Example sentences of "[coord] have [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oil companies insist that exploitation can go hand-in-glove with caring for the environment , and have begun an intensive lobbying campaign to support the bill . |
| 2 | Once we have adequate instrumentation and have adopted an internal standard , what do we find ? |
| 3 | THE crew enjoy working the system , and have developed an excellent team spirit — And there 's the incentive : If they do n't meet their targets their pride |
| 4 | Those who wish to preserve the traditional features of the English countryside have , however , been extremely successful in alerting public and political opinion and have gained an increasing adherence — at least in principle — to conservationist values . |
| 5 | Penal reform groups have a long and honourable history and have played an important part in the development of criminal justice policy over the years . |
| 6 | But they are vital members of the team and have played an important role in the season 's success so far . |
| 7 | Such measurements are very useful in indicating the trajectories of certain features ( ‘ eddies ' , Section 19.6 ) associated with the turbulence , and have played an important role in some of the descriptions of the motion to be mentioned in Sections 21.4 and 21.6 . |
| 8 | All candidates must satisfy the University that they are competent in the use of the English language and have acquired an acceptable level of numeracy . |
| 9 | This is totally different from the state of affairs when we are awake and have taken an hallucinatory drug , when , however compelling the hallucination , we are well aware that the experience is drug-induced , and not " real " . |
| 10 | Kintsch and Vipond ( 1979 ) have discussed some of these changes in popularity , and have offered an interesting explanation for the question they ask ( and answer ) themselves : " Who cares about readability ? |
| 11 | They run external advice sessions using the microfilm information system and have opened an Asian advice telephone line . |
| 12 | As in other professions , women comics have to be extra-talented in order to compete with men , and have to adopt an aggressive approach ( Jo Brand , Ruby Wax and Joan Rivers are three that come to mind ) . |
| 13 | It is impossible to regard the Government 's actions as effective negotiation when they have simply opted out of the two basic economic and social issues and have left an empty chair in the European Community . |
| 14 | New directors led by chairman Roy Barber , a company doctor , have now been installed at la Grande Arche and have ordered an independent review of its properties , some of which are to be sold . |
| 15 | Kinlen et al have carried out a number of analyses relating to areas in which there has been increased population mixing and have found an increased incidence of childhood leukaemia in some of these areas . |
| 16 | The hypothesis appears to be that we have inherited from our animal ancestors the habit of discrimination , but have added an additional criterion , namely the conscious calculation of relatedness , to the criteria of propinquity , and perhaps physical and biochemical similarity , used by animals . |