Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] have [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , field parties have returned to the Allan Hills region every year and collected more than 1200 specimens . |
| 2 | All 21 NESB branches have re-opened under the name of Citizens Bank . |
| 3 | The major auction houses have moved with the times and have found new ways of selling works which in both form and content would have proved an unstable investment a decade ago . |
| 4 | In 1863 , in a note written on a rare visit to England from his self-imposed exile in warmer climes , Lear apologises to Gould for not visiting him because , ‘ all my daylight hours have gone in the service of the old Enemy — Lithography . ’ |
| 5 | The other feature , I think , of the debt that 's worth drawing your attention to is a sharp shift towards variable debt compared to a year ago , a number of our swaps have matured , we 've put one new one in er , some of our medium term notes have matured in the , in the States and we 're at last in a position to take more advantage of er , lower , short term variable interest rates than we were . |
| 6 | This is the primary reason that US foreign aid programmes have died since the passage of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings . |
| 7 | Two murder cases have gone to the duty solicitor . |
| 8 | Changes in teaching and research methods have resulted in the Arts developing new initiatives in the area of information technology . |
| 9 | Atmospheric methane concentrations have increased from a level of 0.8 ppm about 150 years ago to around 1.7 by 1990 ( Khalil and Rasmussen , 1987 ; UN IPCC , 1990a ) as cattle populations have risen , rice cultivation has expanded , fossil fuels have been extracted in growing amounts and forests burned . |
| 10 | Low labour costs have resulted in the Far East emerging as a major spectacle-making region of the world . |
| 11 | Car fleets have grown to the point where they dominate the national market for new cars : in 1990 more than half the 2m new cars sold in Britain were bought by companies and other organisations . |
| 12 | New Testament studies have flowered to an extent too rich to summarize ; let one work stand for all : Brown 's magisterial commentary on the Fourth Gospel ( 1971 ) . |
| 13 | Tourism industry leaders have called on the government to compensate them as well as the airlines . |
| 14 | Perhaps we shall hear more about that once Opposition Members have reflected on the important role of TECs . |
| 15 | I wonder whether Opposition Members have looked at the excellent background paper produced by the Library research division , entitled ’ The Regulation of Privatized Utility Companies ’ , which was published on 1 July and is available in the Library . |
| 16 | The uncertainties and frustration caused by multiple restructuring arising out of a process of frequent and sometimes inconsistent peer review exercises have led to a lack of cohesion in research objectives , low staff morale , and low scientific output ( in terms of papers ) . |
| 17 | Mr Fallon says that everyone knows living standards have risen in the North over the last ten years . |
| 18 | Ask yourself these questions again to see if your eating habits have changed after the diet . |
| 19 | The research councils have responded with a number of initiatives and programmes which emphasises selectivity and applications-relevance in the funding of research . |
| 20 | That decision has been regarded as definitive , by judges of first instance , as to the application of the Torfaen principle in this country ; but of course matters have changed following the collapse of injunction proceedings by local authorities after the decision of the Court of Appeal now under consideration . |
| 21 | Other trade protection associations have foundered in the face of the challenges presented by the 20th century . |
| 22 | It would be unduly optimistic to assume that management skills have risen to a level such that costs undertaken can be assumed to be equivalent to value . |
| 23 | And although the dominant enterprises in this sense have undoubtedly grown considerably in size , by any measure , over the post-war years it is not obvious that the operating units have grown in the same way . |
| 24 | Three successive Home Secretaries have stood at the Dispatch Box and pledged to do away with holding prisoners in police cells . |
| 25 | And Clinton 's campaign broadcasts have focused on the level of tax paid by foreign companies operating in America . |
| 26 | Soviet chemical weapon stocks still exist in Romania and West German intelligence sources have suggested in the past that there are also production and testing facilities . |
| 27 | The reputations of our national football , cricket and tennis teams have sunk to a level where victory over the likes of Macao or the Isle of Man would be greeted as minor triumphs , while even our Olympic sprint gold medallist Linford Christie could finish no better than seventh in mid-week . |
| 28 | Town Hall chiefs have sealed off the area , and consultants have been commissioned to submit proposals for an investigation of the towpath wall from Sankey Bridges to Fiddlers Ferry Yacht Haven . |
| 29 | Since April , when the National Gallery of Art 's former director J. Carter Brown announced his retirement , America 's top museum professionals have engaged in a game of musical chairs , jumping from one search committee 's table to the next . |
| 30 | I think a lot of commentators were surprised when Arsenal paid so much money for Ian but his phenomenal strike-rate for them is probably why transfer prices have gone through the roof . |