Example sentences of "has a [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pentre Nant comes direct from a spring in Montgomeryshire and has a pure and refreshing taste . |
| 2 | It also has a frantic and improbable storyline , a farcical and tumultuous climax and , lamentably , a kinky vicar . |
| 3 | Designer John Byrne is probably better known for his stage plays and quirky graphics than for his stage sets , and his work generally has a sardonic and ironic quality eminently suited to Figaro . |
| 4 | Clearly this Government has a political and moral duty to do all that it can for Shetland , ’ she added . |
| 5 | The whole Loch Tay area has a fascinating and rich history stretching back to prehistoric times , none of which I 'm prepared to share with you . |
| 6 | DONALD Fothergill has a palpable and daily reminder of the responsibility he has taken on as managing director of Stockton-based Pickerings Lifts . |
| 7 | In contrast , the common buzzard has a wide and increasing distribution in Europe , and its present success must be due in large part to the adaptability of its diet . |
| 8 | It is a phrase that has a wide and ambiguous meaning . |
| 9 | As previously stated , the phrase ‘ value for money ’ has a wide and ambiguous meaning . |
| 10 | A smallish property close to the Piazza della Repubblica , this hotel has recently benefited from an extensive refurbishment programme and has a new and modern feel . |
| 11 | As I said , we welcome the peaceful way in which the elections were conducted in Zambia , which now has a new and democractic Government . |
| 12 | It has a strategic and romantic site and was , in its day , a modern fortress built on mural , concentric plan rather than the old central keep system . |
| 13 | Having made its Unix hardware choice early , after the same false starts as everyone else , ICL has a stable and convincing Sparc-based product line , and can look on its rivals ' plight with interested detachment . |
| 14 | It is difficult to escape the conclusion that he has a mental and emotional block about competing with his compatriots . |
| 15 | But , as in life when you enter a room that has balance and shape in its architecture , it is something that has a subtle and decidedly enhancing effect . |
| 16 | Thus the decline in local authority housing budgets has a specific and disproportionately disadvantageous effect upon disabled people , which can only be obscured by regarding disabled people as ‘ normal ’ . |
| 17 | Third , the Mental Health Act Commission has a specific and quite narrow remit to protect the rights of detained patients , to ensure that the provisions of the Mental Health Act of 1983 for consent to treatment are followed , and to investigate individual complaints . |
| 18 | In practice , it has been suggested that the C. and A.G. also has a close and effective working relationship with the Public Accounts Committee ; this is the committee of the House of Commons responsible for examining the public accounts it sees fit to examine and has the power to send for persons , papers and records . |
| 19 | But play has a serious and valuable purpose . |
| 20 | Guinness Brewing Worldwide has a cohesive and integrated approach to the business , which is firmly rooted in over 230 years of brewing expertise . |
| 21 | It has a daunting and sinister turn of speed . |
| 22 | It has already been made clear that the definition of a ‘ professional ’ degree course being adopted here is an operational rather than conceptual one : it is a course which has a consistent and fairly exclusive relationship with a particular occupation , exclusive in that graduates from such courses tend not to go into other occupations , and in that entry to that occupation is largely or wholly restricted to graduates from such courses . |
| 23 | With product that has a regular and consistent sales pattern , the factory is responsible for ensuring that the appropriate levels of stock are maintained . |
| 24 | Being able to look back , by means of regression , and discover that their condition has a logical and rational cause , takes away that feeling of stupidity and prevents the patient condemning himself to a lifetime of inevitable failure . |
| 25 | What matters is that the creative solution has a credible and realistic basis . |
| 26 | Within the English legal system , which covers both Wales and Northern Ireland , but not Scotland , which has a separate and distinct legal structure , there are two principal sources of law : legislation and the common law . |
| 27 | Annie , now 41 , has a rare and lucky sense of times getting better , not worse . |
| 28 | Second , he has a rare and profound understanding of how to relate the exigencies of budgets to the exigencies of opera production ( which is like relating fire to water ) . |
| 29 | Teewurst has a rich and pronounced smoked flavour and is delicious on hot toast or crackers . |
| 30 | The South Lake is a haven for watersports enthusiasts whilst the North Lake has a rich and varied array of wildlife . |