Example sentences of "of [noun sg] have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the pace of change has seen the introduction of controversial new techniques and men prepared to sabotage equipment underground . |
| 2 | Arguments over using the ‘ Jarman index ’ to assess demand for services and the method of payment have obscured the principle underlying the payments . |
| 3 | The coming of Chaos had taught the Elves many bitter lessons . |
| 4 | John Smith may of necessity have toured the prawn cocktail circuit of the City but he represents those parts of the UK deeply suspicious of its working . |
| 5 | Furthermore , this lack of a detailed history of Conservatism has handicapped the study of Thatcherism itself , for the absence of a clear historical perspective has ensured that , in spite of the proliferation of literature , the ideological origins of the Thatcherite Revolution remain obscure . |
| 6 | It was widely reported that the UK Ministry of Defence had reserved the right to dispose of its decommissioned nuclear submarines at sea , although the UK finally voted for the proposal . |
| 7 | But now the 95 workers are out of a job … the Ministry of Defence has given the contract to supply uniforms to workers in Morocco instead . |
| 8 | The Ministry of Defence has made no comment on the report . |
| 9 | The Ministry of Defence has accepted the sacking was unlawful . |
| 10 | The Ministry of Agriculture has announced an inquiry into the practices of the animal foodstuffs industry . |
| 11 | The Ministry of Agriculture has issued a warning against eating fish caught in the River Mersey , because of contamination fears following the long-running leakage of dangerous chemicals from an old waste tip at Widnes , Cheshire . |
| 12 | Now , the United State 's Department of Agriculture has found a way to replace 30% of flour in cake mix with straw . |
| 13 | The impact of electronics has revolutionised the printing business which continues to develop new technology in every branch of the trade — photo-typesetting and printing . |
| 14 | This petrification of the sound of adolescence has meant a loss of the essential dynamism , fluidity and reach of adolescence , its true pretentiousness . |
| 15 | The end of power-sharing had left a vacuum , which the constitutional convention had failed to fill , and Ulster staggered on with a vicious IRA campaign , tit-for-tat assassinations , unconvincing direct rule , and no obvious sense of direction . |
| 16 | But one act of faith has remained a constant from palaeolithic times to cubism , from Tintoretto ( who also loved comets ) to Rothko . |
| 17 | which of course have lost a lot of money in the last year or two . |
| 18 | But they were not consulted , The Cabinet , had it wished , could of course have staged a revolt , But its collective mind was not nearly clear enough for that , and in any event , Chamberlain , embarrassed by his own self-interest , was almost the only minister who was both strong and wholly secure in his own job . |
| 19 | Thousands of years of experience have honed the tactics and organisation of the army of Ulthuan to a keen edge , and there are few who would dispute the Elves ' ability to muster an army and get it to the point of conflict by land or sea with what seems to be supernatural speed . |
| 20 | I feel I must write in defence of freezebranding having read the News Item ‘ Hoof Branding ’ in September 's issue . |
| 21 | Parish council chairman Gillian Woodcraft said : Although the new school is still planned , lack of funding has delayed the start yet again and the county council wish to include the island site , between Rake Road and Mill Road , in the sale of the land occupied by the existing school to maximise resources . ’ |
| 22 | An air of fear has replaced the sense of purpose which marked the Sankara years . |
| 23 | Changes in the economy and in the make-up of industry have stood the logic of the original legislation on its head . |
| 24 | After the film noir of punk had come the escapist musical spectacular of ‘ the new pop ’ , demonstrated in a wild flamboyance which banished the austerity of punk rock to the shadows . |
| 25 | ‘ The human standard of living has become the planet 's standard of dying . |
| 26 | The arrival of tea had changed the atmosphere , and Roger cast aside his rather sombre mood and listened with genuine interest while Breeze told him about Felicity . |
| 27 | The musket-balls slammed across the small stream and bent the rye crop as though a squall of wind had struck the stalks . |
| 28 | General takes on task of taming volatile valley As Kashmir gets a new governor , Rahul Bedi looks at the way three years of violence has affected the lives of people in the troubled state |
| 29 | This was an issue for epistemology ; sociology presumed that the epistemology of science which gave rise to its norms of practice had eradicated the influence of presuppositions on the form and final content of scientific knowledge . |
| 30 | Many off-road drivers see it as a challenge and while a voluntary code of practice has reduced the number of cars and bikes on Sundays and bank holidays , some are still upsetting the walkers and riders . |