Example sentences of "to have a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , girls would have to be presumed to have a lower ability to learn mathematics than boys . |
| 2 | Mr claims for a five year replacement cycle , but I consider the vehicle is likely to have a lower mileage than is usual and that the replacement cycle should be one of eight years . |
| 3 | It they had been right , matrilineal society would tend to have a lower level of technological development while patrilineal societies would have a higher level . |
| 4 | If you are fortunate enough to have a lower level into which you can siphon away the water , that is the easiest . |
| 5 | Clowns seem to have a lower centre of gravity , or a magnetic field that converts everything to prose . |
| 6 | Er men tend to have a lower pitch on the whole , erm th they 're louder and the 's due to their physiological differences , erm Jacqueline once said that , Men try to talk bigger than they are whereas women talk as though they 're smaller . |
| 7 | Babies born several weeks prematurely grow up to have a lower IQ on average by the ages of seven to 10 than children born at full term , according to research reported yesterday . |
| 8 | Fourth year pupils were the principal subjects of the study as they would be members of their school for a full school year and were likely to have a lower absentee rate than the fifth year . |
| 9 | In ISIS 2 a lot of people received heparin , although not randomised , in addition to aspirin and thrombolysis and they appeared to have a lower mortality than those who did not get heparin . |
| 10 | Unless there are an appreciable number of genuine deaths from asthma in people aged over 65 this supports my belief that the annual number of deaths due to asthma nationally is nearer 500 than 2000 ( even allowing for some genuine deaths from asthma not certified as such and given that some areas such as West Cumbria and perhaps Hertfordshire seem to have a lower mortality than Norwich ) . |
| 11 | My mum 's the sort of person who 'll just argue with anything , if she thinks she 'll argue with anybody , or anything if she thinks that she 's being swindled , so like , she even went to the extent of having , they , we had an extension built , right , and she , we had it , only fair 's fair , this one particular suite , we had erm , and they , they had this absolutely massive bathroom built , okay not specifically to have a nicer bathroom , but to have a very big room and erm , so they had two sinks , this sounds real extravagant , erm , |
| 12 | he more or less sort of said well I 'll have to have a cheaper car . |
| 13 | " I want Sara to have a fuller life than I have had . |
| 14 | The Working Party felt it was very necessary to have a closer contact with Society members than was possible at present and that this could be best achieved by being in direct communication with them . |
| 15 | Then , when you get the chance , you want to have a closer look and check it out . |
| 16 | The commotion caused a young couple passing by to go into the gallery to have a closer look at the paintings . |
| 17 | He and his assistants unpacked the shopping trolley to have a closer look at what liver enzymes can do , how bleach works , how to make coke or why cabbage juice is a good indicator . |
| 18 | The Dents owned the very first car in Baldersdale and that created quite a stir I remember being at school when they first drove it round the place and the teacher brought us all out on to the road to have a closer look at this amazing thing . |
| 19 | The twins sprang up from where they had been sitting by Chola 's side and ran round the hearth to have a closer look . |
| 20 | I waited for the crowd to thin out , then went to have a closer look . |
| 21 | Customs then took three weeks to have a closer look at the booty ( oh yeah ) . |
| 22 | Eventually a vehicle stopped , and its occupant , an American diplomat , got out to have a closer look at this strange bundle of fur . |
| 23 | Friends took me up to have a closer look at it , and I understand the pilot , who was an Australian , managed to bale out and came down safely somewhere near Balder Head . |
| 24 | If it still remains uncomfortable , then we , then we need to have a closer look and we may need to get the eye specialist involved if it 's refused to settle down . |
| 25 | Charlotte 's companion said with quickening interest , and set off to have a closer look . |
| 26 | They merely require the knowledge that they have given to their fellows , but most people will wish to have a closer involvement . |
| 27 | Unlucky Wales : they are widely thought to have a worse chance against the tourists than either Neath or Llanelli . |
| 28 | Firstly , it is an order matching system and thus tends to have a slower response rate than , say , LIFFE 's APT system . |
| 29 | Because er , to produce more output you have to have a bigger stock , and therefore the price goes up , so you produce more , decreasing not quite so much , and keep a greater percentage than you did last year , so that for cows , as the price goes up you 've got to counteract it again , cows this year , and try to sort of , keep my , get my herd bigger and bigger , and profitable . |
| 30 | Erm so that 's fine , to have a harsher lighting on his face is fine cos it does tend to show up the er the wrinkles in his forehead , under his eyes and his whiskers which is fine because when erm my old portraits of this nature , that 's the sort of thing you 're trying to emphasize . |