Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the Festival 's six major themes is that of ‘ Recreation and Sport ’ and the Scottish Sports Council through Actionsport Scotland has undertaken to organise a daily programme of sports activities . |
| 2 | The time has come to take a closer look at that assumption . |
| 3 | For example , the period 1945–51 has come to acquire a retrospective glow which it may not altogether deserve . |
| 4 | ‘ The company has been a wonderful part of my life , but I feel the time has come to permit a younger generation to take the reins . ’ |
| 5 | For over five years , news from CCG has come under the banner What 's Cooking ? , but as the company has grown to include a wide range of other services as well as catering , we felt that title was no longer appropriate . |
| 6 | From a family firm with some 2,000 employees in 1966 , the group has grown to become a public company comprising nine factories employing around 6,000 people at home and overseas . |
| 7 | She has applied to do a nursing degree . |
| 8 | THE GOVERNMENT has moved to defuse a growing row over its plan to introduce foreign language teaching for all Scottish primary pupils . |
| 9 | Anyone who has struggled to remove a rear tractor tyre or large trailer tyre will be pleased to see a new American innovation which eases the task . |
| 10 | Standing on the step was Father James Morrow , the Roman Catholic priest and pro-life activist who has threatened to bring a private prosecution for murder against the anguished couple if their son is allowed to die . |
| 11 | A priest has threatened to launch a private prosecution against the doctor who treated the Hillsborough coma victim , Tony Bland , who died after his life-support machine was legally switched-off . |
| 12 | Mr Töpfer has threatened to apply a similar scheme to car manufacturers and to the makers of electronic goods , such as computers and television sets . |
| 13 | Greenpeace has threatened to seek a judicial review if a full public inquiry into the need for the plant is not held . |
| 14 | Our church has decided to erect a new building so that worship may continue on the present site . |
| 15 | AR-WACC has decided to establish a computerised communication data bank for the Region . |
| 16 | The Greek government has decided to build a massive complex of dams to divert the Akheloos River , endangering protected wetland areas which host thousands of wading birds including several endangered species . |
| 17 | He , too , has decided to keep a public silence . |
| 18 | He has sought to make a political attack on me , and I shall reply in the same way because the right hon. Gentleman has been highly selective in his summary of the case . |
| 19 | Faced with this ambiguity , the Bank has sought to make a clear distinction between its money-market operations ( for purposes of monetary policy ) and its bond-market operations ( for purposes of meeting the government 's borrowing requirement ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Working towards the award has helped to create a greater teamwork spirit throughout the factory . ’ |
| 21 | It has helped to create a new generation of seriously wealthy individuals and the establishment of a tax system geared to entrepreneurs . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | See our problem page maybe one of our NCT mums has had to handle a similar problem . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | BRITAIN has offered to train a future South African police force , Baroness Chalker , the overseas development minister , said yesterday . |