Example sentences of "have suffered from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malawi , which exports normally about 40,000 tonnes a year , has suffered from a serious drought . |
| 2 | Past questionnaire research on the police has suffered from a low response rate ( for example , Policy Studies Institute 1983a ) . |
| 3 | Such success for developing countries is not always the case , even in the same industry ; Bolivia has had a sorry experience in trying to do the same as its Eastern rivals , but has suffered from a critical lack of expertise . |
| 4 | Torrance has suffered from a complaint called psoriasis in his left foot for some time . |
| 5 | Mr Appleby said : ‘ This is a long-established business with a reputation for quality workmanship which has suffered from a series of bad debts and disputed accounts . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Because the issue was public against private rather than the relationship between private and public , Britain has suffered from a less than fully productive public sector and a less than fully responsible private sector , neither of which were satisfactory engines for growth . |
| 7 | Our early encounters with power may have deterred us from ever wanting to use it in a similar way ; having suffered from a cold , distant father or a smothering mother , and inevitably having attributed power to these parents , we may well decide that power is a negative force and not for us . |
| 8 | This must not be dismissed as mere metaphor since it could also be true of the reader , for whom a health check might reveal their having suffered from a range of complaints in blissful ignorance . |
| 9 | The Tsarist system had suffered from a similar defect . |
| 10 | Two and a half years and four churches later my Dholuo had improved but my back had suffered from a fall through a ceiling and too much carrying of cement ! |
| 11 | He reminded her of his father , who had suffered from a lung disease . |
| 12 | From when he was a young man , Dr Carrington had suffered from a chronic lung illness . |
| 13 | The tramways had suffered from a lack of maintenance , repair facilities being reduced by the manufacture of shells in Blundell Street Depot . |
| 14 | Many industries had suffered from a lack of investment during the depression in the 1930s and had been further weakened by the effects of the Second World War . |
| 15 | Again , we had suffered from a lack of screens to back the tables for display purposes and privacy . |
| 16 | On autopsy it was established that he had suffered from a very rare brain condition in which the thalamus progressively degenerated . |
| 17 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 18 | As a child she had suffered from a mild case of polio , which left one leg slightly shorter than the other . |
| 19 | The estuary group reported that the country 's 80 coastal estuaries and the wildlife which depends on them , particularly wading birds , had suffered from a lack of overall management . |
| 20 | He admitted that Unisys 's sales have suffered from a lack of confidence among customers about its financial situation . |
| 21 | Talking to regular BES investors it is soon apparent that most have suffered from a trading company failing in its early days . |
| 22 | The claim form asks Policyholders if they have suffered from a similar illness previously . |
| 23 | He supports the curtailment , apparently , of green-form advice , which I believe is largely motivated by the embarrassment which the Government have suffered from a number of very successful cases that have been mounted against Home Office decisions by law centres and legal aid practices throughout the country . |
| 24 | Throughout 1992 the brewing and distilling industries have suffered from a continuing slump in sales . |