Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [modal v] have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If the island fell the Germans would have a free hand throughout the area .
2 He next moved on to the buying office , a very important department in a company such as Cadbury 's where the skilful purchase of the ingredients that go into the products can have a crucial impact on the viability of the business .
3 The steps should have a minimum width of 600mm ( 2ft ) , and at least 900mm ( 3ft ) if people will want to pass each other .
4 While neither the National Union nor the peers could have a direct say in the choice of leader it was nevertheless thought desirable , if only for reasons of tact , to know their views .
5 I was cheered up by Barbara Amiel 's suggestion ( in the ‘ Sunday Times ’ ) that the winners should have a good gloat .
6 The parties would have a secondary opportunity to ask questions of any witnesses and to make submissions on the law .
7 The parties must have a legal capacity to contract .
8 The arts can have a liberating effect on people , encouraging them to change from being passive and dependent to being creative and active .
9 The arts will have a higher profile in the fourth Conservative term , with David Mellor heading a much enlarged department ( which for the first time is allocated a place in the Cabinet ) , flanked by one junior Minister , Robert Key .
10 Given the extent of the powers of the administrative receiver , the directors will have a minuscule aperture within which they are free to exercise their powers .
11 The corgi must have a regal air , be docile and reasonably well behaved.The fee for the show … as many dog biscuits as they can eat !
12 The soils may have a high water-table .
13 For the first time in their four-year history the awards will have a regional stage ; the winners of which will then have a chance to win one of nine national awards in London on November 17 .
14 The decorations can have a magic theme and large cards can be made and placed on the door with balloons .
15 We will outside the erm the supporting it if it was n't for the fact that we understand that the officers would have a great deal of difficulty spending that money .
16 The jets will have a bottom line that is invariably above that of the propliners .
17 The changes would have a detrimental effect on bus passengers .
18 Some of the changes could have a transforming impact — by 2056 , for example , the majority of people in the US will no longer be of white , European extraction .
19 The murders might have a political motive .
20 With both in the Peninsula , however , the insurgents would have a major advantage .
21 When you lower to the start position , do not touch the board ; if you do this , or if you sit up past the vertical position , then the abdominals will have a slight rest .
22 She believes the mothers will have a trauma-free delivery by giving birth in a shoreside birthing pool , accompanied by dolphins .
23 A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down .
24 The causes may have a high profile because Deanes campaigns for them !
25 The men should have a good supper and rest .
26 The prospects for an acceptable permanent solution were discussed at a District Council meeting recently and it seemed agreed that the travellers should have a permanent site and that the situation is urgent as tension is growing .
27 So the endothelins may have a major role in atherosclerosis and the reocclusion that often follows surgical opening of occluded arteries .
28 The evidence would need to be of positive performance ; that is , pupils taking the tests should have a high chance of success .
29 Ideally , the boots should have a stiffened , cleated sole to cope with uneven ground , and good quality leather uppers to repel moisture and hold the foot firmly .
30 In Ashdown School , a school for young disabled people from 3 to 19 years old , the idea that the students could have a greater say in the decision-making within the school has been a topic for discussion for some time , particularly as part of drawing up the school development plan and of the staff development programme .
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