Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sadly , that insensitivity to national sympathies undermines the fundamental principles of European co-operation and has helped to build a stronger anti-European feeling in this country than is truly justified . |
| 32 | In his only digression from prepared remarks , Francisco Rodriguez said : ‘ The government today has had to control a new attempt at subversion frustrated by the will of our people and of our armed forces to wage struggle . ’ |
| 33 | Many visitors to Luanda leave with the image of a dead city , where large glass windows in state-run shops reveal mostly empty shelves , where sewage too often runs through the streets — there 's a cholera epidemic now — where the state has had to hire a private firm which imported Filipino lorry drivers to clean up a decade 's worth of rubbish . |
| 34 | With the exceptions of Teddy Taylor and John Biffen , of whom more in a moment , each one , because of the strength of his views , has had to eschew a ministerial career , although each would without doubt have made a distinguished holder of office . |
| 35 | ‘ My children are shunned at school and every member of my family has had to become an accomplished liar , ’ he said . |
| 36 | As a young director working with all-male crews , Karen has had to confront a high level of overt sexism , something the grant-aided sector does n't necessarily prepare you for . |
| 37 | See our problem page maybe one of our NCT mums has had to handle a similar problem . |
| 38 | He has had to find an alternative group in Europe which will be able to hold its own against the formidable record of Eliot Gardiner 's English Baroque Soloists , and has chosen well with the Hungarian ‘ authentic ’ orchestra Capella Savaria . |
| 39 | Certainly not from the club scene , where an average gate is rarely more than a few hundred and even a big club like Hawick has had to launch a special initiative to arrest their declining membership . |
| 40 | He arrived late yesterday afternoon , it seems , and he has offered to give a little recital to anyone on the island who wishes to attend . |
| 41 | BRITAIN has offered to train a future South African police force , Baroness Chalker , the overseas development minister , said yesterday . |
| 42 | Knighton has promised to post a formal offer document to shareholders by 11 October , but he could run into problems with the City Panel on Takeovers and Mergers , which is likely to require details of his financial backing . |
| 43 | Basis has agreed to sell a half-million dollars worth of the C++ SoftBench 3.0 and SoftBench 3.0 products on Sparc machines . |
| 44 | ALMOST the entire workforce at a Birmingham engineering company has agreed to join a tailor-made group pensions plan drawn up by Royal Scottish Assurance . |
| 45 | The Indian government has agreed to hold a public review of the Sardar Sarovar dam project on the Narmada river after protesters called off threats to drown themselves in the river in an effort to stop the project . |
| 46 | The Department of the Environment has agreed to fund a major study into deaths and diseases among marine mammals in the North Sea , in an effort to determine once and for all whether they are linked to pollution . |
| 47 | The EIS-ULA executive has agreed to authorise an all-out strike in the school if necessary . |
| 48 | The Council ( of children ) has agreed to effect a compulsory purchase . |
| 49 | In a move that runs counter its commitment to clean up the environment in former East Germany , the German government has agreed to exempt a huge rubbish tip near Schonberg near the Baltic coast from its regulations for a five year period . |
| 50 | QC has agreed to chair a working party to consider how best we can provide for effective sanctions for the nonpayment of subscriptions . |
| 51 | The Amoco Corporation , owner of the Amoco Cadiz tanker which caused one of the worst oil spills in history when it ran aground off the French coast in 1978 , has agreed to make a further payment relating to the accident . |
| 52 | Dwight York , who played for Trinidad and Tobago in Sunday 's World Cup defeat by the United States , has agreed to sign a three-year contract with Villa , where he is due to arrive on December 13 . |
| 53 | Bunzl , the parent company of Jarrow-based Filtrona , has agreed to donate a further £25,000 to The Newcastle Initiative 's Cruddas Park project bring the company 's total contribution over three years to £75,000 . |
| 54 | Charlton has been watching the teenage winger recently but England boss Graham Taylor has handed Froggatt an Under-21 debut in Spain tonight . |
| 55 | However , there is also a certain suspicion of informal bargaining , especially in ASLEF which has tended to advocate a strict constitutionalism with regard to the machinery . |
| 56 | In all the cases analysed , make has shifted to evoke an antecedent cause , and the to infinitive almost always evokes a state as arising at the end of a process of causation ( or of coming-to-be ) . |
| 57 | Between Poitiers and l'Ile Bouchard and Mirebeau and Loudun and Chinon someone has dared to build a fair castle at Clairvaux , in the midst of the plain . |
| 58 | PUNK violinist Nigel Kennedy has escaped having a good behaviour pledge slapped on him after smashing up a hotel room . |
| 59 | The Eagle has landed Preserving a listed building while constructing a new one presents architects with major problems . |
| 60 | The curator of Edinburgh zoo has proposed adding a few specimens to the zoo collection . |