Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee on Safety of Medicines ( personal communication ) has received only a single report of visual disorder associated with chlorambucil — namely , corneal opacity — and the manufacturers ( Wellcome ) have only a single report of optic neuritis , occurring on day 1 of chlorambucil treatment and not resolving on withdrawal . |
| 2 | And it 's reputation has travelled or it it 's false reputation has travelled quite a long way . |
| 3 | Over the years Beverley has taught nearly a hundred people how to make monoclonal antibodies in their laboratories . |
| 4 | Associated American Artists has gathered together a representative group of this work in a show called ‘ Rufino Tamayo — seventeen years at the Mixografia workshop ’ . |
| 5 | Historically , what has come to be known as the Third World has attracted only a tiny proportion of all the foreign investment that has taken place , while the economies of many poor countries , and even some rich ones , are commonly said to be dominated by foreign capital and/or foreign firms . |
| 6 | The huge world market out there was worth $330 billion between 1989 and 1992 , but the industry has won only a small share of that business . |
| 7 | The Government has said only a full end to violence is acceptable . |
| 8 | The Muslim Brotherhood has made only a marginal impact on Jordanian life since its entry into parliament . |
| 9 | He has had over a dozen matches and scored only two goals , so perhaps as Joo said its time for the subs bench ( remember Le Tissier on sunday ) . |
| 10 | Thanks to the vagaries of international politics , Ethiopia has had only a tiny slice of this aid cake . |
| 11 | Although Adrian is the Olympic champion , we both held the world record and Adrian has had perhaps a four year head start on myself . |
| 12 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ My horse has got quite a high cruising speed and , even if we stay in the middle , he is more than capable of galloping his way back into the reckoning . ’ |
| 14 | The book by Bram Stoker and published at the end of the last century has sold over a million copies . |
| 15 | Formerly a private hotel , it has needed only a little work to convert it to its new use . |
| 16 | A fashion show has raised almost a thousand pounds for a special school for handicapped children . |
| 17 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 18 | The anthropological fieldworker who eventually returns to the social setting of his homeland usually finds that it has become quite a different place . |
| 19 | It is a question that needs to be asked now that , in theoretical terms , the affirmation of difference has become almost a new orthodoxy . |
| 20 | The term " Urgonian " has become almost a dirty word in Cretaceous stratigraphy , for it is not one of the internationally accepted stage names and it is said to be a diachronous , southern facies . |
| 21 | I know several inspectors who have refused a college scholarship , arguing that the time spent away from the force was time spent in structural limbo , and it has become almost a common adage that time away is time lost in ‘ the promotion stakes ’ . |
| 22 | Reproduced in calendars , on birthday cards , and in coffee-table books , this painting has become almost a ritualized symbol of the reverence which English people have for their countryside . |
| 23 | For companies like , pitching to investors has become virtually a full time job . |
| 24 | A spokesman said : ‘ It has become virtually a one-man book , with almost all the bets on the mighty Quinn . |
| 25 | The Dane , though shy and retiring and lacking a sense of humour , has knitted together a unified policy for the agency , which spends every year some £400 million of European taxpayers ' money . |
| 26 | He has arrived only a short while before , but did not question the order that von Keller gave to Lt Rosen and several men of the 10th Company to remain close to the vehicle and to bring it up to the battalion by road . |
| 27 | Thanks to Peterborough 's Hospital at Home ( HAH ) system , Jessica has spent only a few days in the local district hospital . |
| 28 | Plans to transfer the management of the schemes to community organisations are almost complete , and Liz Taylor 's pet Aids charity , AMFAR , has set aside a small sum to fund them . |
| 29 | Jan Arriens has brought together a remarkable compilation of letters from prisoners facing execution in the USA . |
| 30 | A man armed with a handgun has stolen around a thousand pounds from an estate agents . |