Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] have an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maternal nutrition may have an important influence on programming . |
| 2 | Alternatively a double-sided board may have an inherent capacitive characteristic when you consider that copper tracks on both sides of the board , separated by the board itself , may give rise to a dielectric effect . |
| 3 | Any chariot may have an additional giant wolf to pull it at a cost of +4 points . |
| 4 | For instance , an ill-judged price reduction may have an opposite effect to that desired . |
| 5 | ‘ Russians must have an honest rouble ’ |
| 6 | First , products must not emit excessive levels of radiation ; and second , products must have an adequate level of immunity to interference . |
| 7 | Every boiler should have an efficient thermostat to govern its output . |
| 8 | I thought Mrs Kettering must have an old father who wrote somewhere about the place . ’ |
| 9 | Robespierre 's experiment was , scarcely surprisingly , a dismal failure ; and while the delicious dream of a universal , natural and reasonable religion may have an understandable attraction for those who are influenced by but not wholly committed to Christian ( or some other ) belief , it does not appear capable of offering any very stable resting-place , or any adequate defence against the more radical challenges to religion as such which have been raised from without and within Christian theology in modern times . |
| 10 | The significance of this was discussed in Chapter 1 , and it might be added here that there is some evidence to suggest that concentration may have an adverse effect on the level of invention and innovation in the economy . |
| 11 | A. The partnership may have an advantageous cash basis for accounting for profits without any work in progress calculations . |
| 12 | Good gossip must have an esential core of truth to it , and a dose of compassion , concern or at least good humour attached ; it is bad gossip that has no basis in fact , that is driven obviously and primarily by maliciousness . |
| 13 | Anyone wanting to make a successful career as a professional musician must have an eternal sense of optimism tinged with gilt-edged charm and a business sense which would put Richard Branson in the shade . |
| 14 | Candidates should have an advanced degree in water resources development ( civil engineering ) , substantial background in management ( preferably an MBA ) , and have held key positions in training/educational institutions in the industrialised and developing countries . |
| 15 | In order to be able to exercise any degree of power in an organisation , an office-holder must have an official sanction for the exercise of that power . |
| 16 | Pleasure should have an important place in Marxist aesthetics , Lovell concluded , but theoretical work on pleasure should be connected with the political and with analysis of popular culture as a prime site of ideological contestation : |
| 17 | There seemed to be two areas of subject-matter where quadraphonics might have an artistic advantage , drama and wildlife recording , so it seemed very sensible when the first ‘ quadraphonic ’ record of birdsong was announced . |
| 18 | Fastenings are made as simple as possible : ladies might use an all-in-one slip-over brassiè , or one with front fastening ; shoes might have velcro or elastic laces rather than normal laces ; shirts would use velcro strips rather than buttons ; men 's trousers would have a zip fly rather than buttons , with a velcro fastening at the top ; braces are easier to manage than a belt to hold trousers up ; a lady 's skirt might have an elasticated waist or a velcro fastening . |
| 19 | Reducing the standard rate of tax to between 12p and 15p in the pound would have an important impact on both the poverty and the unemployment traps . |
| 20 | Every young person who has achieved the Compact goals will have an equal chance of securing a Compact job . |
| 21 | The latest Gallup survey suggests that neither the Conservatives nor Labour will have an outright majority in the new Parliament but that the Conservatives will be the largest single party . |
| 22 | At the same time , sociologists of education generally hold to the view that schools can have an important role in both conservation and social change . |
| 23 | The antibiotics can have an adverse effect on the body 's response mechanisms , possibly some aspect of the immune system . |
| 24 | Some problems such as the ( possibly labelled ) gap between utterance onset and the first phoneme may have an obvious solution . |
| 25 | purists may have an essential moral objection that this approach is false — what Ruskin or Morris would have called a lie . |
| 26 | However , those who have lower levels of selenium may have an increased risk of cancer in later years . |
| 27 | The question may have an obvious answer at a superficial level : anyone might complain loudly when faced with argument , abuse and aggression . |
| 28 | This is one hypothesis by which coal miners may have an increased risk of developing gastric cancer , although it has ben noted recently that not all carcinogens are mutagens . |
| 29 | A 486 machine should have an additional socket to take these chips , or some system of removing the existing processor easily . |
| 30 | I agree with Mike that the panel has been and er he is and will continue to do , erm I am sure , erm and , and that think certainly it will apply to , ought to be extended so that it wo n't need staff , er to be need during er nineteen ninety four erm and we wanted to , to note the continuing high levels of unemployment er on this side we believe the County Council should have an economic purpose strategy anyway , this should be a very important part of it 's strategic there , the strategic planning role . |