Example sentences of "have [adj] [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child who is continually told it has low status is likely to grow into a low-status adult . |
| 2 | An act which has this characteristic is a prima facie duty . |
| 3 | John has two PhDs but I do n't believe he has This sentence is pragmatically anomalous because it contradicts the standard Quality implicature that one believes what one asserts . |
| 4 | However , if good and this property are simply the same thing , then the judgement that what has this property is good is just a tautology , and can not serve as the kind of important value judgement it is meant to be . |
| 5 | Although the relationship is canonical in both directions — a canonical finger is a part of a hand , and a canonical hand has fingers- hand is in one sense the less specific and hence less complex term , the term which carries less semantic information . |
| 6 | Yeah but if he has another shop is he still going to get his |
| 7 | A dog who has high self-confidence is never worried by strangers or strange stimuli . |
| 8 | Another patient who has multiple sclerosis is not cured but she can walk after years of being wheel-chair bound . |
| 9 | Another large scale landscape pattern which John Michell has drawn attention to and which has considerable credence is the Circle of Perpetual Choirs , mentioned in the Welsh Treads as being located at Stonehenge , Glastonbury and Llantwit Major . |
| 10 | The only type of housing tenure which has any effect is council tenancy : being a council tenant reduces the probability of receiving an offer by about 41% in Models I and 2 , ceteris paribus . |
| 11 | God , am I glad to see you ] The only good news I 've had this morning is that you 'll be in charge . |
| 12 | That 's all you 've had all day is n't it really ? |
| 13 | And I 'm going as slow as I can go and I 'm just taking everything in , and I 'm unwinding , I 'm relaxing mentally and physically as I do it because that 's what I feel I need at the moment , and having that ability is good . |
| 14 | One reason for having that meeting is to reform the institutions so that they can cope with a second wave of new members , this time from Eastern Europe . |
| 15 | Now essentially this also relies on the children 's using their imaginations to find answers — as in the case of the ‘ sewer ’ and the ‘ Lost Valley ’ contexts — but the difference is that ( a ) each ‘ find ’ is given due weight and attention , is publicly shared , evaluated , accepted or rejected , ( b ) the focus within which their imaginations can have free range is defined from the beginning , i.e. the puzzle is clear — ‘ what could be a logical solution ? ’ is the name of the game , and ( c ) the problem-solving does not have to be hurried by action . |
| 16 | ‘ The witness 's mere statement that his answer might have this effect is not sufficient , although it is on oath and even if there is no doubt concerning his bona fides . |
| 17 | aye , can I have some lettuce is there ? |
| 18 | The other thing that I wonder might have some bearing is that I know parts of Sally Park and Sally Oak and they 're very acid , they can grow rhododendrons and azaleas and things very well . |
| 19 | Whilst information is as complete as possible there will undoubtedly be additional interesting facts that need recording , and anyone having such knowledge is invited to write to me . |
| 20 | Having such information is useful , but it is not the whole story . |
| 21 | Not having much luck is he ? |
| 22 | However , the distinction between a trader 's puff and a statement having legal significance is a fine one . |
| 23 | The good thing about only having one option is it cuts out a lot of rubbish you do n't have to think . |
| 24 | Such an utterly formal , undefinable and wholly unanalysable concept of ‘ ought ’ is necessary if law is to be regarded as normative and if the positivist proposition that law may have any content is to be sustained . |
| 25 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 26 | ‘ Not having any money is a very good formula for decorating , ’ Tim says , ‘ because you ca n't afford to make mistakes . ’ |
| 27 | The only rat poison likely to have this effect is zinc phosphide . |
| 28 | The age of consent for a girl to have sexual intercourse is sixteen , and therefore any male over fourteen having sex with a girl under sixteen has actually committed an illegal act . |
| 29 | Where the victim is subjected to serious violence , an intention to have sexual intercourse is all that is required . |
| 30 | What we must do to have good skin is to cleanse , tone , and moisturize . |