Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , The Minister for Agriculture has put an end to scallop fishing in the north-east in an effort to prevent further outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning which has no cure and can be fatal . |
| 2 | Continual efforts to wring out every drop of water from our landscape by improving drainage for agriculture have made the glories of water meadows , winter floods and even overgrown streams extremely rare and precious . |
| 3 | You might , for instance have to alter the way the murder you had in mind is committed or you might have to go so far as to alter the motive of the murderer or even find a completely different person to commit the central action . |
| 4 | printing papers which after making have had a surface coating with clay etc , to give a smoother , more even finish with greater opacity . |
| 5 | SIR , — Successful attempts at inducing pregnancies in women after menopause have prompted a response from a higher authority , who feels that publication of His work has been overlooked by modern authors . |
| 6 | Mr Thomas , of the Bungalow Store , Stratford Road , Hartlepool , said he believed Jackie and a 16-year-old paperboy who she ran to for help had handled the situation well . |
| 7 | On the Mar Lodge estate in the Cairngorms , red deer introduced for hunting have overrun the estate , threatening their own existence and the estate 's other wildlife . |
| 8 | Yeah and I said to her erm , and she said I do n't know how it came out about her son in the fire service , oh I know she 'd just come back from Orlando , cos she 'd been off work having had a hysterectomy and she had three week 's leave due to her |
| 9 | But the pace of change has seen the introduction of controversial new techniques and men prepared to sabotage equipment underground . |
| 10 | Arguments over using the ‘ Jarman index ’ to assess demand for services and the method of payment have obscured the principle underlying the payments . |
| 11 | The coming of Chaos had taught the Elves many bitter lessons . |
| 12 | John Smith may of necessity have toured the prawn cocktail circuit of the City but he represents those parts of the UK deeply suspicious of its working . |
| 13 | Furthermore , this lack of a detailed history of Conservatism has handicapped the study of Thatcherism itself , for the absence of a clear historical perspective has ensured that , in spite of the proliferation of literature , the ideological origins of the Thatcherite Revolution remain obscure . |
| 14 | It was widely reported that the UK Ministry of Defence had reserved the right to dispose of its decommissioned nuclear submarines at sea , although the UK finally voted for the proposal . |
| 15 | But now the 95 workers are out of a job … the Ministry of Defence has given the contract to supply uniforms to workers in Morocco instead . |
| 16 | The Ministry of Defence has made no comment on the report . |
| 17 | The Ministry of Defence has accepted the sacking was unlawful . |
| 18 | The Ministry of Agriculture has announced an inquiry into the practices of the animal foodstuffs industry . |
| 19 | The Ministry of Agriculture has issued a warning against eating fish caught in the River Mersey , because of contamination fears following the long-running leakage of dangerous chemicals from an old waste tip at Widnes , Cheshire . |
| 20 | Now , the United State 's Department of Agriculture has found a way to replace 30% of flour in cake mix with straw . |
| 21 | The impact of electronics has revolutionised the printing business which continues to develop new technology in every branch of the trade — photo-typesetting and printing . |
| 22 | This petrification of the sound of adolescence has meant a loss of the essential dynamism , fluidity and reach of adolescence , its true pretentiousness . |
| 23 | The end of power-sharing had left a vacuum , which the constitutional convention had failed to fill , and Ulster staggered on with a vicious IRA campaign , tit-for-tat assassinations , unconvincing direct rule , and no obvious sense of direction . |
| 24 | But one act of faith has remained a constant from palaeolithic times to cubism , from Tintoretto ( who also loved comets ) to Rothko . |
| 25 | which of course have lost a lot of money in the last year or two . |
| 26 | But they were not consulted , The Cabinet , had it wished , could of course have staged a revolt , But its collective mind was not nearly clear enough for that , and in any event , Chamberlain , embarrassed by his own self-interest , was almost the only minister who was both strong and wholly secure in his own job . |
| 27 | Thousands of years of experience have honed the tactics and organisation of the army of Ulthuan to a keen edge , and there are few who would dispute the Elves ' ability to muster an army and get it to the point of conflict by land or sea with what seems to be supernatural speed . |
| 28 | I feel I must write in defence of freezebranding having read the News Item ‘ Hoof Branding ’ in September 's issue . |
| 29 | Parish council chairman Gillian Woodcraft said : Although the new school is still planned , lack of funding has delayed the start yet again and the county council wish to include the island site , between Rake Road and Mill Road , in the sale of the land occupied by the existing school to maximise resources . ’ |
| 30 | An air of fear has replaced the sense of purpose which marked the Sankara years . |