Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no coincidence that since Sir Peter became Commissioner in 1987 , the relationship between Scotland Yard and London 's 13 Labour authorities has seen a new detente . |
| 2 | The gains had been welcomed by the government as confirmation that its economic policies had received a good response from investors . |
| 3 | Doherty opened with a break of 72 and in just 92 minutes had established a commanding 6–1 lead . |
| 4 | Guaranteed prices for agricultural products have created a knock-on effect resulting in high land prices and high food costs . |
| 5 | Most Contracting States have made such a declaration , and all but one of declarant States have specified a one-year time limit . |
| 6 | Spanish biologists have discovered a new colony of 350 monk seals off the disputed territory of Western Sahara . |
| 7 | They indicated that both of the main political parties had reached a similar conclusion . |
| 8 | For a rime after D-Day the stories of incoming prisoners had developed a new excitement . |
| 9 | Although British statesmen had played a prominent part in bringing these organisations into being , the United Kingdom did not become a founder member and later approaches to join were either ineffective or rebuffed . |
| 10 | English clubs have had a poor season in Europe — Liverpool , Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday all getting the heave-ho last week — and their standards have been heavily criticised as a result . |
| 11 | After a few minutes had passed a loud scream was heard , for it was an electric oven ; and Alf , with singed hair , ran out of the house , down the street and round the corner where he vaulted the Embankment wall , intending to drown himself in the river but forgetting that it was a low tide . |
| 12 | This in turn has made the South more competitive and in some cases has had a positive effect on salaries . |
| 13 | Few can rival the Natural History Museum 's offer of drinks beneath its dinosaur , but Christmas and new-year parties have become a nice little earner for museums and galleries right across the country . |
| 14 | Some frogs have adopted a different technique . |
| 15 | It is also true that in the late 1970s and early 1980s unemployed school-leavers have become a longer-term and therefore more serious problem . |
| 16 | While some authors have reported a frequent history of peptic ulcer disease , data on concomitant peptic ulcer disease are lacking , mainly because in most studies this question was not studied specifically . |
| 17 | Fortunately , the relations between the American and the British peoples have improved a great deal since then . |
| 18 | British engineers have developed a new method of incinerating spent vehicle tyres at high temperatures , breaking them down into gas and oil for fuel , and " char " — a residue which is rich in high-quality carbon . |
| 19 | Informed parents have to make a difficult choice . |
| 20 | His all-embracing marine articles have played a major part in instructing newcomers to the hobby , while many of his photographs show marine fish in their natural settings . |
| 21 | British officals have to tread a fine line between registering the ‘ UK dimension ’ , as they call it , in the Trident debate , and not offending Congressmen by being too heavy-handed . |
| 22 | Protestant commentators were very aware that the papacy retained the right to depose excommunicated rulers , and took little comfort from the fact that many English recusants had taken a special oath of allegiance to the crown . |
| 23 | For interest shejoined the Southwark ordination course to study Theology and for some years has written a regular Bible commentary for her Parish Magazine . |
| 24 | These key demographic developments of the past 20–30 years have had a major impact on regional and local populations in the UK . |
| 25 | Scottish conservationists have won a major award to create a marine underwater trail at Dunollie Point near Oban . |
| 26 | He observed that few libraries had developed a comprehensive approach to stock management , and that , on average , university libraries were acquiring eight times as many materials as they discarded . |
| 27 | Such concepts of group loyalty and common purpose were , moreover , not entirely unfamiliar to the business world he had entered : many of the pre-vesting undertakings had developed a strong group identity among staff . |
| 28 | A recognition of the need to maintain that sector and through it the full diversity of recorded music in Britain is one reason why the last few years has seen a new interest in the record industry from public bodies concerned with culture and with employment . |
| 29 | The standard of play over the past few years has shown a considerable step-up and the cream of the local talent now face a daunting challenge in their bid to reclaim the title for ‘ home ’ keeping . |
| 30 | Yet , as we shall see , the last few years have witnessed a remarkable upsurge in research in those areas where quantification is possible , such as strike activity and its determinants ( see Chapter 6 ) . |