Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no coincidence that since Sir Peter became Commissioner in 1987 , the relationship between Scotland Yard and London 's 13 Labour authorities has seen a new detente . |
| 2 | The gains had been welcomed by the government as confirmation that its economic policies had received a good response from investors . |
| 3 | The political branch have installed a hot line direct to the Ministry 's central computer in Rome and even so they cant keep up . |
| 4 | Guaranteed prices for agricultural products have created a knock-on effect resulting in high land prices and high food costs . |
| 5 | This is the second time a court has ruled that press coverage of a controversial case has prevented a fair trial . |
| 6 | Most Contracting States have made such a declaration , and all but one of declarant States have specified a one-year time limit . |
| 7 | Spanish biologists have discovered a new colony of 350 monk seals off the disputed territory of Western Sahara . |
| 8 | The overall tone of noble criticism remained moderate , yet political consciousness had taken a momentous leap since Nicholas 's death . |
| 9 | The advent of the private car has made a greater percentage of the population mobile , we can reach many different areas today by private car . |
| 10 | In the first brief item the court heard that a 27-year-old chef had strangled a 25-year-old homosexual friend with a dog choke-chain after a ‘ slave and master ’ sex session . |
| 11 | Many Tories now recognise that the abuse of political patronage has played a significant part in fuelling Scotland 's dissatisfaction with the Union . |
| 12 | They indicated that both of the main political parties had reached a similar conclusion . |
| 13 | To help those in this position Scottish Provident has published a free Guide to the Carry Back and Carry Forward of Tax Relief . |
| 14 | The US company backed with British money has made a hasty deal to put its much-publicised camera on general sale in Britain after Easter . |
| 15 | Ceridian Corp has reported a first quarter net profit of $12.9m , compared with a loss last time of $34.1m , which included a loss from discontinued operations of $13.2m and a $41.8m charge from an accounting change , on turnover that increased 8.8% at $224.4m ; net earnings per share were $30 . |
| 16 | And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views . |
| 17 | I particularly wanted to know Sir Alec 's views now that British Rail had submitted a scaled-down plan . |
| 18 | British Rail has offered a wide range of economy fares for off-peak periods as a result of its surveys . |
| 19 | BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for Teesside travellers . |
| 20 | BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for passengers with a new timetable shake-up to take effect from May . |
| 21 | For feminists , the acknowledgement of lesbian experience has become a central theoretical issue . |
| 22 | The role of community education in the process of social change has aroused a great deal of discussion and action by socially committed adult educators over the last two decades . |
| 23 | For a rime after D-Day the stories of incoming prisoners had developed a new excitement . |
| 24 | Although British statesmen had played a prominent part in bringing these organisations into being , the United Kingdom did not become a founder member and later approaches to join were either ineffective or rebuffed . |
| 25 | English clubs have had a poor season in Europe — Liverpool , Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday all getting the heave-ho last week — and their standards have been heavily criticised as a result . |
| 26 | German cinema has had a low profile of late , with the most feted film being ‘ The Nasty Girl ’ by Michael Verhoeven which took the Silver Lion at last year 's Berlin Film Festival , and received an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film . |
| 27 | The company , which is now owned by British Aerospace has made a spectacular recovery from the heavy losses of the mid-eighties to announce pre-tax profits of sixty five million pounds last year . |
| 28 | Jobs have been saved by the announcement that British Aerospace has secured a five hundred million pound deal to sell Hawk trainer jets to Indonesia . |
| 29 | Few can rival the Natural History Museum 's offer of drinks beneath its dinosaur , but Christmas and new-year parties have become a nice little earner for museums and galleries right across the country . |
| 30 | One-room living has come a long way from the old bed-sitter image with its general note of poverty and desperation . |