Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [noun] for a " in BNC.

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1 ( 2 ) This House has expressly approved actions for a declaration of nullity as alternative to applications for certiorari to quash , where private law rights were concerned : Wandsworth London Borough Council v. Winder [ 1985 ] A.C. 461 , 477 , per Robert Goff L.J .
2 Mr Gibson who has already received permission for a tea shop can now submit separate applications for the visitors ' centre and the conversion of a former smithy into a holiday cottage the two elements supported by councillors .
3 Their optimism is likely to be heightened by the news that the Department of the Environment has also rejected plans for a retail development on Green Belt land near Orpington and has awarded costs of £250,000 against the developers Prudential Assurance .
4 The Polish government has also shelved plans for a nuclear plant on the River Warta , near Poznan , following public protest
5 The group has also claimed responsibility for a string of murders of journalists and other civic leaders opposed to the cartels and in favour of Mr Barco 's decree authorising the drug traffickers ' extradition to the US .
6 The old thatched tythe barn which stood end on to Silver Lane just below Manor Farm has now made way for a clutch of modern houses .
7 It was incredible but true — incredible because she 'd only known Fen for a week — incredible because she 'd begun by disliking him — but true that she was in love with him .
8 ‘ I 'd just finished treatment for a drug problem and Paul was getting over valium addiction .
9 He had only known Heather for a few weeks , after all , and may well have been deceived by the impression she had created in Rhodes ' alien environment .
10 After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck .
11 It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us .
12 Since NICRA had already targeted Derry for a march , there was ready agreement and a delegation from NICRA travelled to Derry to discuss arrangements with the DHAC .
13 ‘ I 've just signed Schwarzenegger for a three-movie deal , my wife 's oil paintings are going to be shown in a major London gallery , my son got first-class honours at Oxford and I 've won half a million on the pools . ’
14 O'Shea , an oboe player who had also made albums for a west London record label , admitted the manslaughter of Miss Turner and was sent indefinitely to a secure mental hospital .
15 De Benedetti disclosed that Hewlett-Packard Co had also approached Olivetti for a possible alliance , but declined to elaborate .
16 Councillors had twice rejected proposals for a new village school , but this afternoon they changed their minds and approved it .
17 A donation of £260 from the proceeds of the tombola stall and refreshment/poster sales has been handed to the theatre by the Friends who have already made plans for a repeat performance in the autumn .
18 There lingered perhaps an echo of grimness , and an echo of something else : an expression she had seen on the faces of men who have just loaded ship for a voyage .
19 Indeed , reports showing a reduction , or even disappearance of the asthma with surgical repair or medical management of the reflux have further strengthened support for a GOR-asthma association .
20 Detailed studies of English science during the period of the puritan domination have also revealed plans for a national agency to supervise technological innovation — plans that had taken shape in the mind of Samuel Hartlib .
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