Example sentences of "and [modal v] [adv] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is plain that the speaker of English , although he performs this general task reliably thousands of times a day , has no idea whatever how he does it , and may well have a healthy scepticism about proffered accounts in terms of linguistic or other rules . |
| 2 | They include such things as stock control , critical path analysis , and organiser programs — and may well have a major role to play in mathematics learning in the future . |
| 3 | Those who wish to apply for admission to these degrees should possess at least an upper second class honours degree or its equivalent and may well have a Masters ' degree . |
| 4 | Inactivation of the p53 pathway will result in the survival of cells exposed to mutagens , and may thus have a pivotal role in the development of cancer . |
| 5 | The problem of consistency of measurement techniques over a long period of time will have to be faced and may not have a satisfactory solution . |
| 6 | Schemes which place teachers into industry without adequate preparation or follow up usually offer little of lasting value and may even have a detrimental effect on the relationship between education and industry . |
| 7 | A consequence of this unquestioning enthusiasm is that the implications of change have not been thought through , and may yet have a sting or two in the tail . |
| 8 | His opposition while in office was such that he was ousted — to run a technical publishing house — but he is still in his early fifties and may yet have a political future . |
| 9 | This effect is absent in patients with cystic fibrosis , who have impaired pancreatic HCO 3 - secretion and may possibly have a generalised defect in gastrointestinal HCO 3 - secretion . |
| 10 | the university has a new duty , we are told : there is a besieging host , everincreasing , of Indians , Africans , Commonwealth people in general , Levantines , who aspire to become university teachers of English literature , and must therefore have a PhD — preferably a Cambridge one ( though it is admitted that a large proportion of them could n't hope to take the English Tripos with much credit — even if they could pass ) . |
| 11 | Instead of musical mats , children can ‘ walk the plank ’ and should not have a foot on it or be the last person to pass over when the music stops . |
| 12 | Businesses searching for financial assistance can be start-ups or already trading , and should normally have a business plan . |
| 13 | Patients referred from family practitioners are likely to be younger and might well have a different incidence of disease causing anaemia . |
| 14 | The SDP did not and could not have a good war . |
| 15 | Built in 1540 , these lovely red-brick stables have been loaned to the Horse Rangers by grace and favour since 1964 , and could not have a better tenant than this exclusive voluntary organisation — exclusive that is to children who do not have their own horses and ponies . |
| 16 | She appealed unashamedly to her English readers for money for the foreign artists : ‘ If anyone likes to send some money , I will promise to dispense it with the most rigid favouritism towards people who would probably sooner beg than risk the jaundice of a free meal and would sooner have a note of twenty francs all at once than beg every day . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Very often , at Ealing , the Director himself would think up ideas for films and would probably have a lot to do with the genesis of the scripts as well . ’ |
| 18 | The Commission concluded that the new entity could act independently of its competitors and customers and would thus have a dominant position on the commuter markets . |
| 19 | He blamed Rose , and would n't have a word said against William . |
| 20 | He took it all for granted , and would never have a clue just how blessed he was . |
| 21 | They are funded by your council and will thus have a say in things . |
| 22 | ‘ You will have a trying day tomorrow ’ , he once said to his District Magistrate while Chief Commissioner of Delhi ; ‘ You will be on the alert all day and will probably have a riot . |
| 23 | This is because the echo being detected at any given moment will be a reflection of an earlier part of the chirp , and will therefore have a different pitch . |
| 24 | The former will never have the ring of eternal truth and will always have a suspicion of temporary or symbolic truth about it . |
| 25 | This will be an important and helpful clarification of what has recently been a vexed issue , and will undoubtedly have a bearing on pre-school provision . |
| 26 | I agree the state is picking up his , his rent which is er er quite a lot er but even so , you know , he has n't got very much money and can not have a very enthusiastic view of what the future holds |
| 27 | The researchers believe that supramolecular structures such as micelles will prove particularly useful for the study of autopoietic phenomena because they allow extensive variation in structural organisation and can thus have a higher degree of functional complexity , for example being able to act as hosts to guest molecules , such as enzymes . |