Example sentences of "have this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Out of curiosity , how long has this variation been in your family ? ’
2 And never before has this knowledge been so vital to them .
3 Nor has this approach been confined to legislation passed by subordinate legislatures .
4 It has been particularly difficult for him because the Government have two of their placemen on the council , but he has managed to keep fighting though the council has this deadweight of government lackeys . ’
5 I think the other feature of the system is — and I think people generally do n't realize what a remarkable it is — we 're just about the only country in the world that has this system , and we are remarkably successful in involving ordinary members of the community in the administration of justice , both in our lay magistrates system and in our jury system .
6 Erm how long has this branch been in ?
7 Not only has this government got no policies for industries , it has no morals either .
8 To find out whether an element is a metal , a metal being defined as an element whose oxide dissolved in water yields an alkaline solution , I have to find out whether the element has this peculiarity in common with other metals .
9 And to those whose support is wavering Mr Jackson has this response .
10 We limit ourselves to a single question : has this treatment been proved to be safe and effective ?
11 She has this allergy to cow 's milk and what have you .
12 Zephandra Butolphi has this idea that you have repeat everything until it becomes one with the cosmic miasmal consciousness , so pages one , two and three read :
13 ‘ I think to myself ‘ Well , has this company got the expertise to treat to this particular standard ? ’ , ’ said an area officer :
14 Neither partnership nor sole trading has this advantage ; the owners of these forms of enterprise are fully liable for all debts incurred by the business .
15 He has this advantage , but set against it he has to accept that management charges and corporation tax will be charged against trust income .
16 But not everything has this ability : the stones and trees which we can see and remember do not , themselves , have the capacity to ‘ represent ’ .
17 Like the rest of Britain 's many great long distance runners Zarei has this ability to ignore the pain and keep going .
18 He wants to go beyond this testable assertion and maintain that there is a real difference , not simply one of perception , between different languages in their ability to ‘ allow their users to approximate to neutral , objective description ’ and that English has this ability .
19 Is chemistry still all test tubes and bad smells , or has this subject too changed from the days when perhaps some of us were at school ?
20 Sunshine and has this man got his buttons on today ?
21 How long has this man been living in the churchyard ?
22 Has this bird lied ?
23 Now , has this bucket got a shadow ?
24 Well Evelyn me , she has this Alf Garnett on , I do n't know why cos she , she 's a bit particular but Alf Garnett 's beyond the pale
25 ‘ You know what she 's going to tell him : that she has this dream , fantasy , God knows what it is , that she killed one of the kids . ’
26 The Communist Party has this struggle as its foremost aim .
27 It has this instruction over the list of moneys .
28 The company in question — which can not be identified by order of the court — has this year been negotiating for a substantial loan .
29 Two more annuals which get hardier by the year are Playfair ( Queen Anne Press , £2.99 ) truly pocket-sized and a marvellous source of instant information , and The Cricketers Who 's Who ( Lennard Publishing , £10.95 ) which has this year restored the first-class umpires and whose unique feature is a photograph of every player .
30 To Tozer , the news that IBM UK , the industry 's barometer , has this year frozen pay and is reshuffling its employees to cut numbers must have a good side : ‘ If it means it becomes more responsive to the market and customers , I think we will benefit , ’ she says .
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