Example sentences of "has [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , yes , he has terrific strength of character . ’ |
| 2 | Drake has striking plumage of dark green ( often looking black ) head , white breast , chestnut flanks and pale blue forewing and is only dabbling duck with a yellow eye . |
| 3 | Similarly in 69 , which has eleven instances of Thou and none of I , the analysis of the Friend 's misbehaviour focuses on the discrepancy between his outward beauty ( ‘ thy fair flower ’ ) and his mind and action ( ‘ the rank smell of weeds ’ ) , an inconsistency given more biting expression by the double pun in the couplet : ‘ But why thy odour matcheth not thy show , /The soil is this — that thou dost common grow . ’ |
| 4 | He describes himself as a ‘ career manager ’ and has extensive experience of hotels . |
| 5 | Gordon has extensive experience of the textile industry , specialising in production and planning control . |
| 6 | Previously a Field Officer for SCOTVEC , has extensive experience of working with centres throughout Scotland . |
| 7 | HAWICK Museum in Wilton Lodge Park , on western outskirts of the town , has extensive displays of Border history and in particular of the textile industry . |
| 8 | Besides these formal structures , each party has extensive methods of contacting its own leaders including deputations to the Prime Minister , casual conversation , the impression conveyed by the ‘ sense of the House ’ and messages relayed by Parliamentary Private Secretaries and by the whips . |
| 9 | The grouping of the predator species in terms of incisor loss is almost exactly the same as other indicators of mandibular damage , and the main difference is that the snowy owl , which produced slightly ambivalent results for mandibular breakage , has low proportions of incisor loss ( Table 3.8 ) . |
| 10 | If the water has low levels of oxygen due to the raised temperature and other factors already discussed , the effects of the nitrite may be greatly exaggerated . |
| 11 | The course has strong elements of international , social and comparative history . |
| 12 | The outline of the body has strong hints of Martin 's J-model , with further Martin-esque echoes courtesy of the herringbone soundhole rosette and the varied assortment of pearl ‘ snowflake ’ inlays up the fingerboard and on each side of the bridge . |
| 13 | Now each of my siblings has fifty percent of my genes . |
| 14 | It has fifty acres of park and woodlands , with a trout stream — surrounding a fifteenth century castle , ’ he added casually . |
| 15 | Now he still has fifty acres of setaside : |
| 16 | A difficulty is that psychology has narrow terms of reference which can give only a few useful results , for example on the question of illusion . |
| 17 | As Belle Robertson , the sextuple Scottish Champion would say , this new star of the LPGA circuit has that brand of ‘ cheek and desire ’ given to very few . |
| 18 | Judit , at 13 tall for her age , with russet hair , has that capacity of early teenage of one minute seeming like a woman and the next like a small child . |
| 19 | Properly made knots and splices in rope are from forty to eighty per cent efficient ; that is , the joint has that fraction of the strength of the continuous rope . |
| 20 | Then it gives me great pleasure now to erm I always knew that John al , has had something different from the rest of us you know he has that kind of air does n't he , that that status in the pulpit which you know , ? |
| 21 | Yes , we all know that he prefers consensus rather than confrontation and I suppose maybe because he has that kind of style he might be just what the doctor ordered for the nineties . |
| 22 | I mean , he has that hate of other things and other people outside his own type . |
| 23 | The interior has that feeling of solidity normally associated with German-built cars . |
| 24 | Clare has always had rather more in the way of aristocratic pretensions than Andy , who has that aura of classless broth-of-a-boyhood that usually only the congenitally rich can carry off convincingly . |
| 25 | But somehow , it still has that touch of glamour . |
| 26 | the organ is quite one of my most favourite instruments — it has that combination of depth , harmony , majesty and spirituality that can raise the soul , bring joy to the heart and let one cast aside the ephemeral tedia of everyday life . |
| 27 | ‘ Frank S again showed that he has that combination of speed and strength that first team coach Egil Olsen is looking for . |
| 28 | If such an attractive new influence could be spread abroad in the world , where so many people long for a religion which has that ring of truth , the detection of which is a priceless human ability acquired down through the ages and not to be denied , there would be a growing number of adherents rallying to it . |
| 29 | No-one else has that sort of management experience . ’ |
| 30 | Not everybody has that sort of money . |