Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say the Government 's willingness to over-subsidise private old people 's homes has caused the 300-plus empty spaces at the county 's 42 council-run homes . |
| 2 | She muttered incoherently but the sound was happy , and her eyes had lost the terrible haunted stare of madness . |
| 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 | Some of the shops have kept the picturesque arcaded windows . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | IT CAME as no surprise to me to learn that school inspectors have branded the new national curriculum a flop . |
| 7 | The government 's calamities over the past 12 months have rocked the Tory faithful . |
| 8 | The removal of many thousands of large whales , especially the krill-feeding rorquals , from the Southern Ocean within a few decades is thought by some ecologists to have favoured the many other species , including fish , birds and seals , that feed on krill . |
| 9 | Evidence that the drug cartels had infiltrated the latest judicial security system came with the murder of Myriam Rocío Vélez , 38 , a district court judge in the city of Medellín , who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Sept. 18 . |
| 10 | By March 9 , helicopters had evacuated the 366th motorised infantry regiment from Stepanakert to Georgia . |
| 11 | These countries have won the biggest overseas slices of Calpers 's $14 billion fund . |
| 12 | Generally the vaults have replaced the original wooden roofs in the churches here and so are later than the rest of the building . |
| 13 | The accountants of the two companies have prepared the following budgeted information at 31 December Year 41 : |
| 14 | Train drivers on one of the region 's key commuter lines have ignored the all-out national strike to get passengers into London . |
| 15 | America 's leading supplier of nuclear power stations has chosen the legendary Czech firm as its global partner . |
| 16 | A man who was held in an Indian prison for two years has accused the British Foreign office of failing to help him . |
| 17 | Indeed , the single most important social change to have occurred in the countryside in recent years has concerned the changing social and occupational composition of its population . |
| 18 | A series of electoral shocks in recent weeks has shaken the European political landscape , and the Maastricht Treaty , the framework for EC union , may be about to crack . |
| 19 | By 1960 , power stations had become the largest single source . |
| 20 | They chose Milan as the venue because of the presence of two schools which for the previous ten years had pursued the Pure Oral System , or the German System as it was more commonly known , and to help to give the Congress credibility , they chose as the President one of the schools ' headmasters , while the other school 's headmaster was Secretary . |
| 21 | The report said that US officials had advised the Pakistani military that plans to man forward defences along the Kashmiri line of control were " extremely foolish " . |
| 22 | FUND-RAISERS have held the first official meeting at their new Harewood House base . |
| 23 | Customs have issued the following revised publications : Notice 179 — VAT Refunds for ‘ Do-It-Yourself ’ Builders , dated 1 July 1992 ; and Leaflet 700/13A/92 — VAT Publications , dated 1 July 1992 . |
| 24 | In contrast , in countries as distinct as Nigeria and Zambia , governments have supported the indigenous African entrepreneurs who benefited from these restraints on their potential competitors by a range of credit facilities and the judicious allocation of contracts . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | One of the country 's top police officers has condemned the British legal system as a game , which fails in its duty to victims and society . |
| 27 | Coun Williams added officers had contacted the African National Congress ' London office for guidance and had been told the organisation would not welcome trade with the country while sanctions are still in place . |
| 28 | Rules changes had transformed the Democratic National Convention into a body much more representative of minorities and the rank-and-file . |
| 29 | Maran and colleagues attempted to confirm or exclude a difference in responses to induced hypoglycaemia as previous studies had lacked the necessary statistical power . |
| 30 | A select number of Shakespeare 's plays have become the only sustained acquaintance with Renaissance literature a majority of readers are likely to have before entering higher education . |