Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 Glamorgan have given a six-week trial to former Kent allrounder Mark Dobson , 24 .
2 SCHOOL governors have given a cautious welcome to news that the go-ahead has been given to expand Darlington 's overcrowded Catholic schools .
3 In chapter 3 I shall discuss more fully the question of how far these demographic structures do affect the nature of family obligations , at any given point in historical time , considering in particular how far demographic factors in the late twentieth century have given a particular shape to kin groups .
4 Otherwise , they may find that they have given a huge advantage to their competitors , without benefiting sufficiently from the opportunities that have been made available to them .
5 CUSTOMERS at Child & Co have given an enthusiastic welcome to a newly opened museum room at the branch .
6 I join those who have given an enthusiastic welcome to the Queen 's Speech and to the measures within it .
7 National Trust members and the general public have given an enthusiastic reception to the National Trust Visa card and savings account scheme launched with Midland Bank in April .
8 Many students , teachers , educationalists , and examiners like to deal with things which can be classified as clearly right or wrong , and perhaps this is one reason why they have favoured an atomistic approach to foreign language learning , for communication is hard to assess , whereas isolated levels like grammar and vocabulary are much easier .
9 Moderator all the main line churches have recognized a divine call to unity throughout this century .
10 Great Stainton Hospital trip : Members of the Womens Institute from Great Stainton and Bishopton have arranged a special trip to Winterton to visit one of the elderly patients .
11 We have developed a multidisciplinary approach to physical and psychosocial support at our unit in Sweden , and this research was conducted to examine its effects .
12 They have broken a court-made promise to Bob Mays that if he would agree to testing to prove whose child Kim was , they would not seek custody .
13 Staff have reported a massive response to the ‘ January sale ’ , but exact numbers are being kept secret .
14 He justified that approach on the basis that " the lease is a commercial document and we have to find a commercial solution to the problem posed " ) .
15 Recently , I have added a new dimension to my hobby — fish photography .
16 ‘ The Pakistan bowlers have added a new dimension to bowling — one that needs to be carefully noted by other countries if they are to be equally successful swingers of the old ball . ’
17 THE Colombian drug wars have added a new variation to Washington 's ‘ revolving door ’ syndrome , whereby former US officials use the knowledge they gained in government for profit on returning to the private sector .
18 AT the request of fishkeepers , Purity-on-Tap have added a new filter to their popular ‘ CB ’ range .
19 BLUR have added an extra date to their forthcoming UK tour , visiting Coventry Tic Toc on May 3 .
20 CUD have added an extra date to their forthcoming UK tour at Peterborough Academy and move their York show from The Hideaway to York University .
21 As well as putting a ceiling on cases of average tetraplegia , the effect of the decision in Housecroft 's case has meant that awards in less serious cases have to bear a proportional relationship to the guideline figure for tetraplegia .
22 You will also need planning permission if you have to create a new access to your property from a classified road , and if you do , you 'll need the consent of the local highways authority to cross a footpath or verge to reach it .
23 Blanks were also stocked and I have seen a printed example to Shrewsbury .
24 In their study , Narratives of love and loss , Margaret and Michael Rustin ( 1987 ) have applied a psychoanalytical approach to the examination of a group of modern children 's novels and stories .
25 SELKIRK have suffered a double blow to their plans to have a successful second half to the season .
26 Traditionally the two organisations have presented a unified face to the world , but the mask slipped a little last week at the Snape Maltings , where the Sizewell inquiry ends five weeks in session this week .
27 These outbreaks of disorder have presented a major challenge to the Thatcher Government 's image as the guardian of public order .
28 Except in a few isolated instances , there has been little systematic planning in relation to most countries ' social welfare personnel training needs and resources and there has been very limited involvement in find some countries and schools of social work that have adopted a comprehensive approach to social service personnel training and development and are directing their efforts toward maximizing the contribution of all available human resources to their country 's or region 's social development goals .
29 Just as we have adopted an intuitive approach to the concept of set so we shall allow our intuition to guide us in the matter of whether or not an explanation is logically acceptable : to formalise the notion of acceptability would take us too far afield , into symbolic logic .
30 Once herbs are in place , and you have ensured a good start to their lives with properly prepared soil and the right planting technique , there is little more to do .
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