Example sentences of "in [adj] have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One American daguerreotypes , a Baptist minister called Levi Hill , claimed in 1850 to have found a combination of chemistry which would record colour as well as tone , and he made several announcements promising to reveal the technique . |
| 2 | One American daguerreotypes , a Baptist minister called Levi Hill , claimed in 1850 to have found a combination of chemistry which would record colour as well as tone , and he made several announcements promising to reveal the technique . |
| 3 | Brinson , before taking over the Gulbenkian Foundation in London in 1972 had chaired an arts committee of the Foundation , set up to discuss and provide financial help to the performing arts , and particularly to dance , which had had , in his words ‘ a raw deal ’ . |
| 4 | Guardian angels had survived the Reformation , though they led a less secure existence than in the Catholic Church , which in 1621 had decreed a festival of guardian angels , to be celebrated annually on 2nd October . |
| 5 | By the end of the century , however , trade unionism had been virtually eliminated from agriculture , following the determined resistance of farmers , who in 1874 had instituted a lock-out in East Anglia which effectively broke Arch 's union . |
| 6 | Two years later Harris and his wife Mary became residents of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons in Croydon ; he had been an active Freemason since 1818 , and in 1849 had published a set of designs for lodge tracing boards , which became standard for many years . |
| 7 | , Martin Hope ( 1815–1901 ) , seed merchant , was born 14 March 1815 , the elder son of John Sutton , corn merchant , miller , and seedsman of Reading , who in 1806 had founded a shop dealing in agricultural seeds , especially those of corn and pasture grasses , which grew into Sutton & Sons , the Royal Seed Establishment . |
| 8 | It seems that even the toxic cloud that rose over Seveso in 1976 has had a silver lining … |
| 9 | Farmers involved in set-aside have reported a drop in partridges breeding on land which previously enjoyed healthy populations of the birds when it was used to grow wheat and barley . |
| 10 | From the dawn of recorded history , the Mediterranean world in particular had made a cult of the Dioscuri , the Divine Twins . |
| 11 | The companies within the Food Product Division made progress and in particular have secured a number of new customers . |
| 12 | It is important , too , that close attention is paid to image building ( e.g. banks and insurance companies must be seen to be stable , reliable institutions , but with a friendly , non-intimidating attitude — an image which banks in particular have spent a lot of money fostering over the past decade ) . |
| 13 | The 53-year-old seating — installed when the school was built in 1938 had done a sterling job for the armed forces during the war and pupils alike over the year . |
| 14 | Scientists who have monitored the local environment since the oil spill caused by the Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1989 have reported a range of unsuspected effects on wildlife . |
| 15 | His Future of Socialism in 1956 had provided a point of reference for the party , and progressives throughout the nation , over the past twenty years with its emphasis on social equality rather on public ownership as the instrument of change . |