Example sentences of "of [adj] [pron] [adv] have " in BNC.

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1 If you want an illustration of that you only have to look at the words of President Reagan .
2 Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’
3 In spite of this I still have fond memories of them as they were such a soft , comfortable pair of boots from day one .
4 Shop steward 's chairman who was one of a delegation of six who later had a meeting with Minister for Energy Tim Eggar , said : ‘ We were encouraged by the promises of support we got from the MPs and the Minister has said he will look at the pension scheme position . ’
5 Confronted with a score of 350 we then had to contend with their venomous opening attack of Vaughan ‘ Hungry ’ Walsh ( very fast ) and John ‘ Dentist ’ Maynard ( quite fast ) , who were formidable by any standards .
6 Quite a number of these we already have .
7 " One of the most beautiful things done by the painters of this country has been the painting of black which nevertheless has light in it , " Vincent had written from Holland .
8 There is much that can be said about the advantages of such a strategy , which is flexible and which can penetrate secular buildings with the salt of the gospel touching the lives of many who otherwise have no contact with the church .
9 What one old-school diplomat called " the telegraphic demoralisation of those who formerly had to act for themselves and are now content to be at the end of the wire " had , it was claimed , given greater effect to the instinctive dislike felt by all foreign ministries for diplomats who showed initiative and were not afraid of responsibility .
10 This holster will allow it to be carried by a few of those who presently have no means of looking after a throwline .
11 There was always an enormous difference between the economic perceptions of those who initially had Conservative and Labour preferences , especially those who described themselves as party ‘ supporters ’ .
12 Those who take the view that capitalism operates to favour those with capital at the expense of those who merely have their labour to sell tend to believe that when new technology is developed and applied in a basically capitalist society the result is likely to be that jobs are degraded and the quality of working life of those in employment suffers .
13 Also , as already pointed out , debentureholders with a floating charge closely resemble shareholders and form a class of those interested in the company rather than of those who merely have claims against it .
14 In economic terms , many of those who still had land in the pears following 1973 were not able to farm it successfully .
15 His aim was to boost flagging sales , and for the first time during the recession new cars came within the grasp of those who still had some cash .
16 And many of those who still have jobs get shorter breaks now than they used to as their firms struggle to survive in the recession .
17 ‘ Denby , my manservant , is completely trustworthy — too much so for the likes of those who now have charge of me ! ’
18 Spurious consultation , a patronising attitude to teachers , and a tendency to regard all criticism as captious and ill-formed , are — while not unknown among headteachers — unlikely to win the hearts and minds of those who actually have to make things happen .
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