Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unionists did not wish to stand down where they had a candidate of their own ready to fight ; in these circumstances , the NDP did remarkably well in 1918 , winning eleven seats , all in Labour strongholds where neither Unionists nor Coalition Liberals had much desire to stand , and they beat both MacDonald and Henderson . |
| 2 | A party brought in or who has a notice served under these procedures may make an offer of contribution and file a copy with the court . |
| 3 | It matters to me greatly that we have a reputation for taking these big issues and dealing with them with independence and rigour . |
| 4 | ‘ They sent two of our men off — and then they played for an extra ten minutes so that they had a chance to equalise . ’ |
| 5 | The function which modern philosophy seized upon as expressing the vital essence of Mind was that of bringing things together so that they have a bearing upon one another . |
| 6 | After describing the first three , involving speech , reading and writing , the fourth aim was described as being : ‘ to teach pupils about language , so that they achieve a working knowledge of its structure and of the variety of ways in which meaning is made , so that they have a vocabulary for discussing it , so that they can use it with greater awareness , and because it is interesting . ’ |
| 7 | so that they have a sense of ownership of the decisions that they will have to implement . |
| 8 | 1 Pass round all the stories so that everyone has a chance to read them all . |
| 9 | A sense of adventure remained with Sara for the next few days , a sense of adventure tempered with trepidation , so that she had a sensation of flying high . |
| 10 | Each of these was then further subdivided so that he had a total of thirty-eight — each group corresponding to one of the thirty-eight remedies which he subsequently discovered . |
| 11 | ‘ If Neil decides to go it is very important that the Labour Party shows that it can arrive in agreement on a new leader quickly so that he has a summer in which to establish his authority . ’ |
| 12 | As in unregistered conveyancing it is probably advisable that the husband keeps a duplicate or certified copy of the transfer to the wife so that he has a record of the terms of indemnity given to him by the wife . |
| 13 | Trace the templates ( see overleaf ) on to non-stick paper , then re-trace the outlines only on to pieces of firm card so that you have a paper and card template of each shape . |
| 14 | Cut out the circle just inside the marked line ( to allow for the thickness of the tin ) so that you have a round . |
| 15 | The exercise was designed to make a student stand in front of class , sing his song and force each syllable out in an elongated manner so that it had a beginning and an end ; this , Landau explained , ought to enable the student to go into neutral , physically and mentally , so that tensions could be released and what was happening inside could be heard through the voice changes . |
| 16 | It collapses dramatically on to its side , its body limp and lifeless , its back slightly bent and its head turned down , so that it has a half-curled-up appearance . |
| 17 | ‘ I understand only that you have a deal of false pride . |
| 18 | Perhaps once she had a child of her own , David 's child — But it would n't be easy . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps if everybody had a stake in the business , they would work better , ’ said Robyn . |
| 20 | they are now , perhaps if you had a word with them |
| 21 | Perhaps if you had a child … ’ |
| 22 | This may be difficult at home but you will work better if you have a desk in a room where you can do uninterrupted work . |
| 23 | The window blinds were down and he had a feeling that he was behind the scenes in a theatre . |
| 24 | Moreover , landlords were restrained by the knowledge that they would attract good tenants only if they had a reputation for fairness . |
| 25 | We can deal with mass unemployment on this scale only if we have a Government who are determined to do so , and we can deal with it better if , internationally , Governments are determined to do so . |
| 26 | Whenever anyone , Y , is in a position to say , ‘ X is φ ’ on account of what he sees , drawing no inferences , and not lying , then it is true to say that X appears to him to be φ , even if it goes against our linguistic practice of saying , ‘ X appears to Y to be φ ’ only if we have a reason not to say , ‘ X is φ ’ . |
| 27 | The problem was that clubs would let you play only if you had a club handicap , but you could n't get a handicap without playing . |
| 28 | Also , there are instructors with the Minister of Industry of Bangkok who teach machine knitting , but they teach only if you have a group of ten or more . |
| 29 | A symbolic arrow can function only if it has a target , explicit or implicit . |
| 30 | Vaginal penetration ( screwing , fucking or bonking ) , but only if he has a condom on his penis . |