fun and friendliness . |
30 | If you 're after a touch of colour , ‘ false ’ curtains , which do n't draw but hang for decoration only , are one possibility — although you will also need to ventilate the room , opening the window slightly when showering or having a bath . |