Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other works , for example Beehives , which appear at first sight to be silk screen prints are revealed as watercolours , where bleach has created a subtle monotone effect . |
| 2 | ‘ Where Parliament has designated a public officer as decision-maker for a particular class of decisions the High Court , acting as a reviewing court under Order 53 , is not a court of appeal . |
| 3 | Now the accountancy firm Coopers & Lybrand has started a full-scale inquiry to try to discover what has happened to the missing millions . |
| 4 | ‘ There are two sides to our operation , ’ he had explained , when he led her out of the office block and across a bleak enclosed courtyard , where footsteps had scored a diagonal path through the snow , towards a high windowless wall of corrugated iron . |
| 5 | While not many people have adopted Plato 's particular grounds for opposing democracy , the issue of expertise as opposed to supposed popular ignorance or incompetence has remained a central one in the debate about democracy . |
| 6 | So where Schleiermacher had drawn a sharp line between theology and philosophy , rejected metaphysics as an avenue of approaching truth , and stressed consciousness as lying deeper than rationality , Hegel subsumed theology under philosophy , and gave reason the highest place . |
| 7 | The art criticism in such books generally has a slant , questioning whether the country or places have had a determining influence on art . |
| 8 | In view of the completion of the EC single market on 1 January 1993 and the consequent arrangements for charging VAT and relief from VAT on the supply of new means of transport ( NMT ) between EC countries , Customs & Excise have published a single market information sheet entitled VAT : the treatment of new means of transport from 1 January 1993 . |
| 9 | The new proprietors of the " Islay , " D. Hutcheson & Co. had erected a large new sectional waiting room on the quay . |
| 10 | A MacDougall & Co. had erected a large malt barn and brick stalk . |
| 11 | For one thing , Caldwell deals with cases where D has either recognized the risk or has failed to give any thought to it , whereas Morgan applies only where D has formed a distinct belief that the victim is consenting , a situation not explicitly covered by Caldwell . |
| 12 | By adhering to their policy of providing ‘ higher quality at lower prices ’ , coupled with a total design and installation service with delivery within a week to ten days , Wilson & Glick have maintained a continuous growth in sales since the company was formed in 1987 , despite the current down turn in the market generally . |
| 13 | The catalyst for the leadership contest was Keating 's revelation on May 30 that Hawke had made a secret promise in November 1988 to resign as Prime Minister in favour of Keating after the 1990 election . |
| 14 | Further indications that vegetables had won a respected place in the English diet can be found in Hannah Glasse 's delightful The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy , published in 1747 . |
| 15 | And , most attractive of all , we see that Norfolk has gained a new and glittering addition to its night class line-up , with the news that NICK CAVE is to share his knowledge of advanced badminton with the good folk of East Anglia . |
| 16 | He moved behind the dog as he spoke , and Theda could see that Hector had caught a front foot in a trap . |
| 17 | As she slipped into the water beside them Rachel was aware that David had thrown a large orange ball into the pool before jumping in himself , and within seconds she found herself part of a noisy , boisterous game of water hand-ball . |
| 18 | I was glad to hear from Richard , with whom we spent a very satisfying week in August , that David has found a new girl-friend — Sally too , I believe — and that they both seem to have survived the breakup . |
| 19 | I heard this morning on Sky that DOL had had a successful comeback in the reserves . |
| 20 | This is not to deny that Volvo has made a significant innovation in work organisation and production technology , but it is one evolutionary step and not a revolution . |
| 21 | On Oct. 1 the United States cut off economic and military aid , worth between US$564 million and $578 million in 1991 , following renewed fears that Pakistan had developed a nuclear weapon . |
| 22 | In October 1990 the USA had suspended military aid following fears that Pakistan had developed a nuclear weapon [ see pp. 37764 ; 38289 ] . |
| 23 | Defence counsel stated that Adams had made a full admission . |
| 24 | Taiwanese newspapers reported on Nov. 19 that Taiwan had obtained a long-awaited agreement from the French government to purchase 60 Mirage 2000-5 jet fighter aircraft and 1,000 short- and medium-range missiles from French companies for an estimated US$3,800 million [ see p. 39095 for reported French approval of deal in September ] . |
| 25 | I am sure that Arcic has had a new encouragement to continue . ’ |
| 26 | Although camcorders have become a popular means of picture-taking , many more people are familiar with video in the form of table-top recorders ( VCRs ) for the time-shifting of television programmes and the viewing of rented films . |
| 27 | For example , in Nicaragua the United States denied that Nicaragua had made a valid declaration under Article 36 ( 2 ) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice . |
| 28 | Scopes had broken the law and so lost his case , but many Americans believed that Darrow had won a moral victory . |
| 29 | One was the awful unfairness of it all , as it really had n't been her fault that Ethel had cast a bad spell on the broomstick she had lent to Mildred , thus ruining the display . |
| 30 | Retiring chairman Phillipa Burrow told the Association 's annual dinner at Torquay that Packard had made a significant contribution , both regionally and nationally , to the Association 's educational , training and personal development issues . |