Example sentences of "[Wh det] a [noun] have [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both insisted that any bilateral talks should wait until after the international conference , for which a date had at last been set : President Roosevelt issued a statement on 4 September inviting the nations of the world to a conference on international civil aviation to be held in Chicago in November . |
| 2 | One major issue on which a decision had to be taken was the route . |
| 3 | Besides the relationships which a child has with his extended family are those maintained with the spirit world and the living dead . |
| 4 | It was held that an applicant for a patent has all the rights which a holder has from the moment the complete specification of the patent is published . |
| 5 | Thus the system of exogamy prevailed , according to which a bride had to be obtained from another clan , ‘ bride-price ’ and dowry being given according to an agreement between the parents . |
| 6 | But this would be wrong because , as Kant has demonstrated , ‘ existence is not an attribute ’ , an additional property which a thing has on top of its other properties like greenness , tallness , or roundness . |
| 7 | Then there will be many people and organisations she will need to notify of her date of removal and her new address , such as the Gas and Electricity Boards ; the Department of Health and Social Security , for the transfer of the drawing of her pension to the post office near your home ; the local rates office , income tax office , and television rental office ; the bank manager , and building society or other places where she may have invested her savings ; her insurance agent , the headquarters of any pension fund to which she may belong , the telephone manager , and the post office for the redirection of her letters ( for which a form has to be completed and a fee paid ) . |
| 8 | In other words , the requirement of leave may encourage the very sort of applications it is designed to weed out , especially given the very short time limit within which an AJR has to be commenced : it is safer to seek leave even if the applicant expects to settle the claim without further litigation . |
| 9 | The general election of 1992 also had to be called by a Conservative government at a time of unfavourable economic circumstances because of the approaching legal time-limit before which an election had to be called . |
| 10 | There is a strong connection between the concept of " function " , and the concept of " meaning " : when we talk of meaning in the broad sense of " overall significance " , we include the implications which an utterance has regarding the intention of the speaker and the effect on the hearer . |
| 11 | ( 5 ) For the time within which an appeal has to be lodged . |
| 12 | Shy and modest , Pauline Ashley says only : ‘ I just do what a wife has to . |