Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [modal v] have [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The standard of NHS accommodation available to trained staff is variable , and even if you are happy to put up with this in the short term , in the longer term it may have adverse effects on your personal life or hopes of a future career .
2 We have striven to avoid statements of attainment that require assessment which might have undesirable effects in the classroom , for example the use of language exercises out of context or other activities of an arid kind .
3 Sheridan had struck up an acquaintanceship with the actor-murderer Giles , a slightly bizarre eventuality which might have odd consequences .
4 The core of weekday daytime programming is the ‘ playlist ’ , which has three major uses for Radio I : it provides an overall sound or ‘ station feel ’ ; it is an effective way to monitor how often the most popular records are played ; and it makes a group responsibility out of a decision which may have far-reaching effects for individual musicians and the music industry .
5 Seeking sponsorship is hard work yet the right investment of time and planning could help to set up an opportunity which will have long-lasting benefits to your artistic career and reputation .
6 This kind of worry is expressed more often in relation to the newer modular or semi-modular structures than the more traditional general degree which may have well-established patterns and requirements , but it nevertheless seems to be a widespread one .
7 And so , you know , on the business desk you might have three teams and the first team is only doing the first page and the opinion and the second team is doing a large amount of financial news and the third team is doing the company news , and then the erm there 's a graphics person who 's working on charts and stuff .
8 ‘ From laughter we can have small victories . ’
9 " Stop talking " can be seen as plain common sense if everyone is talking at once , but if it comes from an over-talkative mother with a shy child it can have serious consequences on the child 's character .
10 so that for instance you can have four stops on one keyboard , three on another and the three sounds that are available on this keyboard are available from those , the four sounds that are available
11 The article criticised the ‘ hopeless confusion of the post-war years ’ which had created the risk ‘ that in incompetent hands this country may go drifting on either towards a sharp crisis which might have revolutionary consequences , or to dictatorship , or perhaps worse still to gradual decline …
12 Explaining this they went on to say that perhaps if they did not have to put up with Keith 's trying behaviour every day until evening they might have fewer rows .
13 To develop a test of infant 's cognitive development which would have major uses both theoretically and as a screening measure .
14 To develop a recovery method , Morgan , Saunders and Pickup used a Gem called Pseudomonas putida mt-2 , a modified common soil bacterium which may have wide applications for destroying toxic substances .
15 Well my father , when we lived there he worked at the Colliery and he used to walk home and during he s , before before he m before the strike we used to have these pheasants and things , and rabbits which he used to catch , because early morning he seemed to know exactly where to go to get a a pheasant that was roosting in a tree , you see or a bush .
16 Also from a very early age I used to have erotic fantasies about ships in storms or ships sinking .
17 Elimination only occurs after three stops at the same obstacle — in theory you could have two stops at every fence without being eliminated .
18 She could only hope that when he had recovered from jet lag he would have second thoughts and leave Garry to go his own way .
19 Mr Deputy Speaker that 's exactly what the authorities are asked to make sure about and of course they must have sensible plans so that there are always beds and facilities for those who need them , but in a way it 's a success of care in the community that that more elderly people are being looked after in their own homes and so we 've arrested the very rapid growth in permanent residential places which was occurring before the policy was introduced er , as we now see , despite some gloomy forewarning , local authorities have in general managed well in the first year of their responsibilities , they 've examined thousands of cases and many people have been helped to make decisions about their own futures .
20 ( The Secretary himself may have broader responsibilities . )
21 There are risks involved in vaccinations , and the vaccination itself may have harmful effects , especially if incorrectly given .
22 Almost certainly if you were suffering from such an illness you would have other symptoms to indicate that you were unwell .
23 The playhouse in the Harlow is about the people in Harlow and about the people that come in from outside of Harlow I 'm very conscious that we do serve a very wide community and I am pleased that people with other sounds come and support the theatre has been rightly said if they did n't come in to Harlow to support the theatre we would have major problems .
24 When he used to write music he used to have different tunings for almost every song , but he 's been doing this now for the last five to seven years — the E string tuned down to D. If I have to play guitar on a song where he 's played guitar , I just learn it my way , using traditional tuning . ’
25 But that if they did not make progress we were going to be in a really difficult situation which might have military overtones as well .
26 North West deprivation can expect some relief through the Treaty 's plan for a Euro-Investment Bank which would have 24 members , including two from the region .
27 A committee of partisans is not , however , necessarily the best forum for an objective inquiry into a matter which may have political overtones and an alternative and preferable procedure for this purpose was established by the Tribunals of Inquiry ( Evidence ) Act 1921 .
28 In an ideal world you 'd have sufficient troops of each type to pick the perfect force for facing any particular enemy .
29 A bout of glandular fever forced McKenzie out of a New Year fight against Jimenez , the WBO 's official leading contender who could have weight-making problems , having been as heavy as 9st 10lbs for a fight .
30 I opted for bright summertime colours but for autumn you might have brown hedgehogs shuffling through leaves of russet and gold .
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