Example sentences of "[num] [noun] have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The past 30 years has seen a continuation of the break-up of the old landlord and tenant system . |
| 2 | Western research on this subject over the past 30 years has identified a number of gaps and weaknesses in Soviet official socio-economic data , as well as many statistical series which , it is believed , can be used ( sometimes with adjustments for comparability with Western figures ) . |
| 3 | Beating Oldham 1–0 on 30 August had taken a bit of heat off Wilkinson , but another away defeat could well have led to calls for his resignation . |
| 4 | Now 800 doctors have signed a petition for the British section of the World Federation Of Doctors Who Respect Human Life . |
| 5 | The rally dispersed peacefully after around six hours having elected a strike committee , which threatened to call a general strike if their demands were not met . |
| 6 | On Sept. 10 Gorbachev had addressed a telegram to all republican , regional and local leaderships calling on them to take action to prevent a collapse of law and order . |
| 7 | In 1929 Hill had become a director of the Eagle Star Insurance Company , which , in the economic recovery of the 1930s , grew rapidly and had substantial funds to invest . |
| 8 | As the British Resident Minister at AFHQ , Harold Macmillan , reported to the Foreign Office [ KP63 ] : " Thirteen Corps have received a message from General Loehr 's headquarters in Croatia brought by the hand of a German Foreign Office official . |
| 9 | The past 10 years have seen a revival in interest . |
| 10 | As early as 1842 Disraeli had moved a House of Commons motion calling for union of British diplomats and consuls in a single service . |
| 11 | At the extraordinary congress in December the 2,000 delegates had adopted a programme which committed the Socialist Party to act as a " barrier to the right and extreme-right and to pursue economic modernization , social justice , and the construction of Europe " . |
| 12 | MORE THAN 2,000 women have telephoned a helpline after the death of a midwife with the HIV virus . |
| 13 | They 've had their best breeding season this century ; sixty three pairs have raised a total of seventy young , and this is despite the fact that egg collectors robbed at least eight nests of eggs . |
| 14 | The historians , confronted by a situation where history is spread across three schools have contrived a formula which allows students virtually to specialise in history … . |
| 15 | The three organisations have pledged a total of £116,000 this year to a new trust which will have representatives of the three groups on its board . |
| 16 | But the last three weeks have seen a turn-down in numbers . |
| 17 | At least half a crowd of 1,000 were English holidaymakers but most of Colombo 's cricket fans are currently hooked on a series of college matches in the city which over three days have attracted a total of 20,000 spectators at three venues . |
| 18 | At least half a crowd of 1,000 were English holidaymakers but most of Colombo 's cricket fans are currently hooked on a series of college matches in the city which over three days have attracted a total of 20,000 spectators at three venues . |
| 19 | The past two or three years has seen a boom in the retreat movement , especially directed retreats . |
| 20 | And the farm has , last three years has lost a lot of money and er they had one farm at Colkirk which they 've now sold and er they just sort of decided they wanted to make the , they had a big barn , a big white barn which was a real old barn and he wanted to make that into a house . |
| 21 | In 1917 Duke had ridden a Kalahuewehe wave half a mile till it died in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel , where now the ASP annual banquet is held . |
| 22 | The three men had established a routine of playing cards between breakfast and lunch , draughts between lunch and dinner and chess between dinner and lights out . |
| 23 | On March 31 Escobar had announced a resumption of a campaign of violence , offering rewards of US$4,000 and US$100,000 respectively for the killing of regular police and elite anti-drugs police , threatening to kill judges and the owners of the newspaper El Espectador , and threatening to explode 5,000-kg bombs in residential areas of Bogotá for every person extradited . |
| 24 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 25 | By 1807 politics had become a fight to the death between the two factions . |
| 26 | Mr Diplexcito , his wife and three daughters have fought a rearguard action for the past two years to stop their cottage at Spittalburn , where they have lived for the past 17 years , being buried by earthworks . |
| 27 | Almost a thousand readers have completed a questionnaire after following my Hip and Thigh Diet . |
| 28 | In June 1308 Edward had accompanied a letter to the pope on Gaveston 's behalf with the grant of the castle of Blanquefort to the pope 's nephew ; later that year , at the pope 's request , the king released some prisoners , among whom was Walter Langton , bishop of Lichfield , who had offended the barons by his corruption and extortion at the exchequer and the king by earlier siding with Edward I against Gaveston . |
| 29 | The 1992 programme has achieved a measure of success in this area as there has been a pronounced shift in attitudes towards Europe . |
| 30 | But a report on nine of the 80 homes has uncovered a ratio varying from one in 20 to one in 38 . |