Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure you already have too many papers to read , but since I have spare copies I have enclosed a background paper we received on a European coastal conservation strategy , and a commentary on the EC and the Ramsar Convention in preparation for the 5th conference of the contracting parties of the Convention . |
| 2 | In higher grade cases , some Down 's people have undergone operations , either at their own or their parents ' instigation , to alter the physical characteristics which have become a stigma for them . |
| 3 | As the project progressed , it was also harder to find schools which fitted the original criteria for Minors , e.g. one library division had been fortunate in finding Majors , but began to find it difficult to identify , for Minor recommendation , " schools which have had a degree of interest and success for some years " . |
| 4 | Well one would have thought so , but I said to er Mrs you see , about the minibus , no not the minibus , the M S bus being available and , I said the problem was or maybe that we 'd have to have drivers who have had a P S V licence , or what they call it ? |
| 5 | I know several inspectors who have refused a college scholarship , arguing that the time spent away from the force was time spent in structural limbo , and it has become almost a common adage that time away is time lost in ‘ the promotion stakes ’ . |
| 6 | As many of our readers are non-members we have included a page ‘ What is the NCT ’ . |
| 7 | British Airways legal director Merwyn Walker says : ‘ For several months we have endured a campaign of very serious allegations made against us by Virgin and Branson . |
| 8 | Over the past 18 months we have launched a number of products offering opportunities for existing customers . |
| 9 | B : ‘ For about nine months we have had a succession of builders , surveyors and decorators trooping in and out . |
| 10 | In the following paragraphs we look in more detail at the reasons which have encouraged a number of large manufacturers to start making or make greater use of temporary workers , at the terms and conditions under which these temporary workers are engaged , especially the forms of contract which are used , and at the characteristics of the temporary workers themselves . |
| 11 | In a recent article in a Dutch newspaper ( NRC Handelsblad 25.3.92 ) , Keune was quoted as saying that the paint was ‘ an industrial product with good properties for objects which have to endure a lot of wear and tear , but that it was not something to be used in restorations . |
| 12 | A person with a limited vocabulary can usually manage well in familiar surroundings but may experience difficulty , for instance when filling in many of the forms which have become a feature of our modern society such as an insurance form . |
| 13 | This observation leads the team to suggest that quasar activity may have been triggered by galaxy-galaxy interactions which have stimulated a flow of material onto the nucleus of the larger galaxy , possibly the site of a black hole ( Astronomical Journal , vols 7 , p 1621 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ They should change the law to include them with dogs like pit bulls which have to wear a muzzle . |
| 15 | This stands in contrast to most consumer specialised magazine titles which have seen a fall in sales . |
| 16 | companies which have filed a prospectus for the issue of equity share capital at the companies ' registry at any time during the 10 years prior to the relevant date . |
| 17 | It is these concerns which have encouraged a move back towards biological or organic methods of pest control . |
| 18 | The two men are trying to raise as much money as possible towards buying a baby alarm for the Royal surrey , the machines , which cost £435 each , are lent to parents who have lost a child through cot death syndrome , on the birth of their new baby . |
| 19 | ‘ The homes of parents who have lost a child through a cot death have very quickly become the scene of a possible homicide , ’ the document says . |
| 20 | ‘ Minders ’ in Nidri in high season look after children between the ages of 4–13 during the shore week for parents who have booked a yachting course , or six days sailing or windsurfing . |
| 21 | In some areas we have measured a contamination which is much bigger than in the Minimata incident in the Japan . |
| 22 | In both cases you have to find a deposit , and over a period of time pay off what is , in effect , a loan . |
| 23 | Briefly summarised , our scheme is likely to be attractive to those researchers who have reached a stage in their careers , either young post docs or those of more mature years , where they want to try something new or unconventional . |
| 24 | The dancer Fred Astaire was among those in modern times who have worn a signet ring on the right hand . |
| 25 | As for North , ‘ he would either go to jail or be decorated ’ , Secord used to say to Hakim ; and McFarlane told him — as he sat jet-lagged and exhausted in his office the night after a gruelling Iranian session in Frankfurt — that ‘ if the world only knew how many times you have kept a semblance of integrity and gumption to US policy , they would make you Secretary of State . ’ |
| 26 | In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream . |
| 27 | For the past seven years I have run a job share register on behalf of the British Paediatric Association . |
| 28 | During the last two years I have spent a total of 15 minutes a day with my son 's diaper bucket and can deal quickly with even the most challenging mess . |
| 29 | Er we 've been in , ten years in this shop and er , for those ten years I have experienced a lot of er difference in the attitudes of Muslim women as well . |
| 30 | If Chancellor Norman Lamont wants to ease their burden he should begin by penalising those uncaring banks which have caused a lot of this misery in the first place . |