Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Basis has agreed to sell a half-million dollars worth of the C++ SoftBench 3.0 and SoftBench 3.0 products on Sparc machines . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | The Council ( of children ) has agreed to effect a compulsory purchase . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | QC has agreed to chair a working party to consider how best we can provide for effective sanctions for the nonpayment of subscriptions . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | Venables who has attempted to keep a low profile , hoping not to give the book credence , will point out that he invested £3½ million , and many hours of his day to seize control of the club , when his successful takeover bid helped solve Tottenham 's financial problems , and oust Scholar as a consequence . |
| 45 | The case , referred under powers to challenge unduly lenient sentences introduced in February , is the first in which the Appeal Court has refused to substitute a stiffer sentence . |
| 46 | STOKE forward Wayne Biggins has refused to sign a new contract unless he gets an immediate pay rise . |
| 47 | I understand Turkey holds no attraction for the out-of-contract striker , who has refused to sign a one-year deal at Anfield . |
| 48 | The purpose of these breaks is to give learners a chance to catch up with the plot ; to get them to a point where they understand enough of what has happened to make a reasonable stab at following the gist of the next part . |
| 49 | One fraction of the team has tried to sustain a developmental role-going about establishing play schemes and mobilising parent support groups . |
| 50 | Suppose it has tried to promote a special line of soft toys by selling them next to infants ' clothes . |
| 51 | And this year the association has tried to make a clean break from the past . |
| 52 | And this year the association has tried to make a clean break from the past . |
| 53 | Since it was restructured five years ago ( see Nature 332 , 197 ; 1988 ) , the CSIR has tried to obtain a larger proportion of its income from both the private and public sectors for consulting . |
| 54 | Since the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act , which made this possible , CPRW has continued to take a keen interest in ensuring that the protection afforded by this designation is effectively applied , especially in the three National Parks of Wales . |
| 55 | The number of readers of pre-1701 printed books , and books in Special Collections , has continued to show a small increase over the year , in line with similar steady , but undramatic , increases over recent years . |
| 56 | However , during the past decade or so , the Polytechnic has made considerable progress and has continued to develop a wide range of degree , sub-degree and professional courses . |
| 57 | Rather more officially , Radio Moscow has started to sell a faxed information service of its own , using leased Japanese equipment . |
| 58 | Today is the actual anniversary of the tragic night in Tottenham when Eubank crushed Watson — and it is only recently that the Islington fighter has started to make a real recovery . |
| 59 | Unless a Gatt agreement is reached soon , Washington has vowed to target a further $1.7 billion of EC exports — and this is when Britain will start hurting . |
| 60 | EVERY now and again , just when flower arranging has begun to seem a reasonable way of spending Saturday afternoons , the game produces something which restores the faith . |