Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comparison with the original ring-of-two current stabiliser of Peter Williams ( WW September 1966 ) reveals that V Lakshminarayanan has over simplified the circuit to such an extent that it no longer works as a current stabiliser ( EW + WW July 1991 ) . |
| 2 | In the preface to his Hortus Britanno-Americanus ( written in 1749 but not published until 1763 ) Mark Catesby [ q.v. ] , the pioneer naturalist of the south-eastern states of America , said that ‘ Mr. Gray at Fulham has for many years made it his business to raise and cultivate the plants of America ( from whence he has annually fresh supplies ) in order to furnish the curious with what they want … |
| 3 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 4 | Chief Planning and Development Officer , Liam Tiller , says he 's pleased that after nearly two years , Whitehall has at last agreed to the Council 's proposals . |
| 5 | Though Michael Herr has in many ways done well out of Vietnam , he says : ‘ I think I paid a lot of dues ; Neil Sheehan [ author of A Bright Shining Light ] paid a lot of dues ; Don McCullin paid a lot of dues ; Larry Burrows paid all his dues . |
| 6 | DEC has at last announced its OSF/1-based operating system for Alpha-based AXP systems , giving its Alpha hardware customers an alternative from VMS . |
| 7 | Mr Watkins has after all signed and presented the NES . |
| 8 | BML has for some time been concerned about the declining popularity of the NBS , which began in a blaze of publicity in 1955 . |
| 9 | The University of Warwick has for some time provided the possibility of studying both English and foreign texts in a comparative way at undergraduate level . |
| 10 | Advanc 'd above pale envy 's threat'ning reach . |
| 11 | So what chance realistically does Linda have of succeeding and giving up all those part-time jobs ? |
| 12 | He was reported to have said that Pakistan had in 1991 frozen production of highly enriched uranium , meeting one of the US demands , but would only destroy its weapons cores if India did the same . |
| 13 | It seems that David had at first great difficulty in making his way with the public , and was several times unsuccessful in his efforts after fame . |
| 14 | Form an equation and solve it to find how much Gregory had at first . |
| 15 | The Magistrate had long been interested in Lucy but not because Cupid had at last managed to lodge an arrow in his stony heart . |
| 16 | Hungary had in late January limited the renewal of export licences for sales to the Soviet Union ( with which it had a marked trade surplus ) and pursued its aim of exporting more to the West for hard currency . |
| 17 | All the Met Waafs at Bourn had by this time qualified for their ‘ props ’ , so we were two steps up from the bottom of the ladder and that 's where we stopped . |
| 18 | Tilda had at first elaborated her story , saying that her mother was looking for a new Daddy , but her observation , quick as a bird 's flight , showed her that this was going too far , and she added that she and her sister prayed nightly to Our Lady of Fatima for her father 's return . |
| 19 | Back in the late 60s and early 70s , Basil d'Oliveria had with some fine batting displays caught the eyes of England selector and displayed his talents on a world stage with the former Gloucester and Worcester bat , Tom Graveney given the mighty West Indians some headaches . |
| 20 | BILLY Sinclair and Coleraine have at last found the recipe for success . |
| 21 | Although the British profession has not adopted a multi-media outlook with the celerity that many would wish , there are plenty of examples of public libraries with visual and aural collections , and the counties of Wiltshire , Somerset and Leicestershire have in recent years been offering significant audio-visual services to teachers and schools . |
| 22 | The Department of Agriculture in Scotland has for many years conducted individual farm assessments with appeal committees on which farmers are represented . |
| 23 | One advantage Bedfordshire has at this time was that packages such as SIR , EDFAX and COMMUNITEL were being piloted in the country and one librarian was involved in a Prestel project . |
| 24 | But every health-care system is facing similar pressures and the need to improve efficiency is important , without sacrificing equity and free access , which the NHS has in larger measure than most other health care systems ( Le Grand , 1989b ) . |
| 25 | It 's also knowing and being interested in the history of things , which I do n't think Maggie has at all . |
| 26 | HCIMA has for many years been active in accrediting hotel and catering programmes , both in Europe and around the world . |
| 27 | Brazil has for political reasons pushed Proalcool despite the fact that in narrow economic terms gasohol is still inferior to petrol . |
| 28 | Upjohn has at all times contended that Halcion is safe and effective and that any errors in the presentation of its material to the Licensing Authority were unintended , and it is suing the BBC for libel . |
| 29 | And Glotz has for many years now supervised all my recordings . |
| 30 | Certainly denon 's is a substantially clearer and less muddled sound , but this can often also be achieved with simple care and attention to mastering , allied to access the original lacquers or tapes — which Denon has in many cases had . |