Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb mod] have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The diagrams for patterns will have a narrow seam allowance incorporated but add a few stitches if you think your seams will be well within the drawn edges .
2 It also matters currently , since art is to be included as a foundation subject in the national curriculum and the mastery of basic skills such as drawing will have a higher profile .
3 Labour 's Graham Allen argues that if the lobbies were knocked out MPs could have a semicircular debating chamber electronic voting and a named desk each .
4 He says that if the lobbies were knocked out MPs could have a semicircular debating chamber , electronic voting and a named desk each .
5 It is well known that marital breakdown between parents can have a dire effect upon the child in terms of immediate misery , and subsequent disruption of personality and relationships .
6 It is helpful if a pupil who is totally dependent on the use of spectacles for schoolwork can have a reserve pair , since repairs can sometimes take time .
7 If all representations of lesbianism are negative ( in line with society 's presentation of heterosexuality as the only positive sexuality ) , then conceivably a positive image of lesbianism could have a promotional effect .
8 Artificial insemination by donor ( AID ) , i.e. by a man other than the husband , can be used to achieve fertility where the husband lacks spermatozoa , or is otherwise infertile , or if the husband is a carrier of a genetic disease with a high chance of its being transmitted to a child ; alternatively the husband and wife may both be carriers of the same recessive gene , so that each act of fertilization would have a 25 per cent chance of giving rise to a diseased child .
9 And er a further er fly in the ointment , if one could put it that way , will be of course with the erm the local hospital whose site is just off this er the key plan provided , their decision from the first of next month to actually charge for spaces within their area , which of course will have a further effect of decanting even more cars into neighbouring streets and thus put pressure on some of the streets which hitherto have not benefited from ah residents ' parking so there will be further er obviously further requests from er from those residents of neighbouring streets .
10 The second defining characteristic of compatibility guarantees a genuine relationship of sense : it is that a pair of compatibles must have a common superordinate .
11 However , even if governments were prepared to spend more of their gross national product on health-care facilities , while the incidence of complications from the sexually transmitted diseases might decline , no amount of money would have a significant effect on the prevalence of these diseases unless it could be used to alter people 's attitudes and behaviour .
12 The APU would not have been accused of exerting a conservative influence with its cross-curricular model ; however , the eventual selection of subjects could have a narrowing effect on the curriculum .
13 On this argument , it is probable that the aggregate supply of labour will have a positive slope as shown in Fig. 2.5 .
14 Certainly the technical aspects of accounting can have a major influence when comparing the cost of one unit of activity with another .
15 But fear of crime can have a devastating effect on people 's lives , and particularly on women 's lives .
16 Safer Cities co-ordinator Pam McHale said : ‘ Crime and fear of crime can have a serious effect on women 's lives .
17 This kind of programme will have a higher proportion of " talking heads " than any of the other types discussed here .
18 Since our v is advanced to purchase labour-power , then the rate of exploitation will have a determining role in the outcome for output .
19 However , what happens in the Church of England can have a major impact on people outside it , as well as on regular church attenders , for a number of reasons .
20 A person Who has plenty of stamina will have a slower and more powerful heartbeat and they will cope more easily with prolonged or heavy exertion .
21 For countries , like the UK , which rely heavily on imported raw materials and foodstuffs , a rise in the price of imports may have a considerable effect on the domestic inflation rate .
22 She added that any attempt to restrict the availability of parents could have a detrimental effect on children .
23 It is important to recognise that the employees of a company or business which is subject to a change of ownership will have a natural apprehension which will produce both negative and positive expectations .
24 The Chomskian might advance the speculative thesis that any mutation causing children to search immediately in the right class of grammars would have a great selective advantage , and that such evolutionary change might well have taken place , producing human beings who are now pre-programmed to process linguistic data in a specific way .
25 Antioxidants are a defence against free radical activity and epidemiological studies confirm that populations with a low level of antioxidants may have a higher risk of colorectal cancer .
26 Partly because a large staff generates a greater amount of training need and sometimes more specialized needs , partly because the logistics of co-ordinating the movements of a large number of people generates greater need for formal timetabling , and partly because size of establishment can have a significant effect on staff mobility .
27 Despite being an ignoramus , the dealer who lasted even a matter of weeks would have a certain animal intelligence , as well as the true smooth operator 's knack of twisting information to support the argument his firm insisted he presented .
28 A new type of tax should have a separate bill .
29 In the 1960s a series of papers suggested that dementia sufferers who were " misplaced " in the wrong type of facility might have a poorer outcome .
30 Backers of favourites should have a profitable afternoon at Lingfield .
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