Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife has given up work as a secretary to stay at home with their three young children , yet the law does not allow him to take up her full tax allowance . |
| 2 | The reader interprets this as " the echo died away " , but is aware that the sound has conjured up birds for the people . |
| 3 | WISH you were here can so easily become ‘ wish we 'd never gone ’ when you arrive home to find that burglars have emptied the tool shed , the pipes have burst and the dog has picked up fleas in the kennels . |
| 4 | Netherwood has carried out modifications to the kit and relaunched it as the Rotorway Exec 90 , currently selling for $35,000 including power plant . |
| 5 | ‘ Also with Kerrang spelling all c's as k's and all s's as z's , ’ Dave continued , ‘ the editor has to sort out problems with the typesetters who are always trying to correct our copy . |
| 6 | The LDDC has opened up committees to the public . |
| 7 | Genetic engineering has opened up possibilities for the introduction of genes which confer the ability to produce either insecticidal toxins or semiochemicals which alter insect behaviour . |
| 8 | He has stitched up deals with a Singapore company which makes Tiger Balm , one of Asia 's natural remedies.most popular ‘ cure-all ’ ointment . |
| 9 | A FOREIGN medical company has drawn up plans for a private hospital development in Darlington , it was revealed last night . |
| 10 | Concern for the environment has focused out attention on the world 's ecological problems . |
| 11 | Microsoft has set up Windows as a rival to a component of OS/2 called Presentation Manager , which is still backed by IBM . |
| 12 | For example , ICI has set up schemes around the world to recover and recycle CFCs , with the aim of being able to reduce their production . |
| 13 | General Philippe Morillon has set up headquarters in the town , which has been under Serb siege for 11 months , according to Laurens Jolles , of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 14 | The German half point rate cut yesterday has set off speculation on a rate cut in the UK despite Chancellor Kenneth Clarke dampening speculation . |
| 15 | For certain classes of property the Government has laid down rules about the level of standard charge . |
| 16 | However , the attack has brought back memories of the last battle between rival operators . |
| 17 | However , the attack has brought back memories of the last battle between rival operators . |
| 18 | I notice she has brought in reinforcements in the person of Villette . ’ |
| 19 | The Economic and Social Research Council has cut back work on the 1991 census and its ‘ positive health ’ centre for health promotion . |
| 20 | Although the government has tightened up rules at the slaughterhouse , and taken action to stop infected meat reaching our food , it 's still JUST possible that diseased meat scraps might reach some meat products . |
| 21 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has ruled out devaluation of the pound . |
| 22 | JOHN PERMAN , the former depot manager at Charlton , has taken over responsibility for the primary distribution project from BOB PARLE to enable Bob to take up his new duties as departmental director , distribution operations , when Derek Graham retires in August . |
| 23 | IN THE wake of his suspension , French prop GREGOIRE LASCUBE has taken up refereeing in the hope that his six months ' ban will be reduced . |
| 24 | Increased nuclear power production has taken up part of the electricity generation market lost by oil but the expansion of nuclear power has been far less significant than was planned for and predicted throughout the 1970s . |
| 25 | One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche 's garden . |
| 26 | Rumour has it that he has taken up residence in the port of Leith , near enough to Edinburgh but , should matters go wrong , the best place for his departure by land or sea . |
| 27 | The company has taken out insurance for the directors and officers of group companies in respect of their duties as directors and officers of the group . |
| 28 | THE FBI HAS taken out advertisements in a Russian-language newspaper in New York in an effort to entice spies and counterintelligence agents living among Soviet emigres in the United States to defect . |
| 29 | He has taken out patents for the process and for the chips . |
| 30 | Acting through a second firm of lawyers , Jean-Jacques Walter has taken out proceedings against the French State in the European courts of Strasbourg and Luxemburg for violating the European Convention of Human Rights and failing to apply the Treaty of Rome . |