Example sentences of "having the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , experience of a particular sector is less important as a previous record of achievement in searching for such individuals than having the necessary weight and calibre to be able to attract those people . |
| 2 | Information having the necessary quality of confidence which is supplied by one party of a contract to another for the purpose of enabling that other to perform a contract will usually be subject to an obligation of confidence so that the recipient may only use it for the purpose of that contract . |
| 3 | But having the perfect place is not enough . |
| 4 | Rather than risk not having the perfect shade she started buying those little sample containers and trying them out on a wall . |
| 5 | It 's not a question of having the perfect body , but finding the right garment to suit you . ’ |
| 6 | While Jamie is regarded in Hollywood as having the perfect body , Emma adopts a no-nonsense approach to acting that keeps the work flooding in . |
| 7 | We may know these things on an intellectual level , but there 's nothing like having the emotional truth of them brought home on a gut level-none of us are free from some degree of the self-blame that makes so many women feel responsible for their own rape . |
| 8 | Having the right work environment or tools of work ; |
| 9 | Having the right attitude : unselfishness and compassion . |
| 10 | ‘ Then we attach the new care assistant to a member of staff , not necessarily the most experienced , but someone whom we see as having the right attitude to the residents . |
| 11 | She began to look into alternative methods of treatment — natural remedies , hypnotherapy , etc — and resented me for not participating and not having the right attitude . |
| 12 | But it but it 's often misinterpreted , as being of the right mind and having the right attitude , about understanding |
| 13 | Having the right livelihood : doing the kind of job where right action can be practised without compromise . |
| 14 | It differs from most kouroi in having the right foot forward and the arms raised from the elbow , something ( probably a bow ) grasped in the left fist and something lying on the open right palm . |
| 15 | The success of British industry in exporting last year was also attributable to having the right framework for taxation , which encourages and rewards enterprise on the part of both individuals and companies . |
| 16 | It can aim for a high probability of having the right word somewhere in the cohort without worrying too much about the size of the cohort . |
| 17 | Beginning : listening ; having the right objective |
| 18 | Banks having the right liquidity will not enter the money markets . |
| 19 | ‘ Having the right action and the right gauges of strings is really critical for doing this kind of thing . |
| 20 | The key to successful distribution is having the right amount no more no less . |
| 21 | Having the right understanding : recognizing how our suffering comes about . |
| 22 | And we also know that maintaining good health is a matter of having the right routine , getting into good habits . |
| 23 | Penguin is ‘ happy to talk to anyone ’ along similar lines , although it sees Dillons as ‘ having the right profile and style of management to do this ’ . |
| 24 | But what are the chances of having the financial security to make the most of retirement ? |
| 25 | The written call having the low exercise price starts to make a loss before the purchased call starts to make a profit . |
| 26 | Then , when I remarked it was strange that when a person was in trouble , one forgot at once any little grudge one had against them , so that bearing grudges must be only skin-deep , my friend disagreed : she thought the change of heart was because one was willing to be magnanimous when at advantage , having the upper hand . |
| 27 | The fact that the programmes were shown reflected a degree of openness on the part of Party authorities , with the reformists having the upper hand . |
| 28 | For a fleeting second she allowed herself to revel in the unaccustomed feeling of having the upper hand over him . |
| 29 | The second , that the only way to solve the problem on the canvas was to see its subject again in the flesh , which thought he welcomed , and went to dreams relieved of his frauds and pieties , smiling to think of having the rare thing 's face before him once again . |
| 30 | Many National Savings instruments pay tax free interest as this is more sensible than the government paying a higher gross rate of interest and then having the administrative cost of collecting the tax on those interest payments . |