Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This f is used only to detect when the algorithm has reached a summit or plateau . |
| 2 | ‘ The guitar 's got a personality and that 's the whole reason why people still play them . |
| 3 | It had come home to her earlier when she discovered that the Prince had sent a bouquet of flowers to Camilla when she had been ill . |
| 4 | The speech sent shock waves through the medical profession , but the Prince had hit a nerve and , for all the criticism that was heaped on his head in the aftermath , the letters from the public told him he had been right . |
| 5 | The Prince had had an inkling of what was to come in Wales , when the crowds had been so eager to see Diana that they could scarcely hide their disappointment if Charles and Diana took one side of the street each and they were on the side of the street he took . |
| 6 | The Scotsman has obtained a copy of the mandate given to Mr Ford by the charity 's business administration secretary , Lt-Col Ivor Rich . |
| 7 | If the retailer had committed an offence it would have consisted of giving an indication that the bars labelled ‘ Extra value ’ gave better value than other bars of Cadbury 's chocolate in his shop . |
| 8 | If the retailer had committed an offence under section 1 , could Cadbury have properly been convicted under section 23 ? |
| 9 | The retailer has acquired a reputation for low prices and efficient service . |
| 10 | The writer had received a bill from St. Peter 's Hospital for £10.5s.6d. : |
| 11 | The writing , which was in blue ink , was small and upright , as though the writer had used a set-square for each character . |
| 12 | His partner in the conspiracy , James Laming , who claimed during the trial to have invented a racehorse nobbling stun gun , was jailed for 14 years . |
| 13 | David Ross Stewart , the chairman of ESII , said the board had examined a number of options to ensure that shareholders received a payment to reflect the value of the company 's liquid assets , while achieving a satisfactory long-term solution in respect of the unquoted portfolio . |
| 14 | She also failed to notice the board had hired a teacher with convictions for exposing himself to schoolgirls , or ask why a probationary principal was still in place despite pleading guilty to a $21,000 welfare scam . |
| 15 | To assist the process of public consultation the Board has prepared a number of discussion papers tackling themes which will be covered in the strategy . |
| 16 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
| 17 | The Board has achieved a measure of success although this has been boosted by the development of North Sea Oil . |
| 18 | The board has recommended a 10% increase in interim dividend to 3.32 pence , compared with 1992 's 3.02 pence . |
| 19 | The board has recommended a dividend of 0.7p per share , broadly in line with last year . |
| 20 | In the first case the creditor has obtained a grant from the praetor entitling him to take possession of certain property of the debtor in order to secure his loan . |
| 21 | The tide had risen a foot above the usual high water mark , and when they came to cut him free in the morning , they found him hanging on the outer wall — drowned . |
| 22 | But there had been a time , early in the nineteenth century , in Shelley 's day , where the head and the heart had stood a chance of marching forward together . |
| 23 | The origin of the Swastika has become a source of speculation for western researchers throughout time . |
| 24 | The motorspeeder had entered a canyon at least a mile wide . |
| 25 | Auguste failed to see the hidden tensions and passions behind these simple manoeuvres ; to him it only signified that the banquet had acquired a reality . |
| 26 | The parliament has become a garrison . |
| 27 | The young men in the parliament have taken an oath of allegiance to the Lithuanian state , swearing to defend it to the death . |
| 28 | The judge in the case had ordered an investigation into why social services took two years to call in the police.Kim Barnes reports |
| 29 | Legal authorities who have taken over the case have imposed a blackout on information and until their investigations are complete and the case is ready to go to trial , probably in two to three months time , no-one can say how many fakes were involved , what their real value was , nor indeed how many people worked in the ring . |
| 30 | It 's hoped the machines can be repaired , but the person responsible for the damage has wasted a lot of time and money and delayed an important project . |