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

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1 A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled .
2 Decisions taken by other disciplines may have a costly impact over which the nurse manager is powerless to intervene ; the general manager 's control of ward clerks , the contents of contracts agreed before privatisation or the consultant surgeon 's annual leave arrangements are examples .
3 Reluctantly , I think Chelsea may have a better season .
4 But they can just look through so they can say I ca n't think of an accent let's have a quick look through this list .
5 I did , however , manage to express my views as a practitioner , as one who actually nurses in the system of which she is so poorly informed , and I suggest that if more of us did the same , then perhaps our collective expertise may have a greater influence .
6 Possibly photography may have a new life as trompe l'oeil .
7 At the same time the existence of strong groups may have a detrimental effect upon the organisation where the group puts forward its own interests at the expense of the organisation as a whole .
8 Within a reasonable period after the end of the year covered by the accounts , those accounts may have a dominant role .
9 A noteworthy recent example of the use of Article 100 in the area of social policy is Council Directive 91/533 on an employer 's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship , where it is quite simply asserted in the recitals that ‘ differences in the legislation of Member States may have a direct effect on the operation of the common market ’ .
10 The Hector 's story may have a happy ending , as the establishment of entanglement .
11 Finally , if agencies are able to ‘ control the agenda ’ by offering only one expenditure programme as an alternative to the ‘ reversion level ’ if the plan is not accepted , then variations in the reversion level may have a perverse effect on spending .
12 A lectern should have a minimum depth of 38cm and a minimum width of 5Ocm — space to hold two A4 sheets alongside each other — and a ‘ lip ’ of at least 1.5cm to stop papers sliding off onto the floor .
13 The final conclusions of the national committee were , firstly , that it is not possible with the available data to establish a definite causal relation between the use of gangliosides and acute polyneuropathies and , secondly , that patients diagnosed as suffering from acute neuropathies should have a detailed drug history taken and should be followed up ( Grupo de Trabajo Gangli-Msidos , 18th session of Spanish National Committee of Pharmacovigilance , Spain , 1992 ) .
14 Heroism should have a moral or social purpose .
15 The drafter must have a clear idea of what the terms are intended to achieve ; broadly , he/she must have ( 1 ) a sound grasp of the relevant law applying to contracts of supply and ( 2 ) a clear understanding of the nature of the client 's business and the client 's particular needs .
16 In order to achieve these objectives the drafter must have a clear understanding of the following matters .
17 CIVIL and criminal courts should have a new power to impose punitive damages awards on companies which demonstrate wanton or reckless disregard for human life , a lawyer said yesterday .
18 ‘ To satisfy this , ICI must have a strong upstream capability . ’
19 To be effective , the programmer must have a clear objective , and be able to predict areas of difficulty and provide subroutines to deal with them .
20 Of course , in order to be able to establish an option contract on an underlying futures contract , the futures contract must have a prior existence .
21 To be successful , a futures contract must have a liquid market with low transactions costs associated with trading in the contract .
22 All candidates for admission to a taught postgraduate course should have a first degree in an appropriate subject , or a qualification or experience which is acceptable as equivalent .
23 The computer should have a large enough memory ( RAM ) for the programs you want to run on it , and operate fast enough for your needs and temperament .
24 I believe that local authorities should have a strong housing function that we as local authorities should be providing good , well managed social housing in which our tenants have a say , where we have good tenant participation , where we have tenants taking a part in the sorts of repairs that they want to see , where every year they are er consulted and asked about where they want us to go next in terms of modernisation and repair .
25 Whether the full extent of their concern , i.e. that local authorities should have a legal obligation to assist these young people , will become part of the Children Act 1989 is , at the time of writing , not known .
26 Bush announced afterwards that they " share[d] a common belief " that a unified Germany should remain a full NATO member , but declared : " The former territory of East Germany should have a specific military status that would take into account the legitimate security interests of all interested countries , including the Soviet Union . "
27 If latent inhibition and habituation reflect the operation of a common mechanism , then procedural variations that modify the magnitude of one of these phenomena should have a similar effect on the other .
28 Stating that clinics should have a close relationship with general out-patient departments , it goes on to suggest that , where ground-floor accommodation is unavailable , consideration should be given to allocating space at first-floor level , commenting , with rare insight , that this possibility arises because almost all the patients visiting the clinic will be ambulant .
29 ARCHITECTURAL hierarchy should reflect the social : palaces should have a noble character and imposing magnificence ; royal residences merely grandeur and attractiveness ; and the arrangement of the residences of people of different rank — clerics , army offices .
30 The Committee fails entirely to discuss , however , whether mistakes of a similar kind should have a similar effect .
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