Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Howe , who has treated Tony for the past four years , said : ‘ It has been discussed endlessly in the newspapers and I think it is time to let it be . ’ |
| 2 | Douglas Roaf has given money for the Physical Sciences , and an anonymous donor for the Biological Sciences . |
| 3 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 4 | The Museum of Modern Art , 30 Pembroke Street , from January 24 to March 28 is reviewing the opus of that doyen of American minimalist and conceptual art , Sol Le Witt , presenting a concise historical survey of his career from 1963 to the present rooted in the Bauhaus , and fruiting so to speak in the fashion and perfume house of Nina Ricci ( sponsors of this show ) for which he has designed packaging for the manly fragrance Ricci Club . |
| 5 | Sony Corp says it will reduce recruitment of new graduates next fiscal year to 500 from the 990 that it has offered jobs for the current year : it will be the second consecutive year-on-year decrease in recruitment after a peak of 1,750 in the 1992-93 fiscal year . |
| 6 | A sponsored swim by 61 probationary police officers at Aykley Heads , the North-East District Training Centre in Durham , has raised £1,227 for the British Epilepsy Association . |
| 7 | But the French-born widow does personally own a chateau believed to be worth £3 million and has found £900,000 for the legal fees of her sons Ian and Kevin . |
| 8 | Mr Symington , who proudly describes himself as one of the last supply-siders , has cut taxes for the past two years . |
| 9 | Dr O'Connor , 75 , has studied autism for the past 40 years . |
| 10 | After observing the industrious building of castles in the air in the past few days , I thought it would be appropriate to look at an odd phenomenon that has puzzled meteorologists for the past ten years : the series of giant mushroom-shaped cloud formations round the periphery of the Siberian land-mass . |
| 11 | The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) has published guidelines for the practical application of economic instruments , eg taxes and charges on emissions , waste management and noise . |
| 12 | Reed has published Steinbeck for the past three years , having taken over his novels and short stories from Pan . |
| 13 | However , it has also unexpectedly had to rewrite code for the vast numbers of device drivers and peripherals supported in the Intel iAPX-86 family of microprocessors . |
| 14 | There is no point in having to wait weeks for the concrete scaffolders , nor is there any point in having the site cluttered with pipes that are only to be needed later . |
| 15 | The price-conscious monarch could have bought presents for the whole family — and still had change from £50 . |
| 16 | Apart from the traffic implications in grid-locking the roads of Caerphilly , up Manor way , it might even have had repercussions for the hon. Gentleman 's constituents . |
| 17 | The initial function of the role is to pass on information that the Nazarenes will have to leave Nazareth for the Roman census . |
| 18 | Having allowed time for the full import of this profound conclusion to sink in , the NCO would then inquire : ‘ What are you ? ’ |
| 19 | 2.47 Lord Pearson would have awarded a multiplicand of £4,000 from which he would have deducted £250 for the accelerated receipt of the £10,000 . |
| 20 | Reckless confidence , for a single traitor or allied spy could have meant ruin for the whole scheme ; yet none in the Grand Army thought such a thing even a possibility . |
| 21 | A wider segregation , in the sense of having specialised workers for the elderly , as has been achieved in many local social work teams , is also attractive . |
| 22 | The left-wing Dev Sol group was reported to have claimed responsibility for the fatal wounding in the southern city of Adana on May 23 of Brig. -Gen . |
| 23 | Given that the group is expected to have made profits for the current year , the net assets will be higher than at the last account date and as the company is being purchased on a multiple of earnings we should consider stripping out the excess assets . |
| 24 | It was she who had interviewed Meg for the Old Rectory and Meg now found it difficult to connect that confident , tweeded , slightly aggressive woman with the two gentle old people she knew . |
| 25 | After Alexander the Great had regained independence for the Ionian cities he initiated the building of a new and large temple , dedicated to Apollo , on the site of the earlier building . |
| 26 | For the first class she had just taken two soft pencils , and she had sketched while the others had mixed watercolours for the still life of a bowl of apples , oranges and pears . |
| 27 | Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction . |
| 28 | The Left had fought against fascism since 1933 and had organized support for the Spanish Republican armies since I 936 . |
| 29 | The ministers had expressed their concern over the conflict at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) meeting in late March [ see p. 38841 ] and a meeting of " experts " from the four Foreign Ministries on March 31 to April 1 had prepared proposals for the Foreign Ministers ' meeting . |
| 30 | He repeated the information he 'd passed on to the Abigails and to Mr Plant : that George Joseph Smith had bought fish for the late Miss Munday , and eggs for Mrs Burnham and Miss Lofty . |