Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the early 1980s , the receipts from direct taxes on income have fluctuated around an average figure some 10% above those from indirect taxes on expenditure ; we have returned to the broad pattern of the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 2 | It has been pointed out by various ‘ consumer experts ’ and journalists , who feel they have stumbled on a minor scandal that deserves an exposé , that many mineral waters contain significant amounts of metals and salts . |
| 3 | At first the companions think they have stumbled across a dead ship ; the crew lies slumped over the flight deck controls , their heartbeats non-existent . |
| 4 | Since 1945 conversion rates have fallen to a lower level , of about 15,000 — 17,000 ha , and this is considered to be the direct result of stricter planning controls . |
| 5 | Although the total proportion of diagnoses seems to be rising , the rise is steepest in those who historically have fallen into a high risk group — that is , woman aged 35 and older . |
| 6 | It is certainly my hope that this is the last time we have heard of a Denning-type investigation . |
| 7 | On a video-film made at Highlander entitled ‘ Save our Land and People , ’ a variety of these groups speak to each other about their own problems and possible solutions , hopes and fears , and I think it is no accident that some of the most beautiful music and evocative songs which I have heard for a long time comes from these people . |
| 8 | Mm , I 'm sure you 'll find something in Marks and Spencers , I have heard about a new trick mum , how to con money out of Marks and Spencers |
| 9 | You have hidden for a long time , Maggie , and missed so much . ’ |
| 10 | For years , local managers have hidden behind a national agreement , privately agreeing that pay levels or poor , that they have no influence on the decisions made at national level . |
| 11 | ‘ Since coming back from maternity leave I have plunged into a new area . |
| 12 | The context in which they arose was that of the capitalist world economy and imperialism ; hence there has also been , in many of these movements a substantial socialist influence , and in some countries , notably in China , nationalist movements have culminated in a social revolution . |
| 13 | ‘ At least , ’ said Penny Warlock , ‘ you can say you have taught in a good school . |
| 14 | Some learning resources are cheaper than others , and British primary schools have improvised for a long time with the very simplest materials including the discarded packaging of the consumer society . |
| 15 | In the 13 World Cups since 1930 , the world 's best players have gathered in an ever-expanding display of skill and enthusiasm for the game . |
| 16 | Assistant director of social services , Andrew Brooker , said : ‘ We have consulted with a wide range of staff and other agencies who have a direct interest in how Hampshire carry out implementation of community care legislation . |
| 17 | Already television consultants , Judge Marketing have arranged for a special camera to be set up on board British Steel Challenge . |
| 18 | In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? |
| 19 | ‘ War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions , when they have developed to a certain stage , between classes , nations , states , or political groups , and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes . ’ |
| 20 | Once the seedlings have developed to a reasonable size , they should be transplanted in the aquarium . |
| 21 | Scottish psychiatric services have developed at a different pace and in a somewhat different form from those south of the border . |
| 22 | For these reasons , specialist services have developed at a fast pace within the CAD , as has been seen in the previous chapter . |
| 23 | The final separation may mean an agony of divided loyalty for the children of the marriage or it may spell relief from intolerable tensions which have developed over a long period . |
| 24 | For the most part , multidisciplinary psychogeriatric teams have developed as an enhanced version of the traditional service , with the consultant as the team leader and decision maker and all patients receiving formal psychiatric assessment at some point during their contact with the service . |
| 25 | These are now telecast live , or slightly delayed , and have developed into a major part of the state-run television schedule on a Saturday afternoon — with the consequent spin-offs to the various sponsors . |
| 26 | Moscato , Gimbert , lock Mougeot and flanker Courtiols were hand-picked by wily talent scout Appriou three or four years ago and have developed into a formidable outfit . |
| 27 | The substance of all that has so far been written in this chapter illustrates how there can be established a firm belief that God and man have developed from a common origin , the origin itself being irrelevant . |
| 28 | My hon. Friends the Members for Croydon , North-West and for Ealing , North ( Mr. Greenway ) have referred to a vocational/non-vocational divide within our proposals . |
| 29 | Thieves have broken into an electrical shop and stolen several sophisticated radio scanners . |
| 30 | Some scientists have pointed to a recent brightening of the sun as an important contributory factor to global warming . |