Example sentences of "have a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question is one of confirming that the legal agent on the record has a properly constituted authority to receive the sum on behalf of the Republic . |
| 2 | A group of them , maybe as many as half a dozen , will slowly get to their feet from where they have been lying with the rest of the pride and , leaving the cubs and the males behind , walk off in a fashion which , although leisurely , has a grimly purposeful air . |
| 3 | Egon Zehnder has a not dissimilar approach , but a more cautious and longer-term perspective , putting quality of people and of work above everything else and truly trying to build a worldwide firm with a recognisable cultural identity . |
| 4 | Just as the current crisis has a distinctly familiar ring to it , so too do the solutions being offered . |
| 5 | All of this has a distinctly Diceyesque ring , for in the introduction to the 1913 edition of his Law and Public Opinion Dicey portrayed any extension of state activity as ‘ socialist ’ , and denounced the welfare collectivism of the ‘ new liberalism ’ as an attempt to ‘ bribe ’ the electorate with state benefits . |
| 6 | This season 's palette , Douceur des Bois Preçieux , has a distinctly rural feel and features a new Harmonie Boisée Trio Eyeshadow box of matt tones Peach and Chestnut with a slightly shimmering base shade , Champagne . |
| 7 | This has a distinctly Venetian air . |
| 8 | Has a distinctly angular way of holding its neck , which alone should suffice to distinguish from any other woodpecker seen against the light . |
| 9 | However , Blake Baxter — although graduating from Detroit 's old school — has a distinctly steamy mood firing his music . |
| 10 | The Cabernet Sauvignon has a distinctly blackcurranty flavour and is velvety smooth , while the Sauvignon Blanc is light , dry and refreshing . |
| 11 | Close to smart and lively Viareggio , the resort has a distinctly Italian flavour . |
| 12 | And it is also true that much contemporary Spanish-American fiction has a distinctly ludic quality , with Borges and Cabrera Infante , in particular , taking pleasure in playing games with the reader . |
| 13 | When a polymer , which is not too crystalline and has a reasonably high molar mass ( <20 000 g mol -1 ) , is in this elastic state it will elongate quite readily in the direction of an applied stress , e.g. natural rubber will stretch easily when pulled . |
| 14 | has a reasonably constant core of members , |
| 15 | The papal itinerary is expected to include the former Portuguese colony of East Timor , annexed by Indonesia in 1976 , which has a predominantly Catholic population . |
| 16 | Nagorny Karabakh , which has a predominantly Armenian population , became part of Azerbaijan in 1923 after the consolidation of Soviet power in the Transcaucasus region . |
| 17 | Gibson is particularly enticing in the Larghetto concertante of the Symphony in C , which has a persuasively light touch , and finds just the right degree and genial gruffness for the Allegretto . |
| 18 | It has a seemingly simple and limited behavioural repertoire , including various forms of learning , while its relatively easily mapped central nervous system contains only a small number of cells — no more than 20,000 neurons in all , arranged in a system of distributed ganglia and including amongst them a population of very large cells which can be recognized easily and reproducibly from animal to animal . |
| 19 | For instance , whenever an industry has a steadily growing market but falling profit margins — as , say , in the steel industries of developed countries between 1950 and 1970 — an incongruity exists . |
| 20 | The Market Square , which lies at the junction of the two main streets , contains the Butter Cross , a medieval meeting place which has a steeply gabled roof surmounted by a clock turret from 1683 . |
| 21 | For example , water has a generally low reflectance in the visible spectrum , the proportion of reflected light being related to the presence and amount of suspended sediment and dissolved organic material . |
| 22 | The hotel has a generally relaxed and sophisticated atmosphere and the bedrooms have all been comfortably furnished . |
| 23 | Fo has a ludicrously inflated reputation in Britain — largely , I suspect , because he combines his left-wing views with an anarchic humour . |
| 24 | This modern view has come about not as a result of any further substantial constitutional developments — perhaps strangely , or perhaps significantly , the issue has never been seriously tested — rather , it has come to enjoy widespread , although not universal acquiescence largely because Dicey ( following Stephen and an equivocating Blackstone ) posited it as a central feature of the English constitution and because it has a deceptively simple logical appeal . |
| 25 | Tariq Ali , who took the left intelligentsia apart in Redemption , is fortunate that British Trots wo n't use the bourgeois libel laws ; while Melvyn Bragg has a transparently sour sketch of a Lynn Barber-style interviewer in his new serial-novel Crystal Rooms . |
| 26 | For example , the automobile industry , described as ‘ the most intensively studied industrial situation ’ has a largely male work force . |
| 27 | America not only has a largely privatized nuclear industry but is the home of the Pressurized Water Reactor . |
| 28 | This book has a largely metalinguistic function . |
| 29 | It has been substantially altered in later periods and has a largely classical , dull exterior . |
| 30 | The semi-set jelly has a deliciously seductive , viscous quality as it trembles briefly in the mouth before slipping , fragrant and alcoholic , down the throat . |