Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] has [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh dear , well I could say er work has got a lot easier for a start , a lot easier and they ai n't as , they ai n't as , there ai n't so much night work as there used to be . |
| 2 | But to get them , Midland 's board has put a price on its business , and is left with no defence against a bidder prepared to offer more . |
| 3 | If the husband 's shirt has lost a button , he says , ’ Mary , Mary , why is my shirt without a button ’ , to the Black ’ girl ’ not to his wife . |
| 4 | Where the defendant 's negligence has placed a person in danger and the plaintiff has attempted a rescue , the court will be slow to find the rescuer contributorily negligent . |
| 5 | A MYSTERY Santa 's honesty has saved a pensioner 's holiday of a lifetime . |
| 6 | * The ( US ) Chemical Manufacturer 's Association has published a survey claiming that the release of toxic pollutants to the environment from the chemical industry was reduced by 35 per cent in the four-year period ending 1990 . |
| 7 | The Lord Chancellor 's Department has produced a consultation paper proposing a new estate in land — commonhold — following a preliminary study of " condominium' legislation in other parts of the world . |
| 8 | ‘ The children 's home has made a mistake , ’ he said unhappily , ‘ and sent a girl , not a boy . ’ |
| 9 | Is it ‘ My Dad 's Thribbler Has Got A Puncture ’ ? |
| 10 | Unfortunately Ken 's recovery has suffered a setback after seeing us still in the title race with only fourteen-sixteenths of the season remaining . |
| 11 | An airman 's wife has told a jury how her husband told her he started a fire which caused nineteen million pounds damage to an airbase . |
| 12 | The contemporary women 's movement has constructed a list of seven demands : |
| 13 | But he did not : the man 's life has become a fable of great imagination and his prowess as a winemaker has assumed almost mythical proportions . |
| 14 | ‘ Mark 's ma has got a livery stable — she 's a real leathery Jane . |
| 15 | The school 's headmaster has made a complaint about the use of the photograph to Mr Bates ' campaign office . |
| 16 | Some successful initiatives have happened — for example , Guy 's Hospital has employed a nurse practitioner at night to supervise giving intravenous drugs and filter calls to junior staff . |
| 17 | Also locked , but the ship 's company has volunteered a day 's work tomorrow , so some , including the ship 's doctor , must see inside tonight . |
| 18 | The man who is every parent 's nightmare has become a dad himself , with a new-born son to keep him as whacky as ever . |
| 19 | If the plaintiff 's solicitor has to swear an affidavit of service he must specifically state that first class post was used , otherwise the court will presume it was second class post . |
| 20 | In China alone there are about 250 million practitioners of the art ; in the West tai chi chuan has become an aspect of medicine . |
| 21 | ( The Tories ' computer has produced a range of later options . |
| 22 | The Music Publishers ' Association has produced a Code of Fair Practice which offers helpful advice as to when church musicians may be permitted to copy without application to the publisher . |
| 23 | The Consumers ' Association has produced an action pack Finance Your Future to help people make financial decisions prior to retirement . |
| 24 | The Irish Bank Officials ' Association has had a claim outstanding since then and it has now reached the stage of the Labour Court . |
| 25 | The British Bankers ' Association has published a Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice on accounting for advances . |
| 26 | A fourteen-year-old offender who 's had three holidays in Spain this year at tax payers ' expense has had a court case adjourned because he 's being interviewed by the police on other matters . |
| 27 | Since the former All Blacks ' captain has seen a lot of Back , and still knows the New Zealand scene so well , that opinion , voiced sincerely , should surely not be lightly dismissed . |
| 28 | The UK2000 Campaign has given a merit award to the West Cumbria Groundwork Trust for their work on footpaths in the area . |