Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was sold as part of the National Bus Company sale to a company about which we have heard a great deal in our deliberations , Stagecoach , which is based in Perth . |
| 2 | I have arranged a two-day debate in the House so that I may express that clearly and listen to the views of the House . |
| 3 | ‘ By adapting best practice observed elsewhere we have developed a distinctive operation in our market place . ’ |
| 4 | Annual data on the social class origin of births , routinely available since 1970 , have highlighted a startling shift in the relative contribution which each social class has made to each birth cohort and therefore to each future generation ( table 4.12 ) . |
| 5 | The late 1980s have witnessed a virtual revolution in the range and quality of learning materials produced for nurses of every clinical specialism and professional interest . |
| 6 | The 1970s and 1980s have witnessed a striking growth in the range of development options available to NHS managers . |
| 7 | The past ten years have witnessed a tremendous growth in the number and variety of transport services provided by the transport sector . |
| 8 | The introduction comments : ‘ We have witnessed a great change in manners : the substitution of words without blows for blows with or without words ; an approximation in the manners of different classes ; a decline in the spirit of lawlessness . ’ |
| 9 | First , and of most immediate relevance as far as the tax-protest movement is concerned , the past two decades have witnessed a remarkable change in the nature of political dissent which has increasingly assumed unconstitutional and , on occasions , violent forms . |
| 10 | Yet , as we shall see , the last few years have witnessed a remarkable upsurge in research in those areas where quantification is possible , such as strike activity and its determinants ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 11 | The educational background and training of chartered librarians in Britain has not been well understood by teachers , and in particular it has been noticeable how reluctant spokesmen of the School Library Association have been to acknowledge that some librarians have received a special training in work with children of school age , with materials for children of school age , and involving more than an acquaintance with the study of educational systems and methods and of child development . |
| 12 | Botha , who wins his 28th and possibly last cap for South Africa , said : ‘ We have received a wonderful welcome in England which has relaxed my players and this is something you can see reflected in our three wins here so far . |
| 13 | Sprint Corp and the Bulgarian Telecommunications Co have formed a joint venture in Bulgaria , Reuter reports from Sofia : the Sprint Business Telecommunications Co plans to provide SprintNet value-added communications services that will enable Bulgarian customers to their link host and personal computers with others around the world . |
| 14 | Eddie Newton has slotted in well alongside Andy Townsend and Frank Sinclair and David Lee have formed a good partnership in defence . |
| 15 | In practice , writers on style have differed a great deal in their understanding of the subject , and one source of disagreement has been the question " To what or whom do we attribute style ? " |
| 16 | ‘ Action taken to contain operating costs and introduce more selective underwriting procedures has proved increasingly effective and we have reported a substantial recovery in our operating performance for 1992 . |
| 17 | The 24 hour telephone service is staffed throughout the year and volunteers have reported a marked increase in the number of calls being received from the Teesdale area . |
| 18 | Apparently her various self-improvement ploys have included a short course in relaxation therapy . |
| 19 | THE Automen have solved a messy problem in the Barlaston cup shop . |
| 20 | Led by lively frontman Steven Tyler , the band have enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in recent years thanks to the mega-selling ‘ Pump ’ album of a few years back and several hit singles , including ‘ Rag Doll ’ , ‘ Love In An Elevator ’ , ‘ Janie 's Got A Gun ’ and ‘ Livin' On The Edge ’ . |
| 21 | However , such strategies have perhaps become less important for the very high income earners who , in recent years , have enjoyed a large reduction in the taxes they have had to pay following the reduction in the high rates of income tax since 1979 : for example , in real terms , those earning over £400 per week take home on average an extra £55 more in 1986 then they did in 1979 . |
| 22 | THE West Somerset Railway have won a major prize in the Ratcliff Mobility Awards . |
| 23 | In another inspired move this season they have added a new coach in Glen Ross , from New Zealand . |
| 24 | Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information . |
| 25 | We have come a long way in this preliminary discussion without saying anything about what actually counts as data in the social sciences . |
| 26 | Douglas McIldoon , of the EC , said : ‘ This document demonstrates that you have come a long way in this region and it will give us great pleasure in working with you to make it happen . ’ |
| 27 | DANDELIONS have come a long way in Darlington . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , most elderly people have to suffer a considerable drop in their income after retirement , and careful planning and budgeting is required to maintain a reasonable standard of living . |
| 29 | It is not surprising , then , that the vocational uses have occupied a central position in the assessment of education for all sectors of the political spectrum . |
| 30 | Over the past few months I have noticed a slight decrease in the amount of information being sent for publication in Touchline . |