Example sentences of "[num] [noun] have be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least 2,000,000 people had been made homeless by the war , the report said , and it estimated food aid needs for 1991 as totalling approximately 1,000,000 tonnes . |
| 2 | In December 1991 Keating had been found guilty in a Californian state court on 17 counts of fraud [ see p. 38669 ] . |
| 3 | By allowing the Bill to pass through the House unamended in respect of premium rate services , they are condoning everything that is being done by those who for the past six years have been offering pornographic ’ services ’ . |
| 4 | Six people have been made redundant at its European Headquarters in Egham , Surrey and two sales staff have gone from its office in Munich already . |
| 5 | Briefly , it stated that sixty-six coupons had been considered adequate for normal use . |
| 6 | Three backbenchers have been appointed junior whips : Mr Andrew Mackay , MP for Berkshire East , Mr Robert Hughes , MP for Harrow West and Mr James Arbuthnot , MP for Wanstead and Woodford . |
| 7 | He rightly points out that — apart from Brent , which has no overall control , and Tower Hamlets , which is controlled by the Liberal Democrats — the 10 authorities with the highest percentage of empties in their stock are Labour controlled , and about 20,000 properties have been left empty for more than a year . |
| 8 | Throughout its production , prospective 46 owners have been offered varied combinations of up to five rig and keel options and three accommodation layouts , therefore ensuring the brokerage buyer tremendous choice in the specification of his pre-owned 46 . |
| 9 | The Middle East Economic Digest of Aug. 23 , quoting the Reuters news agency , said that more than 1,500 people had been shot dead since 1986 in Karachi alone . |
| 10 | In Nigeria a total of 22,901 people had been reported infected and 2,161 as having died since the outbreak of the disease in May . |
| 11 | Thus , if the ten students had been given additional tuition , however ineffective , it would have appeared to be of benefit . |
| 12 | Amid all the speculation about the future of our great Taoiseach , one issue has been given scant consideration : what is the quality of those who are being identified as his likely successors ? |
| 13 | The Salvadorean Human Rights Commission ( CDHES ) stated at the end of September 1989 that since Cristiani took office on June 1 , 1989 , 296 people had been found murdered , 416 had been detained and 48 had disappeared . |
| 14 | Sixty-three legionnaires had held off a Mexican force of 2,000 soldiers for a whole day , at the end of which five legionnaires had been left alive ; these five , thirsty , hungry and out of ammunition , had bayonet charged the Mexicans . |
| 15 | One approach has been to make synthetic double stranded RNA molecule– which can mimic the effect of viral double-stranded RNA as an inducer of interferon production . |
| 16 | Nine hostages had been set free since John was taken . |
| 17 | One family has been left homeless . |
| 18 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 19 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 20 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 21 | Eight men have been found guilty of running one of Britain 's biggest drug trafficking organisations . |
| 22 | One of the aims of Britain 's health and social services for the past 40 years has been to help old people to live in their own homes . |
| 23 | The eight residents have been given alternative accommodation until the building is made safe . |
| 24 | The two houses have been made safe by council workmen , but Cherwell District 's chief Housing Officer says it will be 4 months before they 're habitable again . |
| 25 | By the end of 1989 Nicaragua had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending because of arrears of US$150 million accumulated on loans of $160 million from that body . |
| 26 | Neither the 2,000 Bari or the 6,000 Yukpa have been granted full land rights . |
| 27 | In West Africa two Institutes have been delegated important curricular functions at primary level : at Ahmadu Bello and Sierra Leone Universities ( the latter not until 1968 ) . |
| 28 | This was prompted by reports that the two governments had been providing logistic support for UNITA — South African Foreign Minister Roelof " Pik " Botha , hitherto a negotiator in the conflict [ see p. 39129 ] , had been declared persona non grata on Nov. 6 , apparently in response to these reports . |
| 29 | But Mr Karsten said almost two years had been lost due to Mr Foecke 's unwillingness to continue with the university 's internal appeal procedure . |
| 30 | Individually , the two bands had been doing OK but nothing outrageous . |