Example sentences of "[noun pl] and have [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 The Minister suggested that the Government had listened to the employers and had decided to provide a statutory framework for the CITB .
2 He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today .
3 The government is to introduce tough penalties for arsonists and has promised to institute a land registry , but the forestry service remains desperately under-staffed .
4 On March 2 the Bank of Spain assumed responsibility for Banco Ibercorp , the merchant bank of Ibercorp , which was in deep financial difficulties and had failed to find a buyer .
5 The Shah had built up his armed forces and had begun to create a nationwide secret police , but he had done almost nothing to meet the disparate but urgent demands of his people .
6 ‘ We had a good run in losing only one of our previous eight games and had hoped to get a good result at Oldham . ’
7 By this time , however , Wagner and Nietzsche had explored areas of mutual interest in many conversations and had begun to exercise a reciprocal influence on each other 's thinking .
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