Example sentences of "have [adj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Kydd , who on Saturday challenged ‘ there is not a police force in the country can keep these roads open ’ , added ‘ we are now entitled by the court to have meetings and if we wanted to we could have half a million up there . ’ |
| 2 | Every year he would have half a dozen nine- and 10-year-olds in his class who could barely read . |
| 3 | White flour may have half a dozen substances , including improvers and nutrients , added to it . |
| 4 | After receiving cases of whisky and champagne for being both top trainer at Hamilton and provider of most runners at the track this year , Berry said : ‘ I 've only a few left to run at Edinburgh on Thursday and Doncaster this weekend , but I could have half a dozen for the all-weather courses . |
| 5 | Oh look , a little baby one , given you voucher I 'll just have half a dozen for you . |
| 6 | Well we always do , I mean if you 'd use all that was in that cupboard you 'd have half a dozen jumpers |
| 7 | If these words , often carelessly spoken , can have such a long-term and devastating effect , think how much good we can do by encouraging our children and praising them for what they have achieved . |
| 8 | On this side of the House and , I suspect , on many parts of the Opposition Benches there is equal recognition , although unspoken , that those who do not have such a well-founded fear , some other compelling compassionate reason which justifies their remaining or another legitimate claim to stay , should return to their country . |
| 9 | I wished that the public at home could always have such a good view . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home . |
| 11 | If we 're not gon na have such a good range of product , and we 've already got some what might be dud slots |
| 12 | This does not have such a wide gape as the March Blues but is still relatively long in the shank . |
| 13 | So although ( as with most shopping ) country-dwellers may not have such a wide choice of credit arrangements as town-dwellers , there is no sign that the shopping centres they use are credit ‘ deserts ’ . |
| 14 | Maybe , after all , his ‘ dearest Nina ’ did not have such a singular place in his life . |
| 15 | Is there some inherent virtue in a system of government derived from a constitution , which is lacking in a country which does not have such a codified constitution ? |
| 16 | It will be difficult to decide on the co-respondent , of course ; one does n't usually have such a rich and varied choice . |
| 17 | Biochemical differences between the groups of animals may thus not have such a simple meaning as learning versus non-learning — even if the biochemical effects can be themselves regarded as unequivocal . |
| 18 | He had piercing blue eyes , hooded eyelids , a tanned , hard-boned face and a mouth so firm and uncompromising that Rachel felt a quiver go through her , a prickling of intense attraction , then , as her eyes flicked to Jenny , a sudden rush of envy that Jenny should have such a superb secret lover . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm surprised someone like you can have such a fixed view of someone else , i.e. me . ’ |
| 20 | Just as the new physics of Einstein will have such a devastating effect upon the philosophy of the twentieth century , so it is the physics of Isaac Newton ( 1642–1727 ) that so fires the imagination of the aristocratic intelligentsia . |
| 21 | Thus the process of anchoring scientifically originated notions may not have such a devastating effect upon traditional beliefs . |
| 22 | Not for anything would she give him the satisfaction of knowing his opinion could have such a devastating effect on her . |
| 23 | It 's astonishing to me that a boy whose father and grandfather have both been soldiers before him should have such a poorly developed sense of loyalty arid duty . " |
| 24 | Brophy however insisted that if test-tube fusion holds up it would have such a major impact on society that ‘ Sometimes one has more responsibility to society than to the scientific community . ’ |
| 25 | India does not have such a broad inventory of antelope as Africa , but it also has deer ( which sub-saharan Africa — oddly ! — does not ) . |
| 26 | John 's firm having been established for nearly forty years by this time , the rival Lawrence Girls were definitely more earthy in character , with not a snob amongst them possibly because they did not have such a long tradition . |
| 27 | Why did you have such a long break doing nothing ? |
| 28 | Other species may not have such a long store of seed in the soil but would soon come back if left uncontrolled for a few years . |
| 29 | The argument about rhythm should not make us forget the very important difference in English between strong and weak syllables ; some languages do not have such a noticeable difference ( which may , perhaps , explain the subjective impression of ‘ syllable-timing ’ ) , and for native speakers of such languages learning English it can be helpful to practise repeating strongly rhythmical utterances since this forces the speaker to concentrate on making unstressed syllables weak . |
| 30 | Given its captive market , why does NIE have such a poor track record in improving efficiency , productivity and profits ? |