Example sentences of "we have [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This section , known as " the book of the covenant " , is the oldest record we have of Jewish law .
2 ‘ Our senses … do convey into the mind , several distinct perceptions of things … and thus we come by those ideas we have of yellow , white , [ etc . ] ’
3 We are aware that socially and economically we have more in common with our opposite numbers in the Republican ( Catholic ) side than we have with loyalist ( Protestant ) big-wigs .
4 Human life is gregarious , the quality of our lives depending to no small degree upon the relationships we have with other people .
5 If the parents are the client and we , as teachers , pursue the parents ' needs , wishes and aspirations , may not this obstruct and confuse the working relationship we have with individual children ?
6 The point I I simply wanted to make which is why I I sat through the debate , erm is the honourable member for Edinburgh Central er in his er speech er which I I must say I did expect , called for stronger regulations , er we had the argument the other week about whether there should be statutory regulations or whether we should make er the er self regulation system that we have with financial services industries work .
7 It means the whole sale change of forms and colours and it must reduce the range of other colours that we have for other forms , do n't necessarily go into those wallets .
8 We 're taking a hundred and fifty odd thousand out from a budget we have for additional staffing , and we 're also taking
9 The skills of salesmanship and political demagogy are virtually the only methods we have for changing perception .
10 Right let's see what we have for Good Friday .
11 ‘ I have to show you what provisions we have for medical emergencies down there — lifelines , resuscitation equipment , that sort of thing .
12 Whatever national curriculum we have at secondary school , this curriculum will have consequences for primary school .
13 Getting some information on our actions and the effect we have on other people can also be very useful feedback .
14 ‘ We can never measure the effect we have on other people , ’ he said , although he , more than most , had a fair idea .
15 The information we have on early techniques comes from contemporary and later chronicles and , during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , from antiquarian curiosity in the examination of coffin contents during cathedral and church restorations .
16 Through observation of his own case , he became convinced that chronic muscle tension — a result of life 's physical and emotional stresses — which overlays and destroys natural poise we have as tiny children , and manifests itself in hunched shoulders , clenched jaws , a slouched or twisted spine , with , as often as not , the head held to one side , could not but interfere with the efficient functioning of the body , restricting breathing , circulation and digestion .
17 To help Scottish local authorities carry out their statutory duties towards the homeless , we have among other things made available in the current financial year extra capital allocations of £3.5 million announced earlier , and of £4.1 million , the specific allocation of which will be announced tomorrow .
18 And he propounded evidence that a great many of the ailments we have in modern society have to do with the way we construct our buildings .
19 Re-arranging ( 8–38 ) , we have in steady-state where s is the propensity to save ( ) .
20 ‘ I think the best solution to all this is to have third country umpires like we have in other sports . ’
21 The answer is part-miracle , part-mystery , but mainly it comes from members and their friends , and from friends we have in other churches .
22 Thus we have in high places Alfred the Great , Edmund Ironside , Edward the Confessor , William the Conqueror , Richard Coeur de Lion , John Lackland , Edward Longshanks , Edgiva the Fair and , for the common people , Thomas the Shepherd , Walter at the Gate , Maud the Widow , Hawisia le Webbe , Alicia Spryngabedde , Roger Mildeneye , and so on .
23 in the way that we have in previous years and management teams have n't grown in that sense , but the responsibilities of management have been increased .
24 They say the child is father to the man ; yet looking back , across those immensities , those aeons , separating myself now from myself then , I can see almost nothing that I owe to him , almost nothing we have in common .
25 I 'm cool with Janet , because one thing we have in common is that both of us are out there .
26 The things we have in common have outweighed the problems of communication , culture and education .
27 Money is the only thing we have in common .
28 They should look at the Europe that will exist in five or 10 years ' time , at a Community with 18 or 20 members and perhaps even more , and at the interests that we have in common — security , defence , foreign policy , the environment , prosperity and peace in the world .
29 The only dealings we have in common are business ones ! ’
30 ‘ At least Sarah Chester Fabrics is one thing we have in common to while away the lazy Caribbean evenings , Miss Chester , whichever side of the fence we 're on . ’
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