Example sentences of "have moved a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The rotor teeth are once again aligned with these stator teeth , except that the rotor has moved a rotor tooth pitch .
2 Not only have they suffered the nightmares of the civil war , but as each day has passed , they 've known that their daughter has moved a stage closer to death .
3 The electrification of one of British Rail 's busiest commuter routes has moved a step closer .
4 GLOBAL electronic mail , with desktop computers linking Courtaulds businesses round the world , has moved a step nearer reality .
5 A proposed rail link between Oxford , Aylesbury and Milton Keynes has moved a step nearer reality this afternoon with the decision by Buckinghamshire County Council to invest in the project .
6 We 've moved a couple of times , but still the same area .
7 He had moved a mile or so up the valley to live at Bullhouse Lodge and work at the nearby corn mill .
8 A family who lived there befriended us , looked after our bags and , solicitous of each other , we took turns on the one spare seat from which they had moved a child .
9 He had moved a yard or so from the door .
10 Now if the Labour group had moved a widening of erm the sort of provision in our elderly persons homes , I could have understood that , because we did n't have real figures , we could not get hold of real figures , every time I went back to a local party meeting , to the Labour group , to any other member they said , do you realise this home has this number of vacancies and your report says that number .
11 The bolt had moved a millimetre , perhaps two .
12 As early as 1842 Disraeli had moved a House of Commons motion calling for union of British diplomats and consuls in a single service .
13 I had moved a table into a big window , for I foresaw that we should need all the help we could get from the view .
14 Mrs Murphy had moved a coffee table to the centre of the room and grouped four chairs round it , for the use of the officials of the committee .
15 But with Clydebank losing to Morton , Airdrie have moved a point clear at the top of the table with Falkirk occupying third spot .
16 But with Clydebank losing to Morton , Airdrie have moved a point clear at the top of the table with Falkirk occupying third spot .
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