Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | J. Sainsbury , Britain 's biggest food retailer argues that discount shops have received only a temporary boost from the recession . |
| 2 | Michael Attenborough of Hodder commented : ‘ For any publisher , losing an author all of whose books have sold over a million copies in their UK editions — and I have no doubt that As the Crow Flies will join them soon — is very regrettable . |
| 3 | Even though the certificates have taken on a different appearance , their structure remains the same . |
| 4 | Contrary to your impression matters have moved forward a considerable way in relation to the Church Road stop . |
| 5 | The Ford Pay claim coincides with negotiations at Vauxhall where leaders of the 9,000 manual workers have turned down a two-year offer giving 9.1 per cent in the first year and inflation plus £3 in the second . |
| 6 | Aids have claimed quite a few victims now |
| 7 | DARLINGTON health officials have drawn up a smart new logo as part of their plans to revamp the service 's image . |
| 8 | Of course , the historical analogy is not a completely valid one , for history only concerns the interactions within a single species during a few thousand years , in connection with which geological and climatological changes have played only a minor role ( as in the extinction of Carthage and of the Viking settlements in Greenland ) . |
| 9 | Over the decades film editors have built up a classical ‘ syntax ’ of editing , which circumvents the lack of three dimensions by showing the same scene from various viewpoints , rather in the way an observer will watch a conversation by switching his attention from one speaker to the other . |
| 10 | First , a return to viewing the landscape in totality , rather than the sum of its component parts , and second , a much greater emphasis on the preferences of the general public , rather than professional people , even though some studies have shown quite a good correlation between the two ( Preece , 1980 ) . |
| 11 | But I think those days are now over and anybody who 's been in building societies , there 's now a feeling er that things have altered quite a long way . |
| 12 | FIVE war veterans have taken on a new challenge producing a regular news booklet for their fellow medal holders . |
| 13 | Meanwhile the world 's top players have turned down a tempting financial offer aimed at attracting them away from the Ulster Milk Games match between Europe and Asia in Belfast on June 8 . |
| 14 | In attempting to weight the relative importance of these individual variables some observers , despite the countervailing evidence , would maintain that on a world-wide basis economic forces have had only a limited influence in shaping bargaining structures ( Beaumont et al . , |
| 15 | From limited evidence , from drill cores , from seismic data , and from what has been learned by field work on ophiolites , earth scientists have put together a composite picture of the layered oceanic crust ( Figure I ) . |
| 16 | , According to US sources , Soviet nuclear scientists have set up a private company , CHETEK , to carry out the incineration of toxic chemicals and decommissioned nuclear reactors in underground nuclear plants . |
| 17 | The Americans have pulled off a technological miracle to stage the US Cup game against Germany in Detroit 's Silverdome . |
| 18 | Poachers have carried out a sustained assault on tigers in the Indian reserve of Ranthambhor , 140 miles south of Delhi . |
| 19 | Police have set up a mobile incident unit outside the shop to encourage anyone with information to talk to them . |
| 20 | Police have set up a mobile incident unit outside the shop to encourage anyone with information to talk to them . |
| 21 | Police have set up a regular patrol at a hospital in an effort to cut crime . |
| 22 | That 's why Thames Valley Police have set up a temporary service station near junction 10 . |
| 23 | Police have set up a special incident room at Coleraine RUC station and have appealed to the public to help catch the murder gang responsible for the seaside slaughter . |
| 24 | Gloucestershire police have set up a special flood hotline . |
| 25 | Responsibility for the bomb has been claimed by the IRA and the police have carried out a full investigation . |
| 26 | During 13 years ' rule by the party of law and order the police have had only a five per cent increase in manpower . |
| 27 | In San Salvador , children have picked up a catchy radio tune about the Condor brand of condoms and can be heard singing in the streets : " Condor is your friend , — always take him with you ! " |
| 28 | As one of the few African bands to make a lasting impression on the shores of the UK , the Bhundu Boys have built up a strong following . |
| 29 | The domestic minerals industry and the planning authorities have built up a co-operative atmosphere over the years . |
| 30 | THE SHAMEN have come quite a long way from their origins as an indie psychedelic outfit . |