Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penguin Books has issued an eighth revised edition of Sir John Summerson 's Architecture in Britain 1530–1830 , first published in 1953 and intended as a companion to Ellis Waterhouse 's Painting in Britain 1530–1830 and Margaret Whinney 's Sculpture in Britain which covers the same period . |
| 2 | He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race . |
| 3 | The report claimed that Khmer Rouge fighters had attacked the 5th military region 's command based in the city as well as Bek Chan airport . |
| 4 | SENIOR office-bearers in one of the Scottish National Party 's Lanarkshire branches have made the first formal call for the party leader , Alex Salmond , to resign . |
| 5 | By March 9 , helicopters had evacuated the 366th motorised infantry regiment from Stepanakert to Georgia . |
| 6 | FUND-RAISERS have held the first official meeting at their new Harewood House base . |
| 7 | Moss Bros has become the first high street retailer to launch a privilege card that clocks up points towards discounts at the till , giving customers money off at the group 's stores and other outlets . |
| 8 | Lawyers for the relatives have spent the last two years arguing that the Government breached Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights , which guarantees the ‘ right to life ’ . |
| 9 | My background is in publicity and public relations having spent the last ten years producing a variety of literature , press releases and editing several in-house magazines for two engineering companies — , a road machinery manufacturer and most recently which manufactures valves , pump and pipe systems for the H&V industry . |
| 10 | Recent accessions have included the first American edition of Joseph Black 's Lectures on the elements of Chemistry , ( Philadelphia : 1807 ) ; a Paris edition of John Barclay 's Argenis printed in 1621 , and an item believed to have been printed in Edinburgh about 1800 entitled ‘ A Pleasant Humourous and satyrical poem ’ , part one of which calls on young women to ‘ embrace the pure and holy state of matrimony ’ : part two ‘ contains excellent directions in the choice of a husband … ’ |
| 11 | Previous albums have included the first eight now on Mercury , the final couple on Silvertone . |
| 12 | Teams of detectives have spent the last two days searching the house . |
| 13 | After 1870 industrialization and urbanization entered a new phase , which economic historians have designated the second industrial revolution to distinguish it from the coming of industry to Britain over a century earlier . |
| 14 | ‘ The children have spent the last four weeks getting to know each other . |
| 15 | Evelyn Lachennes widow of a British war-time spy , Pierre Lachennes has devoted the last ten years to studying the effects of chemical weapons on civilian populations wherever they 've been used . |
| 16 | Smith 's copies have spent the last six days under lock and key at its Dunstable depot . |
| 17 | More recently , population geneticists have recognised a second evolutionary force : genetic drift . |
| 18 | RUGBY League bosses had to overcome the first major fixture hurdle of the season last night . |