Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations .
2 For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations .
3 I accept that the law has from the first appearance of corporations , in the absence of any relevant statutory direction , considered the question of a corporation 's right to sue for defamation by reference to the nature of the corporation itself and the need for the corporation to protect its lawful activities and property .
4 ‘ By the beginning of 1960 ’ , he wrote , ‘ it could no longer be denied that certain parts of London at night were dominated by a new spirit of insecurity ’ : ‘ juvenile delinquency had for the first time in Britain become elevated to the status of a national problem ’ .
5 The best chance Town had in the first half came from this corner and it came from skipper Colin Calderwood .
6 We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route .
7 But also by 1967 , expenditure on education had for the first time in history equalled that on defence .
8 The UK government has for the first time ruled out the award of oil and gas exploration licences in certain areas on environmental grounds .
9 The new hang has for the first time brought together the figures de fantaisie by Fragonard , the Louvre 's ninety-three Corots , thirty paintings by Chardin and thirteen by Watteau , as well as a rotating selection of the preparatory drawings by Le Brun for his decorative scheme for the Louvre .
10 To give a brief example , in Nepal population pressure has in the last decade or so brought about many intensifications of cropping patterns such as the introduction of wheat as a winter crop .
11 Coatings company International Lory has for the second time completed a year without a single lost day accident .
12 From 1865 , however , the foreign office had for the first time a department concerned entirely with commercial affairs .
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