Example sentences of "often have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the press often has a role in providing new ideas , maintaining the momentum and quite simply continuing to ask the questions . |
| 2 | In writing a program , one often has a lot of freedom in the use of bound variables : not only in where they are declared , but also in whether to declare a new variable or re-use an old one . |
| 3 | ‘ She often has a shovel in one hand and a pen in the other ’ said manager . |
| 4 | Analysis on these lines often has a basis in lexical studies ( the Chubin & Moitra paper suggests subject analysis of reference contents from titles cited ) , and since metaphor plays such an important part in descriptions of the citation process ( Cronin 1981 ) , there is a danger that the models may be descriptive of a meta-reality which does not truly model the actual use of citations by authors and readers . |
| 5 | A catarrhal remedy ; catarrhal headaches ; often has a headache with eye complaints or coryza ; a bursting , bruised headache with dazzling from bright lights ; headache in the evening . |
| 6 | Consistent poor aim often has a reason . |
| 7 | Such training often has an emphasis on features such as style and quality rather than mere speed of activity . |
| 8 | The housemaid said to me that the daughter and son-in-law were coming down for Easter ( I 've often had a laugh over this ) ; and she said : |
| 9 | I 've often had a joke with you , have n't I ? |
| 10 | But there is no hard and fast line : a plaintiff will often have a choice in which division he will start his action , and the rules of Law and Equity are equally applied in both . |
| 11 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 12 | Children and adolescents may often have a combination of conduct and emotional problems . |
| 13 | Other times , in the outside divisions , we would often have a list of people to call up in the morning — such as our own men for early morning duty . |
| 14 | I do n't often have a woman 's eye over it ; men do n't notice these things much . " |
| 15 | The landlords of this period often had a bond of sympathy with their tenants in that they too had to struggle for a living , and that their living conditions , especially in the tenth and early eleventh centuries , were not widely different . |
| 16 | We often had a cashflow problem because we had to pay them before we got paid . |
| 17 | Easily distinguishable in his bird-lime-encrusted shirt and shorts , he often had a look in his eye that spoke of clouds and freedom , rather than the shin-splitting hordes bearing down on him in the shape of the Corton Heath Corinthians . |
| 18 | When we consider the regulation that will be imposed and the rights of consumers in Northern Ireland , my hon. Friend will find that consumers will be much better protected and safeguarded under privatisation than if they had been left to continue with a publicly owned monopoly which too often had a life of its own and was not subject to the outside pressures that consumers have a right to bring to bear . |
| 19 | Solitary people often have a cat or dog as a companion too ; but it is not the same as having a companion of one 's own kind . |
| 20 | Reading the news for ITN means I sometimes work peculiar hours but I often have a weekday morning off , and that 's when I play golf . |
| 21 | ‘ This is definitely not the breed for everyone as you often have a battle of wills to keep control . |
| 22 | There is still a superficial resemblance to the old style , especially on larger vases which often have a figure-frieze on neck and body , the rest being covered with graded bands of abstract ornament ; but this has shrunk to little more than varied groupings of zigzags , while massed zigzags among the figures of the main friezes make a shimmering ground on which the fuller , curvier silhouettes or dot-filled outlines of men , women , animals , monsters , flowers stand out . |
| 23 | As its report says : ‘ While large practices often have a culture and management structure which requires planning , evidence and conclusions to be committed to paper , smaller practices do not ’ . |
| 24 | The least able sailors first and then a minute later the next group start and so on , finishing with the best sailors who often have a handicap of 10 minutes on a 25-minute race . |
| 25 | Children born to fat parents often have a tendency to become fat as well . |
| 26 | ‘ Women often have a tendency to arch their backs which has the effect of making the voice sound more remote , ’ says Meribeth . |
| 27 | When we make assessments of other people , of any age , and in any capacity , we often have a sense as to whether or not they ‘ feel real ’ . |
| 28 | Industrial partners often have a budget allowed specifically for the operation of the partnership and of more generous proportions than budgets allowed to educationists . |
| 29 | Fringing reefs may occur directly exposed to the sea or may form on coasts within barrier reefs : the former often have a zonation similar to barrier reefs and atolls , but the latter have no algal ridge and often very abrupt outer edges . |
| 30 | What is relevant to EModE , however , is that Patterson 's word-lists suggest that a raising rule still applied in pre-nasal environments ( which often have a back vowel today ) . |