Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’ |
| 2 | The utter failure of the opinion polls to measure public opinion has plunged a stake through the heart of the market research industry — those people responsible for junk mail that is supposed to be perfectly targeted at your lifestyle and habits , and who gather their information in exactly the same way as opinion pollsters . |
| 3 | He is putting his faith in an appeal to create an endowment fund , and recently he has received a grant from the new libraries programme of the EC , to exchange and coordinate information between the Witt , the Rijksbureau in The Hague , and Trinity College , Dublin . |
| 4 | Furthermore , it is open to a company to complain that a competitor has received a subsidy from a public authority which is incompatible with the Treaty of Rome . |
| 5 | Consultant Greta Baldwin has received a request for a consultation from an inhabitant of Coutances . |
| 6 | Trust dispositions are valid only if the trustee has received a benefit under the testator 's will . |
| 7 | ‘ The business of the Mayor , my dear Athelstan , is that Sir Adam Horne , burgess , alderman and close friend of the late Sir Ralph , has received a drawing of a three-masted cog , together with a flat sesame seed cake . ’ |
| 8 | But after her refusal , Carol has received a letter from the council saying it has ‘ discharged itself of the responsibility of rehousing her as a homeless person ’ . |
| 9 | Every shift towards plausibility which Mr Kinnock has led the Labour Party into making has received a version of the same response . |
| 10 | Shoreditch has received a copy of a chain letter circulating in the constituency , urging Labour supporters to vote Lib Dem . |
| 11 | Er , as the last speaker said , everybody has received a copy of the rules in their wallet and I would them to take a lo take , take that copy out and have a look at it . |
| 12 | Structure plans have to be approved by the Secretary of State and except for small amendments , he generally accepts them after he has received a report by a panel who hold ‘ an Examination in Public ’ . |
| 13 | WASHINGTON , D.C. Mr Frohnmayer , the former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ) forced to resign earlier this year by President Bush for the NEA 's support of risqué art in the past ( The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , p. 1 ) , has received a slap on the other cheek now . |
| 14 | The movement to elevate the professional status of nurses has received a boost from the new federal Minister for Health , Senator Graham Richardson . |
| 15 | Since becoming the first Scot in 35 years to win the Amateur title at Carnoustie last year , Dundas has known that he would be playing in the US Masters at Augusta and Open Championship at Royal St George 's , and now he has received an invitation to the US Open , to be played at Baltusrol , New Jersey , on 17-20 June . |
| 16 | The former Royal maid accused of stealing letters from Princess Anne has received an apology from the national newspaper which called her a thief . |
| 17 | A MAN who claims his mail has not been delivered for over two years has received an apology from the Post Office after the discovery of over 400 letters at the home of a former postman . |
| 18 | Having cut his teeth at Disney Studios , Lasseter has developed a reputation with a series of shorts over the past five years which have brought together the very best aspects of hand and computer animation , creating something quite special in the process . |
| 19 | She has developed a passion for a blend of ylang-ylang and patchouli . |
| 20 | Corporate Software Inc has developed an approach to the problem designed to minimise the cost . |
| 21 | Jessop has developed an approach to the analysis of power and the state in capitalism which brings together insights from Marxist and non-Marxist accounts . |
| 22 | The Nursing Employment Service has developed an initiative with the Royal College of Nursing and the Nursing Standard — a professional journal for nurses — to help unemployed nurses find work . |
| 23 | Revusky ( 1971 , 1977 ) has developed an account of the role of interference effects in associative learning that has proved applicable to a wide range of phenomena . |
| 24 | Iain Menzies Banks , mayor of the island , has mooted a plan for the preservation of the whale as the centrepiece of Wallyworld , a luxury tourist preserve and family theme park . |
| 25 | The fact that no one has created a furore over this would suggest that Ireland has travelled a hell of a healthy distance since those dark days in the 60's when your book was banned . |
| 26 | We 're stuck in this car on this motorway , the three of us , and someone ( the driver ! — me ! ) has leant an elbow on the button of the central locking system . |
| 27 | A CHILEAN judge has halted a probe into the death of British defence journalist Jonathan Moyle because of a lack of clues . |
| 28 | And Grace Borgenicht has arranged a survey of the noted group of Canadian landscape painters centred in the Toronto area . |
| 29 | With a broad sweep of his brush Unger has painted an explanation for the replacement of rule with discretion . |
| 30 | The arrival of the Bosigran guide has provoked a complaint to the Climbers ' Club from local activist Rowland Edwards that a comment in the historical section , which claims he is unwilling to release information on his new routes , has misrepresented his position . |