Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [vb pp] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Relief agencies estimated that approximately 200 people were dying of starvation each week in the Ogaden in the remote south-east , according to reports from mid-October ; malnutrition had sharply increased , with the death rate rising to 12 per 10,000 daily since August , when aid workers had warned of a worsening situation [ see p. 39042 ] .
2 Certainly , however , if the owners had known of the secret intention , they would not have consented .
3 The County Council 's environmental consultants had said of the inner northern routes , rather than damaging an irrepr irreplaceable sensitive landscape as could happen with the other routes , the inner northern route could be seen as a means of improving the landscape .
4 Japanese leaders had thought of a similar division after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 .
5 Only five women out of 50 knew about Mr Milburn while 14 of the male interviewees had heard of the Labour candidate .
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