Example sentences of "have [verb] a big [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost exactly a year ago , Enid Jones , an assistant secretary in the department , told a select committee of the House of Lords : ‘ We have done a big exercise on [ how to safeguard supplies ] but ministers have not reached a decision . |
| 2 | Shock increase in young mums-to-be NEW figures have revealed a big rise in the number of teenage pregnancies in Hartlepool . |
| 3 | Figures from Grand Metropolitan yesterday also show that higher interest rates have had a big impact on people 's willingness to eat out . |
| 4 | Figures from Grand Metropolitan yesterday also show that higher interest rates have had a big impact on people 's willingness to eat out . |
| 5 | So if we pick metals that have got a big difference in their electrical potentials , we 're gon na get a useful battery . |
| 6 | Mr Zhao 's fate , and by association his legacy , have become a big bone of contention in the leadership . |
| 7 | Some of them have played a big part at local council level and it does n't turn nationalists into unionists . |
| 8 | Foreign investors have played a big part in pushing up share prices . |
| 9 | Since the Vietnamese withdrawal , the two non-communist resistance factions - the Khmer Peoples National Liberation Front ( KPNLF ) and the Sihanoukists - have mounted a big offensive with an even bigger publicity campaign to boost their credibility . |
| 10 | The trust 's European bond portfolio was sold in the period at ‘ a useful profit ’ , the board reveals , while reductions in European and Japanese investments have financed a big rise in the percentage of assets held in south-east Asia — from 20.7 per cent to 26.5 per cent . |
| 11 | Although his trousers might acquire or lose turnups and more or less leg width ; his shirt evolve from plain white to a variety of colours and patterns , along with minor ( but crucial ) alterations to collar cut ; and his ties perform similar minuets together with the length of his hair , he did not ever , unless actually appearing on stage in Swan Lake , have to make a big thing of — his big thing . |