Example sentences of "of [noun] have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Forest of Dean has suffered many abuses in the past .
2 The rapid increase in the number and diversity of states has had long-term consequences for global politics .
3 Although no official statistics exist , local doctors estimate that 90 per cent of the population of the town of Nikel have suffered serious damage to both nervous and respiratory systems .
4 We shall return to this issue later in this chapter , but before we do we need to take a brief look at the way in which ideas of change have influenced other aspects of education , in particular curriculum development and innovation .
5 A new generation of chefs has raised British cooking to poetic heights — with some unfortunate exceptions , says AISLING FOSTER
6 Customers , suppliers and other parts of ICI have shown great interest in the C&P quality materials .
7 Mr Howard said : ‘ All but a tiny minority of authorities have set affordable budgets and council taxes .
8 The men of Ruthyn had abandoned all caution , spurring their horses furiously , lengthening out in their turn into a long frieze parallel with the edge of the forest , every man mad to be the first to lay hand on the arch-enemy .
9 A study of the health and ecological situation in the Ust-Kamenogorsk region of Kazahkstan has revealed widespread problems , apparently resulting from a mixture of nuclear and conventional air pollution .
10 An appeal to the principles of non-alignment had formed one strand in the Soviet strategy of base denial .
11 I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford
12 The North Ormesby area of Middlesbrough has suffered serious discolouration and solids in its drinking water .
13 However , a number of researchers have investigated semantic processing applied to related NLP problems , and some of the techniques and resources used have shown direct relevance to text recognition .
14 Between the Sidlaw Hills and the Braes of Angus , the red loam of Strathmore has provided healthy cropping and stock-rearing since the twelfth century in spite of disruptive wars and civil strife .
15 One pet theory of mine is that the decline in the study of Latin has accentuated this interest .
16 The number of responses opposed to the proposals on the grounds that they did not go far enough towards independence was very small — only a few academic boards of institutions had expressed that view .
17 The continuance of these traditions and the continuing dominance of the academic tradition bear testimony that the fundamental structures of curriculum have withstood comprehensive reorganization .
18 Other countries with more pluralist systems of provision have recognised this problem and dealt with it .
19 The research provides , through a lengthy national survey , detailed information on how the experience of recession has affected such matters as relations at the work-place , the structure of the labour market , de-skilling and the impact of new technology , the division of labour within the family and the effects of unemployment .
20 However , the all too familiar constraint of funding has prevented much progress to date .
21 In August the Slovene delegation to the Skupština launched a strong criticism of the new system , which , it maintained ( EP , 24 August 1987 ) , had ‘ irrefutably shown for a year and a half that it is inefficient , and that the centralization of foreign exchange , the administrative allocation of import entitlements , and priority for the servicing of debts have brought disastrous results for exports and for the inflow of foreign exchange ’ .
22 ‘ Because of her role in reproduction , woman is regarded as a special case , a deviation from the norm represented by the male … since the 19th century the science of gynaecology has legitimised this view . ’
23 The reasons for this should not be obscured by the fact that the short term objectives of aid have undergone several changes over the last thirty years .
24 All delegates supporting Ubaldini walked out before the vote , claiming that the Ministry of Labour had accredited extra delegates to unions opposing Ubaldini .
25 Nevertheless , the activities of TNCs , wherever they are and in whatever industry , are increasingly being integrated into global processes of supply , production and marketing and the theorists of the new international division of labour have rendered great service by highlighting these phenomena even if they have done so in a rather one-sided manner .
26 Only a third of LEAs had arranged any training for social services departments about the purpose and procedures of the 1981 Act , and only a few more ( 38 per cent ) had arranged training for health authorities .
27 In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’
28 It may be preferable to be silent regarding the date for expressions of interest until such time as a number of parties have expressed such interest .
29 Any farmer or keeper of animals has observed this kind of behaviour .
30 The recent price rises and the subsequent decline in general standards of living had left whole sections of the urban population dissatisfied with the results of reform .
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