Example sentences of "[conj] it have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some regions the transformation had taken place much earlier , as in Kent , or Essex , or Devon , where it had taken a different form altogether , and most of the fields had been reclaimed direct from forest and moorland without passing through the open-field stage at all , or had been enclosed from open field at an early date . |
| 2 | Although it had contained a tory majority since 1812 the mayor was a reformer … |
| 3 | UNITED Biscuits , the Edinburgh-based group which is Britain 's biggest biscuits and snacks manufacturer , yesterday confirmed that it had received a serious approach for its Terry 's chocolate company . |
| 4 | However , Inravision Television in Bogotá reported on Aug. 13 that it had received a faxed message from the cartel which stated that the truce would remain in force . |
| 5 | Here the new head had recently approached the teacher-librarian in the hope that the school might become involved in the ESSE/L Project , apparently unaware that it had received a Minor award three or so years before . |
| 6 | The observation that it had become a sick bag is credited to … |
| 7 | Did that exhibition suggest to you that Pop Art was a thrusting and lively activity with a relevance in contemporary art , or that it had become a comfortable and nostalgic moment in art history ? |
| 8 | However the wealth may have been produced it is evident that it had created a rich landowning class . |
| 9 | Touche Ross announced on Tuesday that it had formed a new international firm , Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu ( DRT ) without Deloitte UK . |
| 10 | However , before that , in December , AWSD announced internally that it had cut a similar deal with IBM 's Entry Systems Technology Group to set up a Personal RISC Systems joint venture to design , build and market all of the company 's PowerPC-based goods as well as such items as the X terminals and PC-priced M20 baby RS/6000s introduced last week . |
| 11 | On Feb. 29 Sweden announced that it had rejected a Libyan request made earlier in February via UN officials for the two Libyans , Abdel Baset Ali Mohammed al-Megrahi and al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah , to be tried in Sweden . |
| 12 | The United States wished to discharge its debts to those with whom it had fought during the war ; but it also came to see the volume of refugees as a kind of continuing proof that it had waged a just struggle against evil forces . |
| 13 | The United States wished to discharge its debts to those with whom it had fought during the war ; but it also came to see the volume of refugees as a kind of continuing proof that it had waged a just struggle against evil forces . |
| 14 | This view had clear implications for the state as actor , but the events of the 1960s showed that it had made a false assumption . |
| 15 | The Japanese government confirmed on Sept. 16 that it had lodged a formal diplomatic protest over this decision . |
| 16 | A spokesman for the United Liberation Front of Assam ( ULFA ) said on Dec. 18 that it had accepted a unilateral , indefinite ceasefire . |
| 17 | The French Ministry of Defence announced that it had exploded a 35-kiloton nuclear device on Mururoa Atoll on July 5 , 1990 , the fourth such test since June 1989 . |
| 18 | On Aug. 12 , the UN Special Commission confirmed that it had borrowed a high-altitude U-2 US spy plane to conduct aerial inspection of suspected Iraqi weapons sites . |
| 19 | Word of total closure came just one week after the society had revealed that it had taken a controversial first step toward meeting its operating costs with a loan of $1.5 million from Sotheby 's secured by $3.5 million worth of works from its vast collections . |
| 20 | The IMF announced on April 20 that it had approved a stand-by credit for Bulgaria , authorizing drawings up to the equivalent of 155,000,000 special drawing rights ( about US$212 million ) over the next 12 months in support of the government 's economic reform programme [ see p. 38467 for previous credit approved in March 1991 ] . |
| 21 | AMOCO , the US oil company , announced last night that it had found a new gasfield 125 miles east of Aberdeen while drilling on a prospect it has named Appleton . |
| 22 | The government announced on July 24 that it had signed a bilateral anti-drug accord with the United States government which specifically linked the fight against drug trafficking with that against domestic guerrilla insurgency [ see pp. 38187-88 for May outline agreement ] . |
| 23 | The bank also denies last year 's claims that it had signed a major deal with IBM to supply RS6000s ( UX No 323 ) , saying that it was only ‘ evaluating ’ the IBM equipment . |
| 24 | The existing trade embargo , imposed following the September 1991 military coup [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] , had failed to produce concessions , and had apparently provided opportunities for the rich pro-coup elite and sections of the army to profit from widespread smuggling , but there was evidence that it had had a devastating impact on Haiti 's economy . |
| 25 | Serious chipmakers ca n't afford to be out of the market , and Hitachi Ltd has announced that it has developed a new type of AND gate for Flash memory , which achieves the world 's smallest cell surface memory of just 1.28 square microns . |
| 26 | It is difficult to actually say that it has formed a satisfactory basis because in in effect , the amount of land that has come forward in the city has been below the the figure that was allocated in the original structure plan . |
| 27 | Marcos loyalists now poke fun at the Aquino administration 's boast that it has built a new stability , arguing it is pretty fragile if it wo n't allow a dead man home for burial . |
| 28 | A The word ‘ Reserva ’ on the label of a bottle of Spanish wine indicates that it has undergone a special ageing process over five years . |
| 29 | It can be argued that it has played a significant — one might even say the most significant — role in producing all those patterns and distant harmonies that are being recognized as signalling the onset of the Pacific Age . |
| 30 | Does the Minister agree that the loans scheme has turned out to be an administrative nightmare and that it has caused a great deal of bureaucracy and hardship to students , especially since they have been removed from the safety net of social security ? |