Example sentences of "[num] have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Administration of Estates Act 1925 has provided a uniform method for the administration of all the property of a deceased person . |
| 2 | Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port . |
| 3 | President Alan Garcia 's socialist government that took office in July 1985 has taken a tolerant view of the informal sector . |
| 4 | Of these only 2 had regained a significant amount of their lost weight . |
| 5 | A German Foreign Ministry spokesperson reported that a meeting of EC representatives in Lisbon on April 2 had approved a German proposal for a formal EC protest to the Turkish government over the recent military action against civilians [ see pp. 38833-34 ; for resignation of German Defence Minister over sale of vehicles to Turkey see p. 38822 ] . |
| 6 | The new legislation regarding seat belt wearing in the rear seats of cars which came into effect on 1 July 1991 has had a downward effect on the number of rear seat car passenger casualties . |
| 7 | RECENT observations suggest that the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991 has had a considerable effect on ozone concentrations in the tropical stratosphere ( refs 1 , 2 , and J. W. Waters , personal communication ) . |
| 8 | Jensen 10 has developed an absolute measure of portfolio performance based on the risk premium version of the CAPM : This may be estimated by an ex-post linear regression , where the sum of the error terms is expected to be zero . |
| 9 | Although a succession of Conservative governments since 1979 has expressed a firm belief in monetary methods of managing the economy , with the emphasis on controlling inflation , it is fair to say that the empirical justifica-tion for much of this policy has been thin . |
| 10 | Now owned and being developed by chip manufacturer , Intel , DVI has become a major focus for multimedia . |
| 11 | Some industry analysts believe that DVI has started a false hare which Philips and others are now chasing . |
| 12 | The US administration was reported on Nov. 10 to have begun a diplomatic campaign to discourage major industrial countries from exporting militarily useful technologies to Iran . |
| 13 | Government revenues for the financial year ending in November 1991 had shown a considerable reduction compared with the previous financial year . |
| 14 | The death of their mother , Ann Wordsworth , in 1778 , when William was seven and Dorothy six had cast a long shadow over their early lives , and had left them and their three brothers effectively orphaned . |
| 15 | But in the longer perspective the events of 1963 had demonstrated a profound dialogue of the deaf between the strikers , who had chanted " Charlot , des sous ! " |
| 16 | Leaders of the opt-out movement say more than 2,000 have expressed a strong interest in balloting parents on such a move . |
| 17 | Indeed , the years since 1979 have witnessed a continuing struggle between local and national government . |
| 18 | FAMILY records in Scotland dating back to the early 1800s have played an important role in an international effort to learn more about an inherited form of breast and ovarian cancer . |
| 19 | In a show of unity rarer than a dodo sighting , the US Big Six have issued a joint statement of position in an attempt to focus attention on the ‘ epidemic of litigation ’ that is beginning to threaten the very existence of many American firms . |
| 20 | Endothelin-1 has become a major research topic since its discovery and characterisation as a potent vasoconstrictor . |
| 21 | Indeterminate colitis — six patients had a subtotal colectomy before diagnosis , three having had an ileorectal anastomosis and three an ileostomy with a retained rectal stump . |
| 22 | In 1888 Fellows began buying shares in the old Grand Union and by 1904 had gained a considerable holding . |
| 23 | He took over Denham from Korda in 1938 and by 1941 had acquired a controlling interest in Oscar Deutsch 's Odeon cinema chain and the Gaumont-British set-up — both its cinemas and its filmmaking companies . |
| 24 | Of these , only three had had a continuous hospital admission lasting more than five years . |
| 25 | In Spain the struggle over the succession in 1702–13 had seen a prolonged effort by Catalonia and much of Aragon to throw off Castilian rule , an effort which drove them to support the Habsburg Archduke Charles against the eventually victorious Bourbon claimant to the throne , Philip V , grandson of Louis XIV . |
| 26 | It was reported on Feb. 2 that an emergency session of the Moldavian Supreme Soviet Presidium on Jan. 31 had declared a six-month moratorium on " all political events which are likely to cause interethnic strife " . |
| 27 | Studies to be discussed in Section 8.3 have found a positive relationship between volatility and volume , and the ‘ causality ’ studies discussed in Section 8.4 do not rule out the possibility that , on some occasions , changes in volume ‘ cause ’ changes in volatility . |
| 28 | And marvel ( if Channel 4 has secured a good print ) at nephew Claude Renoir 's colour photography — assertively scarlet and cobalt for the players , decoratively pastel for the court . |
| 29 | But the rise of a centre party since the mid 1970s has created an intolerable situation . |
| 30 | Here , the introduction of the hybrid maize variety SR 52 has had a dramatic effect on yields of maize . |