Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computer Sciences Corp has won a multi-year facilities management contract from Sun Microsystems Inc that is expected to generate $27m a year : under the agreement , Sun will temporarily transfer all its mainframe data centre activities in Milpitas , California to a Computer Sciences data centre in San Diego , enabling Sun to convert its mainframe systems , which oversee its worldwide manufacturing operations , to a client-server environment , with help from Computer Sciences , and the El Segundo company will run Sun 's day-to-day operations , supporting applications maintenance for its Manufacturing Resource Planning software , while the client-server system is developed and installed . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the Scottish Ladies ' Golfing Association has named a 12-strong girls ' squad for Sunday 's training match against Helensburgh boys . |
| 3 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |
| 4 | At just 7 stone 7 , Sam Benham wo n't be rocking the Oxford boat , but her call up as cox has caused a few ripples and waves down on the Thames . |
| 5 | His horse had taken a dozen blows and was weakening . |
| 6 | The Middle East Economic Digest ( MEED ) of April 12 reported that the United States administration had announced a new arms deal , subject to approval by Congress , worth US$919,000,000 and comprising exclusively spare parts and engineering support . |
| 7 | The defendant had moved a few weeks before to another address in the same town , but this fact was not discovered at the time . |
| 8 | Sometimes the photographs seemed exactly the same , or so it appeared until , somewhere in the frame , I would realise that a rock had rolled a few feet or yards , a tree was missing , a scarp subtly altered , and one had the sense of some immensely leisured , tranquil calibration of infinity . |
| 9 | My term had ended a few days before the start of Crispin 's leave , so we had agreed to travel up separately , and meet on Moila itself . |
| 10 | The Chancellor has shifted a few factors around , that 's all . |
| 11 | During the previous day a major naval battle had ensued a few miles to the east , and had continued into the night — the ‘ Battle of Matapan ’ ; a resounding defeat for the Italian Fleet . |
| 12 | One English girl had fallen a few yards behind her companions and , as thirty spectators looked on , lost her daysack , with its camera , cash and diary , in a tug-of-war with the thief . |
| 13 | Mudhoney 's move from hardcore grunge to quite melodic ( with a serrated edge ) pop has caused a few followers to bail out in search of more ‘ serious ’ stuff . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've been hard at it for several weeks now , and have no intention of giving up now , ’ said a spokesman , who also rebutted claims by Irish politicians that Scottish Enterprise has used a dirty tricks campaign to ensure Digital remains in Scotland . |
| 15 | On July 4 the National Assembly had endorsed a political parties bill guaranteeing a limited form of democracy . |
| 16 | Mercifully , I was able to complete all I had to do within a very few days and I wondered whether the Sheikh had put a few words in the right ears . |
| 17 | Gerry Fitt reiterated the point about Czechoslovakia ( the Soviet invasion had occurred a few days before ) . |
| 18 | The scientists who designed Turry 's remarkable suit have made a few alterations . |
| 19 | His father had asked a few questions , and looked grave . |
| 20 | I often took it with me when going to the allotment and felt very grown up on the return journey if my father had put a few vegetables in it . |
| 21 | On our drizzly recce day another stunning ‘ climb-me ’ crackline had got a few hearts fluttering — a beautiful , curving hand crack as a main course , a direct finish for dessert and a few spaced rings for spice . |
| 22 | The ground either end of the bridge had dropped a few inches . |
| 23 | Then , even as it dawned on her that the flowers had probably been placed there by lovers , so , as she looked up again into the dark eyes of the tall Czechoslovakian , she all at once knew why it was that her breath had caught a few seconds ago . |
| 24 | These are increasingly hard to get — a Coventry welfare rights centre had so many claimants complaining that they 'd not received their statutory entitlement to maternity grants that the centre has printed a special complaints form . |
| 25 | The MI5 man had arrived a few minutes before and handed his grubby Burberry raincoat and umbrella to an unctuous waiter by the door . |
| 26 | Yet within nine months of taking office the Government had introduced a New Towns Bill , which took precedence over the promised measure on compensation and betterment ( Cullingworth , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |
| 28 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that this is the first time that any Government have introduced a genuine patients charter of rights ? |
| 29 | On the parking front in the centre of Nottingham you 'll find a space at St James Street and the Arndale Centre car park but Victoria Centre 's got a few minutes wait at the York Street entrance and Trinity Square still very busy next update in ten minutes time . |
| 30 | Hutchison Telecommunications UK Ltd 's Hutchison Paging has launched a financial services pager for private investors in a joint venture with the Financial Times Cityline stocks and shares information line : the pager covers 3,000 shares and within one minute of a chosen counter reaching a pre-set value , the pager automatically bleeps and displays a phone number , which can be called to hear the details ; the pager costs £160 plus tax , and includes a year 's subscription to the service , which will cost £100 plus tax for subsequent years . |