Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1985 and 1990 , however , the number of people aged over 85 supported in residential care by local authorities has declined at a slower rate than that for all people aged 65+ . |
| 2 | Over this period the stock of such investments has expanded at an average annual compound rate of just under 19% . |
| 3 | Their success in this area so changed the way British films were perceived that , in 1932 , a year when a large number of exhibitors substantially over-filled their quota , the American showbiz journal Variety reported on ‘ the complete stranglehold the home-made pictures had established at the local box office . ’ |
| 4 | The brakes had gone at the same corner where he rolled last year . |
| 5 | This unprecedented discovery indicated one of two things : either at least four meteorites had fallen at the same place in Antarctica ( an event of vanishingly small statistical probability ) , or fragments of four meteorites , which had fallen at random on the interior ice sheet , had been carried to the Yamato Mountains site by ice motion . |
| 6 | Both companies have arrived at the same answer . |
| 7 | So general SVQs have arrived at a good time . |
| 8 | Athelstan closed his eyes and breathed a prayer as he glimpsed the blue-black holes where the hungry ravens had pecked at the scrawny , whitening flesh . |
| 9 | Previous culture experiments have hinted at a mycobacterial aetiology , and the circumstantial evidence such as granulomas is suggestive . |
| 10 | However , changes have occurred at the local level , for there has been a strong centralization trend evident in both . |
| 11 | The selling franchise arrangement has operated quite successfully for the past eight years , and Argent Distributors have grown at a steady pace during this period , as can be seen from the sales turnover figures . |
| 12 | A CONFEDERATION of British Industry survey out this morning shows that new orders and output among small manufacturing firms have declined at a greater rate than expected since July . |
| 13 | A number of studies have looked at the geographical distribution of doctors both in regions and in smaller districts . |
| 14 | Tax benefits to private pension arrangements have risen at a similar rate , although the growth has been from a smaller base . |
| 15 | It 's right that Joe Hawkins and Allen 's other legendary aggro merchants should now be given a new lease of life , and Allen is absolutely sure of his books ' continued relevance : ‘ The doubts and problems which confronted yesteryear 's skinheads have multiplied at an alarming rate in today 's world . |
| 16 | Consumer prices had accelerated at an annualized rate of 5.5 per cent in January 1990 , and the visible trade surplus in 1989 was the lowest recorded for 10 years . |
| 17 | By early Tuesday afternoon , however , pro-Noriega forces had arrived at the military command headquarters , where General Noriega was apparently being held , and the rebels surrendered . |
| 18 | Lynch , who fell on Barney Maclyvie at the first 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have been told that a lot of good jockeys have fallen at the first fence in their first ride in the National and then gone on to win the race next time . |
| 19 | Paradoxically , the critics have appeared at the same time more radical and more conservative than the TUC . |
| 20 | I wonder whether Opposition Members have looked at the excellent background paper produced by the Library research division , entitled ’ The Regulation of Privatized Utility Companies ’ , which was published on 1 July and is available in the Library . |
| 21 | The men had arrived at the empty farmhouse fifteen hours earlier , just as dusk was falling . |
| 22 | The verderers had arrived at the tumbled stones soon after the moon rose . |
| 23 | Recent seminars have looked at the changing situation in southern Africa and the Gulf War and its effects . |
| 24 | It sounded as if her plans had changed at the last minute and , embarrassed by all the trouble Andrew had gone to on her behalf , she had taken the easy way out by returning the keys without a message . |
| 25 | The scope of Mareva injunctions has expanded at a remarkable speed , and on many points ( and especially the territorial reach of injunctions ) events have overtaken cases decided only a few years ago . |
| 26 | That these killings have happened at the same time does n't help ’ |
| 27 | Scottish psychiatric services have developed at a different pace and in a somewhat different form from those south of the border . |
| 28 | For these reasons , specialist services have developed at a fast pace within the CAD , as has been seen in the previous chapter . |
| 29 | A number of researchers have looked at the predictive validity of various types of assessments , including interviews , aptitude tests , personality tests and other techniques . |
| 30 | On April 6 Parys had claimed at a televised meeting with army officers that politicians were preparing to use the army for " political intrigues " , offering officers promotion in return for their support . |