Example sentences of "[n mass] have [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then the assumptions underpinning , and the meanings attributed to , census data have changed a good deal . |
| 2 | Many fish have found a neat solution to this problem . |
| 3 | These fish have had a special place in my heart ever since I first kept them some years ago , and they are naturally a shoaling fish . |
| 4 | Since 1979 , the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare statistics have shown a miraculous improvement after decades of progressive deterioration . |
| 5 | Detectives waiting to question Pringle about the siege and shooting of two other people have mounted a constant vigil at his hospital bedside . |
| 6 | Over a period of three hundred years , black people have achieved a growing presence in sport in Britain yet it seems pathetic that we have no account for it apart from reference to the mysterious attribute called natural ability . |
| 7 | This year she reported further progress : 100 people have so far registered to take an NVQ ; 18 people have achieved a full qualification or certificates in units ; and there were 92 trained NVQ assessors . |
| 8 | The same people who kill gypsies in Romania , burn Africans in Italy , beat up Turks in Germany , rape Indians in England , knife Algerians and bomb Jews in France ( not to mention the abundant discrimination to which ethnic minorities , women and homosexuals are prey in most countries ) those same people have pointed a virtuous finger at the USA , with marches and demonstrations to salve their consciences of any hint of collusion with those in power . |
| 9 | Concurrent with the growth of this car-based retailing , many people have observed a steady decline in traditional forms of town-centre retailing . |
| 10 | Italy may be what some people have called a geographical expression , but England certainly is not , and we have 1,000 years of history to prove it . |
| 11 | Ordinary people have lost a considerable amount of confidence in the authorities . |
| 12 | Ordinary people have lost a considerable amount of confidence in the authorities . |
| 13 | While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ? |
| 14 | He believes that older people have had a raw deal , and through his writing he hopes to show where things have gone wrong and how more positive attitudes could be developed . |
| 15 | The plain fact of Christian experience is that many people have held a strong theology of assurance but have known no assurance themselves . |
| 16 | We see an awful lot of people have got a tremendous investment in traditional character cell terminals and by a character cell terminal I mean a dumb terminal of twenty four lines of eighty characters . |
| 17 | With film or video there are also opportunities for investigating how the media have presented a particular topic , or a particular personality . |
| 18 | It should therefore be possible for some colleges , particularly those whose staff have played a substantial role in the development , to use the material produced and offer new courses based on HN Units in session 1989–90 . |
| 19 | The Unit has become a centre for collaborative research ; projects in which members of staff have played a major role include : the perceived health of attenders and non-attenders at a breast screening clinic , an evaluation of the Edinburgh Women 's Health Shop , an evaluation of the ‘ Drinkwise ’ project , a study of smoking and drinking among student nurses , and the evaluation of the Lothian Mobile Mammography Project . |
| 20 | Since 1980 , the UK staff have shared a massive £250m in profit sharing hand-outs and this year the figure should be around £50m . |
| 21 | Staff have reported a massive response to the ‘ January sale ’ , but exact numbers are being kept secret . |
| 22 | But the hoteliers and staff have shown a great team spirit . |
| 23 | Staff have held a one-day strike at the organisation which processes university applications . |
| 24 | That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period . |
| 25 | IALS staff have produced a wide range of published teaching materials and share responsibility with the Department for Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics . |
| 26 | ‘ The players , myself and the staff have come a long way together and are not about to let all the hard work go down the drain . ’ |
| 27 | The January Sales have become a major event — many people queue overnight in London 's Oxford Street so they can be first through the doors of the big department stores . |
| 28 | A GROUP of MPs have had a narrow escape from gunfire in Bosnia . |
| 29 | Her presence in anthologies and occasional mention in critical works have sustained a small reputation on the periphery of eighteenth century literature . |