Example sentences of "it [modal v] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And t and th then , since the paper talk , that 's right , it 's nothing to do with it , but it may have a bit to do with justice , we 'll get round to it in a bit . |
| 2 | Now , if , if a child sends a distress call to a certain level of intensity , it may get a certain amount back , but it may have a sibling who sends the distress call a slightly higher level of intensity and might get some more back . |
| 3 | The relative permeability may turn out to be a tensor ; it may take on very high values , say 106 or more , or it may have a value very close to unity , say 1.00002 for a wide range of temperatures , and then on cooling the material another few millidegrees unc may drop to zero . |
| 4 | Backwards and forwards the engine passes , increasing its load at each operation , until behind its tender it may have a string of vehicles more than two hundred yards in length with a brake van in the rear . |
| 5 | It may have a seed growing within it , or be empty . |
| 6 | It may have a duty to inform the public about the misconduct of a candidate for election , but only in newspapers which circulate in the candidate 's constituency . |
| 7 | The House is really concerned to decide whether it should have a Bill of this type on this matter . |
| 8 | It should have a hole at one end , in which the handle of the bouquet can rest to keep the flowers away from the sides of the box . |
| 9 | Similarly , the BBC felt that it should have a stake in the ( abortive ) satellite plans of the early 1980s . |
| 10 | it should have a measure of substance ; and |
| 11 | Oh it should have a Mercury numbers in cos all they actually do is rent a B T line and pay for it . |
| 12 | ‘ It was their story , everything in it seems to have led to the next thing — now it should have a stop ! |
| 13 | And the second was real clever : ‘ What sounds as though it should have a mother and father , but does n't ? ’ ' |
| 14 | ‘ Surely with a death involved , it should have a charge of reckless driving been heard by a judge . ’ |
| 15 | And it should have a view on , on issues like education and transport , and those kind of things because they 're all critical to the long-term future of economic viability within Shropshire . |
| 16 | If the flat only has one entrance/exit ( which it will because it is not on the ground floor ) , it should have a fire escape , or some means of escape over a balcony or roof . |
| 17 | This annoyed Mick Jagger , who felt that , since the paper was called Rolling Stone , it should have a connection with him , if not the band . |
| 18 | Like solid fuel and lpg , you need to store it — in a tank accessible for refuelling by tanker — and the boilers that burn it must have a flue . |
| 19 | I see that the title is down as Historical Memory , but I would prefer to call it , if it must have a title , Memory of History . |
| 20 | By refusing to include theory , the department is , in effect , refusing to declare its own theoretical standpoint : it must have a standpoint , for it is impossible to judge or measure the correctness of someone 's ‘ affective ’ or ‘ quasi-sensuous ’ response ; yet English departments do examine and judge people 's performance , just like any other department . |
| 21 | It must have a range of three hundred yards . |
| 22 | It must have a nest close by with , perhaps , ‘ five eggs , pen scribbled o'er with ink/ their shells resembling writing scrolls ’ . |
| 23 | It would seem that , for a holiday to be enjoyed , it must have a reason more compelling than that it shall simply fill a gap , or satisfy some politically motivated demand . |
| 24 | And I got the book it must have a bus you know ano , another , an extra bus on because he was allowed to get off at the tonight . |
| 25 | For any desktop publishing package to work properly and display correct line endings it must have a screen font that matches the font in the printer ; ie the width tables must match . |
| 26 | ‘ It must have a den in one of the more remote parts of the library , ’ replied Mr Crangle . |
| 27 | It must have a taste to it . |
| 28 | Singer , for example , although he is here questioning the alleged rights of the human foetus , admits that it must have a potential that |
| 29 | ‘ But in order to carry on business it is necessary that the reputation of such a corporation should be protected , and therefore in the case of libel or slander it must have a remedy by action . |
| 30 | But in order to carry on business it is necessary that the reputation of such a corporation should be protected , and therefore in the case of libel or slander it must have a remedy by action . |