Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] i have " in BNC.

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1 The kind of norms we are concerned with here are sometimes called community norms in order to distinguish them from the superordinate norms that I have mentioned , and I shall suggest below that a major difference between superordinate and community norms is that , whereas ‘ standard ’ norms are uniform , community norms are sometimes more aptly described as variable norms .
2 Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’
3 I may also add , in passing , that Miller has brown eyes whereas I have blue , black hair where mine is red , good eyesight whereas I am a little shortsighted .
4 To illustrate the point , and to suggest some possible choices , I shall pack a fictional bag for three very different trips that I have taken recently — a six-week winter trip to Nepal , including a trek to Everest Base Camp , a week 's backpacking in North Wales and a camping and birdwatching trip to New England during the Fall .
5 I have n't taken into account the suggestion forms that I had this morning and some quiffs that I have n't had .
6 I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues .
7 From the discussions that I have had with those groups and from some statements that I have received — I do not want to go into detail because they were confidential — I am confident that a solution could have been found which would have formed a reasoned consensus for those groups , for the interests that they represent and for the House .
8 I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat .
9 A well-known example is the sentence ‘ I have plans to leave ’ ; this is ambiguous : a ) I have plans to leave ( i.e. I am planning to leave. ) b ) I have plans to leave ( i.e. I have some plans/diagrams/drawings that I have to leave . )
10 My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so .
11 The children all swim lesser distances and I have to catch their toes before they reach the safety of the end or the side of the pool .
12 Interest has been expressed in both the Crewe Heritage Centre and Ironbridge among nearby centres and I have received a suggestion that we might visit the Gwili Railway farther afield .
13 I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family .
14 My hon. Friends and I have proposed some measures , which we accept will not slash the unemployment figures but which would be helpful .
15 This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time .
16 We debate the orders against the scene that my hon. Friends and I have described .
17 Does he further agree that the fact that 71 vessels have been ordered by the Ministry of Defence since 1979 confirms what my hon. Friends and I have always believed — that under the present Government the Royal Navy will continue to play an important role and provide a fine career in the foreseeable future ?
18 I have been told by well-meaning friends that I have a touch of fever … well , so be it !
19 In the end , they did get some players and I have said I am pretty satisfied that the England players who went did n't go for money .
20 I do carry a few prizes if I have requests but I prefer to have people involved and enjoying games for the fun of joining in and having a good time , rather than to win a reward .
21 Here he is , h h he has the very unpleasant duty of explaining and justifying the drafting of this measure a a and I do hope it would be , it would be really rather an unexpected realisation of an ambition , but nevertheless one hopes eternal if my Noble Friend were to get up and say that as a result these few remarks that I have been tempted to make that some kind of effort is going to be made to tidy up as th th the processes whereby er such stuff appears , is allowed to appear on the pages of the Statute Book er er I do recall that when the Charities Bill was going through several committees , my Noble Friend was n't who who was d d dealing with the Bill in , on behalf of the Government was exceedingly helpful and I hope that he will show the same degree of goodwill today er and , and , and er h if he 's very clear and devote is very considerable energies to persuading those professional obs obfuscators who are responsible for this kind of garbage to do better in the future .
22 A. I know S. nattereri does attain 12 inches because I have kept one of that size .
23 Erm there have been times doing work which we have er , worked on together different jobs when I have thought , yes this is what I 'm here for .
24 It is for similar reasons that I have included the notes from a lecture by Dr. S.P. Dey — the feeling of certainty that LM potencies are an indispensable part of the homœopath 's armoury comes from the authority of his many years in practice .
25 All the personal accounts that I have read convey a sense of isolation , an absence of professional support , and the sheer despair generated by this experience .
26 As I think I said , such noises as I have experienced have eventually found explanations .
27 It is one of my proudest boasts that I have never thought about insurance and I am convinced that , even under torture , I could resist the temptation .
28 ‘ My mission is to take back to Ramsey such alms as I have been able to gain , at least by the goodwill of Worcester and Evesham .
29 In the nineteen years that I have been in Parliament , I can not think of anyone , save for Enoch Powell , who has been a more powerful advocate of liberal economics than John Biffen .
30 We have an energy-rich country and a massive trading balance , so why the hell are we importing electricity from France which I believe attracts the nuclear and importing coal from dubious sources and I have been told that some of that coal has been extracted by women and children , often in horrendously unsafe conditions .
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