Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a salutary reminder of the powerful implications of teacher enthusiasm : no doubt at least part of the popularity of any text has as much to do with the way it is taught , as with characteristics embodied in the text itself . |
| 2 | As Golding was to remark in Stockholm in 1983 , on receiving the Nobel prize for literature , fiction has far more to do with the general mind of mankind than with the writer 's own quirks and obsessions : ‘ not just what the writer is thinking , but what a huge segment of the world is thinking . ’ |
| 3 | Some voiced sounds may become devoiced under the influence of surrounding voiceless sounds : the /L/ in play has very little voicing ; the /r/ in tray loses some voicing , making it slightly fricative ; the /v/ in fivepence will also be devoiced ( because of the /p/ ) and may even be assimilated to a voiceless /f/ : / " faifpens/ . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , that photograph has as much bearing on our present difficulties as the Tyrrell Society . |
| 5 | Sometimes the resistance of an anorexic patient to regaining weight has as much to do with the mother 's overinvolvement in the patient 's life as her own unwillingness to change . |
| 6 | With old people , the physical condition has so much bearing on the mental state . |
| 7 | This study has yet far to go and it would be unwise to be too dogmatic about sources and influences at this stage . |
| 8 | J. C. Schetky who describes himself as marine painter in ordinary to Her Majesty has little good to say about Islay in " Sketches of notes of a Cruise in Scotch Waters on board His Grace the Duke of Rutland 's Yacht Resolution in the Summer of 1848 . " |
| 9 | J. C. Schetky who describes himself as marine painter in ordinary to Her Majesty has little good to say about Islay in " Sketches of notes of a Cruise in Scotch Waters on board His Grace the Duke of Rutland 's Yacht Resolution in the Summer of 1848 . " |
| 10 | As in the teaching of science or music , for example , the scientist or the musician has far more to offer than the non-scientist or the non-musician . |
| 11 | Every side had too much to lose and very little to gain . |
| 12 | The result had as much to do with romanticism as historical accuracy , with simulated timber framing , and a Gothic chimneypiece decorated with scenes of the King 's escape . |
| 13 | But the politicking and the violence have nearly all come from the Spanish Basques ; French Basques have remained relatively quiet . |
| 14 | The shoals of herring which were caught by part-time fishermen-farmers along the west coast have almost all gone . |
| 15 | Cornwell reports that the men in her study have very little to do with their own families and even less with their wife 's kin . |
| 16 | It seems to me that there are a number of satellites ( labels like 4AD , Mute , Factory , Play it Again Sam , Product Inc , Blast First , plus various hip hop , house and electro producers whose work has very little to do with the human ) , satellites bound to Planet Pop by some kind of gravitational attraction , yet estranged by the nature of their practices ( the lost spirit of ‘ 67 and ‘ 79 ) . |
| 17 | The naming of tunes in Gaelic dancing has as much to do with the whim of the moment as with anything portentous : ‘ Upstairs in a Tent ’ , or ‘ The Clock on the Dresser ’ , or ‘ The Walls of Limerick , owe more to whimsy in the kitchen on the night than to any attempt by the musician to give his tune immortality . |
| 18 | Paradoxically the ‘ neoclassical ’ part of the neoclassical synthesis has surprisingly little to say about relative prices : the route back to full employment is through the downward revision of absolute prices . |
| 19 | From Nirex 's new timetable it is clear that the lab has very little to do with rigorous scientific investigation and everything to do with pulling the wool over the eyes of [ local ] people . " |
| 20 | Manchester manages with one constable for every 524 inhabitants , in Liverpool a constable has only 467 to look after . |
| 21 | Black Michael looked blacker than ever today — because you and the Princess had so much to say to each other . ’ |
| 22 | I can quite honestly say that it is ages since I have had an evening of such delight ; and the personal interest of reading a friend 's work had very little to do with it . |
| 23 | The truths that are recognized after marriage have very little to do with chamber pots . |
| 24 | Modern methods have made these kilns redundant , and the many hundreds that once formed the Potteries ' smoky skyline have nearly all disappeared . |
| 25 | Nature has so much to say . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't believe that the sort of intractability there is in nature has very much to teach us . |
| 27 | ‘ And drama has so much to offer in terms of equipping a child for life after school . |
| 28 | In part , this was because of the spread of liberal ideas and institutions since 1815 ; governments were tending to be less the oppressors of the governed than identified with them , though this process had still far to go in 1880 . |
| 29 | the big knuckle has so much locked inside |
| 30 | After all , our positive friend has so much to look forward to that there is no time to be indisposed . |