Example sentences of "[adv] have a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 That could only have a detrimental effect on jobs in the company 's factories , and it had already started slimming its operations as a result of the significant decline in drilling activity .
2 Differences of opinion exist among scholars ; sometimes the appearance gives very little to go on — details may have been rubbed off or we may only have a small fragment of a large object to examine ; two or more origins may be possible contenders and it may be impossible to decide which on stylistic grounds alone .
3 Working on the basis that there is a finite number of hill walkers , and I believe that to be the case , then spreading the load will only have a good effect on the more popular hills — some of which are showing signs of over-use .
4 Clearly , local authorities will only have a limited amount of money to spend as opposed to Government support , which is at present guaranteed . ’
5 Your choice will not only have a profound effect on your future life but also you will have a profound effect on the future life of whichever institution you finally decide upon .
6 But the satellite companies will not only have a rising income from subscriptions and a need to invest it in their struggle for a credible share of the viewing audience .
7 So sometimes a horse may only have a bad habit in relation to a certain rider , and in that case it will be the rider who will need the extra training .
8 Recent developments in the area of financial services will obviously have a major impact on this .
9 The way in which a product is marketed will obviously have a great impact upon the public 's expectation .
10 He 'd better have a good reason for ringing me up on Christmas Day !
11 ‘ You 'd better have a good reason for all this , Lizzy , because I want to know exactly what 's going on with you . ’
12 ‘ Now we 'd better have a formal interview with you , which I will allege took place in your flat . ’
13 In my own case , it is the knowledge that a Labour victory has the effect of a firework in a stagnant pool , in that it brings all the scum to the surface : not just the trade union ruffians , who have been biding their time , but the Left-wing teachers , the child abuse and anti-smoking fanatics , the Hunt Saboteurs , all the ugly underside of British life will suddenly have a powerful voice in the nation 's councils .
14 Now you should all have a spare scrap of paper that 's blank on one side , out of my recycled paper box , okay .
15 Although there was a significant reduction in ipsilateral neurological events in the group who had endarterectomy , these events included transient monocular blindness and transient ischaemic attacks , which do not necessarily have a major impact on patients ' wellbeing .
16 The new play has humour , pain and anguish about the nature of brothers and family relationships ‘ of people who are bound to each other but do n't necessarily have a great deal in common . ’
17 Y'know so she did n't necessarily have a strong sense of y'know coping and surviving and er using strategies which helped her get through it .
18 If there is to be a ‘ secondary literacy ’ of the kind imagined and enacted in Verbivore , it will necessarily have a reciprocal relationship with contemporary technological inventions and institutions .
19 There is a tradition that the cattle of eastern England have Scandinavian origins , but the West of England influence was strong and during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Devon blood was widely used in Norfolk ( especially , of course , by Coke of Holkham and his tenants ) , though it did not necessarily have a direct influence on the future Red Poll .
20 People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past .
21 These latter examples may be more appropriate for those countries or regions with large rural populations or that do not have a well-developed system of local educational institutions comparable to the community colleges , technical institutes or the like that are found in Australia , Britain , Canada , Denmark , and the US .
22 However , it would be fair to say that they do not have a long-term answer to the question : ‘ What is the appropriate level of funding ? ’ , except that of adding on an amount , based on the estimated shortfall , to existing expenditure .
23 Based on actuarial calculations , such a step would not have a long-term impact on the provision for pensions , they claimed .
24 However , the major question raised by section I(2) of the Criminal Damage Act is why English law does not have a general offence of endangerment .
25 Those with a recent interest in politics , who found the election interesting but did not have a general interest in politics at other times , gave PEBs high ratings for usefulness on leaders , issues , and voting choice .
26 Church funds also came to be used in special cases to buy the emancipation of Christian slaves , but the church did not have a general programme for the abolition of slavery .
27 One may appear in person before the court , but solicitors do not have a general right of audience ; hence a solicitor must instruct a barrister to appear before the court on the litigant 's behalf — note , however , the provisions of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ( ss. 27–33 ) discussed above .
28 Hess did not have a normal christening for Wolf Rudiger , the Fuhrer does not think them good enough for Nazis .
29 A high turnover of newcomers does not have a serious effect on the community if a substantial group of native families remain rooted in the same spot , but if over the years it is the oldest families that are emigrating then the parish structure will be unstable .
30 If the policy-making area is technical and complex , public officials have a decided advantage , even though the state may not have a total monopoly of technically relevant knowledge in policy areas where it is pursuing corporatist arrangements .
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