Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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31 Trust dispositions are valid only if the trustee has received a benefit under the testator 's will .
32 If , on the other hand , B is already the heir of A , then he has received a benefit under A 's estate , and so far as that benefit extends he may be asked to make over property to C. If he does so , however , this is regarded as restitution of property from A 's estate rather than as an institution to B's own estate .
33 Martell 's studies of the behaviour of radon decay products show that someone who smokes 20 cigarettes per day for 40 years has received a cumulative dose of about 100 rads at tissue sites in the lungs — a dose powerful enough to spark cancer .
34 The role of food colourings , preservatives and other additives in hyperkinetic syndrome has received a lot of publicity .
35 Structure plans have to be approved by the Secretary of State and except for small amendments , he generally accepts them after he has received a report by a panel who hold ‘ an Examination in Public ’ .
36 Public access to an environmentally attractive waterfront has received a favourable response in the city and has undoubtedly muted political debate .
37 Furthermore , it is open to a company to complain that a competitor has received a subsidy from a public authority which is incompatible with the Treaty of Rome .
38 Consultant Greta Baldwin has received a request for a consultation from an inhabitant of Coutances .
39 A local shop has received a consignment of small Pimelodus pictus and I would like to purchase a pair .
40 Shoreditch has received a copy of a chain letter circulating in the constituency , urging Labour supporters to vote Lib Dem .
41 Bob Hughes , MP for Aberdeen North and chair of Anti-Apartheid , has received a letter of congratulations on his re-election from an unlikely source — the South African ambassador .
42 Aerospatiale has received a follow-on-contract from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the United States for ten TB-9 Tampicos , with options for a further sixteen .
43 He has received a card with drawings of gangsters on it and threats of a ‘ warm welcome ’ if he turns up for the second-round tie .
44 This latest development is another blow for Flashman , who has received a number of crushing setbacks recently .
45 It has changed hands again recently and has received a new facade .
46 Although the firm has received a response the ‘ matter is not yet concluded ’ .
47 Meanwhile , the Faculty has received a number of responses to the consultative document although the deadline is not until the end of October .
48 The South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants ' diamond jubilee appeal has received a welcome boost from Olympic gold medal winner Sally Gunnell .
49 Metals trader Ferromet Group has received a heavily qualified audit report from Touche Ross on its accounts for the year ended 31 December 1991 .
50 Titaghur plc ( manufacturer of jute products in India ) has received a clean auditor 's report on its accounts for the year ended 31 March 1992 after changing its system of accounting and reporting .
51 Spicer and Pegler , now part of Touche Ross , has received a writ over its work as former auditor of Barlow Clowes .
52 Prior ( property trading and the retailing and wholesaling of architectural ironmongery ) has received a seriously qualified audit report on its accounts for the year ended 31 March 1992 from joint auditors Wilson Wright & Co and Coopers & Lybrand .
53 In haulage contracts there will be little doubt as to whether each party has received a worthwhile benefit !
54 WOLVES manager Graham Turner has received a vote of confidence from club chairman Jonathan Hayward following the club 's dismal run of seven matches without a win .
55 HOUSEWIFE Alma Brownrigg , who emigrated from Chelmsford , Essex , to Malta has received a bill from Eastern Electricity for 1p .
56 Stress is a subject which has received a lot of attention and study in recent years .
57 The sad story of the decline of the African elephant mainly due to ivory poaching has received a great deal of much-needed publicity .
58 US West Inc 's plans to get into the fun-and-games end of the telecommunications business with Time Warner Inc has received a mixed review from the junior among the credit rating agencies , Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co of Chicago , which placed the securities of US West Inc , US West Capital Funding and US West Financial Services on rating watch .
59 As well as the effects on trade union activity , a further implication of cross-national bargaining structures which has received a good deal of attention concerns their economic consequences .
60 He has received a number of private proposals to augment Crec 's capital ( now at the equivalent of about $100,000 ) .
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