Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [noun] [prep] a [num] " in BNC.
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1 | Phillipon told reporters that Quebec and Nova Scotia are not party to the framework since they had broken ranks with a 1991 provinical agreement to disdain unilateral compensation by earlier this year unveiling vastly discrepant compensation programmes . |
2 | The County Council had given permission for a 70 acre toxic waste dump in Ringaskiddy on part of the 1000 acres owned by the IDA — there was that threat over people 's heads . |
3 | Last year , though , a group led by Eric Norman at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California declared that it had seen evidence for a 17 keV neutrino in radioactive decays of carbon-14 . |
4 | The home side , boosted by the inclusion of Dutch world Cup stars Taco Van Den Hornet , Floris Jan Bovelander and GB gold medallists John Shaw , Stephen Martin and Sean Kerly , clawed their way back with two goals in the last twelve minutes after Dan Clarke , with a hat-trick , had steered Ireland into a 5–3 lead . |
5 | If , in fact , traffic had warranted operations through a 12 hour day , then the number of men required to work the system would have been 4 not 3 , with some duplication to provide relief , and the total wage bill would have been at least £8 per week , which makes Thomas 's figure look ridiculous . |
6 | After Nancarrow had deprived Marshall of a 7–0 lead in the decisive fourth game , Marshall saved two match points and served for the match twice , only to be foiled twice by a drop shot . |