Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour history too has developed into a recognizable historical research area and women 's history is following suit . |
| 2 | Thanks to the constant assistance of the Soviet Union and the selfless labour of the Korean people in the restoration of their country on a democratic basis , the Northern part of our Republic has developed into a powerful military , political , economic and cultural base for the democratic development of the whole country , and has considerably raised the level of material and cultural life of the people of our young Republic . |
| 3 | It initially developed to provide trade financing for the entrepot centre , but since the multinationals started to arrive in the 1970s it has developed into a sophisticated financial centre . |
| 4 | Among primates , especially close collaboration between parents has developed in a few forest-dwelling animals as diverse as gibbons on the one hand and the tiny marmosets on the other . |
| 5 | BRITAIN 'S trade deficit has soared to a seven-month high , partly due to the pound 's devaluation . |
| 6 | And for Americans who can not get enough , CNN has arranged for a gruelling daily schedule of Brinkley on four other topics : food , travel , showbiz and health — laughingly titled Living In The Nineties . |
| 7 | In light-water reactors ( including PWRs ) the concrete shell of the reactor building needs to withstand a pressure of five bars , whereas a fast breeder has to cope with a mere 40 millibars , according to an Electricite de France engineer . |
| 8 | The question then as to whether feminism and Christianity are compatible is that of whether the equality of women is compatible with a religion which has come from a past patriarchal age . |
| 9 | As Kohl ( 1988 ) has reported with a dazzling photographic portrait ( by William Thompson and Galen Rowell ) the fuelwood crisis , which is endemic to the region , is being aggravated by the fuelwood requirements of tourists . |
| 10 | From its roots at MANsion House 9000 ( the initial emergency telephone line at St Stephen Walbrook in the City of London ) it has grown into a huge international movement with branches in 20 countries , most of which Varah , an inveterate traveller , has visited . |
| 11 | Mrs Fairfax is retired , and Adèle has grown into a charming young woman . |
| 12 | The trip begins at a Eucharistic Congress in Seoul intended to put the seal on the Catholic Church 's extraordinary progress in Korea , where the number of believers has grown from a post-war 200,000 to more than 2.5 million , and is increasing by 10 per cent each year . |
| 13 | The fish farming industry has grown from a few hundred tonnes of fish in 1980 to 33,000 tonnes per annum in 1990 . |
| 14 | In the past year , unemployment has risen by a massive 47 per cent. , but instead of rising by a similar amount , expenditure in 1991-92 will be 10 per cent . |
| 15 | The literature of the castle , published by the 29th Laird of Dunvegan , John Macleod of Macleod , makes the business plain : ‘ Since the castle was first opened to the public more than forty years ago , the number of visitors has risen from a few hundred to tens of thousands ’ — many of them Macleod descendants from the New World . |
| 16 | Day 11 ) The water temperature released at the dam is 0 degrees Centigrade but here , 100 miles downstream , it has warmed to a comfortable 32 degrees Fahrenheit . |
| 17 | After 25 years in Rosemary Lane , Thatch Hair Technique has moved to a new prestigious salon in St Albans Walk , Carlisle known as Sweaty Betty 's ! |
| 18 | Film Crocodile tear-jerker Little Steven has turned into a cynical old showman . |
| 19 | It summarises post-Carboniferous structural form although the London-Brabant Massif has acted as a positive structural feature at least from early Palaeozoic times . |
| 20 | It seems clear that what has happened here is that Johnson has forgotten about the problem of finding ways of making meaning plain and has shifted to a different lexicographical problem , namely how to provide an exhaustive definition of words so that their entire meaning is made explicit . |
| 21 | It has tumbled to a six-year low , but it could rise 25 per cent by the end of this year . |
| 22 | METOCEAN Consultancy Ltd. , management consultants in environmental issues , has restructured into a public limited company following increased demand for their services . |
| 23 | Freeman , specialising in property , has laid off a dozen well-paid staff members . |
| 24 | Use a steel bodkin to probe the central core and hold it open , their swiftly pass a lighted match under the sleeve extremity and you' 11 find that the synthetic has melted into a tiny trumpet-sectioned outlet when the bodkin is withdrawn . |
| 25 | One has to start with a simple physical configuration , solve the corresponding mathematical problem , then solve a similar problem and then another problem , and then a little more difficult problem , and soon . |
| 26 | The Federation , which represents more than 50,000 members nationwide has emerged as a strong national voice in Parliament and is constantly badgering Government ministers for a better business deal . |
| 27 | The law reports contain a number of examples where this kind of neglect has led to a successful unfair dismissal claim . |
| 28 | For Scottish couple Annie and Lachlan Stewart , what started off as a fun Christmas exhibition in their London home has led to a flourishing tartan ceramics business and the relocation of their company , ANTA , to the north of Scotland . |
| 29 | This research influences the way volunteers work with victims but it is also passed on by Victim Support to other organisations that might find it useful : it provides an input into every police training course in Britain , and that has led to a potential new area of work . |
| 30 | It could turn out eventually that losing your job has led to a whole new and better career . |