Example sentences of "[be] that they have [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And then the ultimate differences between the states are that they have control over their spending .
2 It may be that they have feelings stronger than law-abiding persons , which is why they have committed crimes .
3 Much remains to be learned of their activities , but what is certain is that they had converts in high places — notably Edward Wood ( of whom more anon ) , Leo Amery , and Lord Hailey of African Survey fame and immense Colonial Office influence — and that through their publication of a journal widely respected for its seriousness they kept before the eyes of the political establishment the idea of a new kind of empire .
4 But another feature in the projects noted is that they have elements both of research and development in them , and the work has been pursued not just with one school but usually with several concurrently .
5 Perhaps the secret of all these people at the top is that they have vertigo but out of a feeling of ‘ the show must go on ’ they smile in public and are sick off stage .
6 All we know about As , for example , is that they have relation to R to Bs , relation R' to Cs , relation R'' to Ds , etc ; and similarly for our understanding of Bs , Cs and Ds , and the variety of Rs .
7 One of the motivations for children to Speak is that they have ideas which they wish to communicate to other people ( Bloom 1973 ) .
8 Turning con , concepts and plans into practical working procedures and the attributes that these people have is , you know company workers , or you are one yourself , is that they have self-control , self-discipline , they 're realistic , common sense , but , there 's always a but side to these things is n't there ?
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