Example sentences of "have a [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wise dragon so captivates his maiden that she never even has a second for longing , that she turns not from him to stare out across the wide meadows and lakes of adolescence . |
| 2 | That woman has a genius for organization . ’ |
| 3 | God is seen as one who can bring about such kairoi in history , and who has a will for humankind . |
| 4 | It 's a good sign if he has loved someone a lot , it shows that he has a capacity for love . ’ |
| 5 | There are primitive layers , even in modern Europeans who were then fighting the war , which mean that man has a capacity for brutality exceeding that of other animals . |
| 6 | The site already has a licence for waste disposal , but Leigh says that it is now considering the future of the site . |
| 7 | of the four nations in the programme , the U K is the only one that has a requirement for reconnaissance . |
| 8 | It 's an easy way to tell if your chosen holiday home has a dishwasher for instance ( a requirement for a 5 Key rating ) , or hot water at all times ( everywhere from 1 to 5 Key ) . |
| 9 | The very latest Cairo tittle-tattle is that President Hosni Mubarak ( who has a reputation for honesty ) has made himself rich by taking a cut from every barrel of oil exported . |
| 10 | Richard Alexander ( Member for Newark ) has a reputation for thoughtfulness . |
| 11 | S.schall will tolerate a wide range of water conditions and is easy to keep , although it has a reputation for aggression . |
| 12 | I know he has a reputation for toughness that could match Martin 's any day , but the difference is that everything he does is legal and above board . |
| 13 | The Archive 's location in a university which has a reputation for excellence in social research ensures it is perceived to be upholding high standards . |
| 14 | Already hampered by the inglorious nature of his ascent , he also has a reputation for wimpishness . |
| 15 | Boro manager Lennie Lawrence has a reputation for engineering great escapes and on this form he may achieve yet another . |
| 16 | Well-established , this company has a reputation for quality and service . |
| 17 | He is shocked at what has happened to his son although he added that Darlington town centre has a reputation for violence . |
| 18 | The lexicon notion explains the word frequency phenomenon by assuming that each entry has a threshold for recognition , and that recognition occurs only when sufficient data have been collected about the word for this threshold to be exceeded . |
| 19 | The department has a Centre for Theology and Public Issues which has a programme of conferences , publications , and research studies . |
| 20 | He does not smoke , but despite his diet , he has a penchant for champagne and his favourite food is said to be lobster . |
| 21 | Notwithstanding this , if one has a taste for adventure and no fear of hard work , the rewards are ample not only in terms of a tax-free salary but in the satisfaction of a job well done in a challenging and interesting environment . |
| 22 | Like Mr Major , Kenneth Clarke has a taste for chicken jalfrezi , but the Cabinet 's heavyweight diner also has a great soft spot for a grilled king prawn curry ( £12.50 ) . |
| 23 | Prior to that it only has a potential for value . |
| 24 | The automatically hired candidate has a claim for payment of his/her salary from that date forward , plus interest from the date of his/her automatic hiring up until the date of actual payment and may also claim further compensation for eventual pecuniary damage or injury to feelings . |
| 25 | Colin French has a record for animal cruelty dating back to 1988 . |
| 26 | Channel 4 , which has a feeling for grouping progs together into ‘ themes ’ , identified St Valentine 's Day ( sorry , weekend ) as a possible banker . |
| 27 | Significantly , he recognises that the pupil with defective vision has a need for gradation in the extent to which his environment is adapted or supportive , the ultimate aim being to reduce the supportive and adapted elements so that the totally unmodified environment which the visually handicapped pupil will encounter on leaving school can be faced with safety and confidence . |
| 28 | In operational terms , someone has a need for health care if he or she has the appropriate indications for the intervention in question . |
| 29 | Andy , who has a passion for golf , will have no chance of a game on the estate 's private nine-hole course . |
| 30 | He has a passion for information and a like passion for exactness in whatever he does . |