Example sentences of "[art] [noun] have [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | This f is used only to detect when the algorithm has reached a summit or plateau . |
2 | A great anger had heated up , one of Robertson 's new windows had been shattered by a stone , and the womenfolk had made a move to drag the teacher out and throw him in the river . |
3 | However , prior to the Paras going in , The Prudes had proved a completely distinctive and revelatory experience . |
4 | Goremykin , the premier had become a mere figurehead in charge of no major department , and individual ministers reverted to reporting independently and in haphazard fashion to the Tsar . |
5 | For my three children , walking , toddling and cycling in the park has become a much more pleasant experience . |
6 | I think erm it 's interesting erm to listen to desert island discs the last two weeks that the luxury item chosen has been a piano and people are saying that they would like very often , there are a lot of people who 'd like the opportunity to have learnt a musical instrument . |
7 | To celebrate the theme of the festival the Zap has invited a wide range of artists to develop performances around their sense of taboo . |
8 | The storage and preparation of food took place on the north side , where the Eastons have made a studio out of the old pentice , called the tempting shed , which ran along that side . |
9 | ‘ The guitar 's got a personality and that 's the whole reason why people still play them . |
10 | Later when we were enjoying a beer with the station commander were we nearly disposed of when it was announced that the Stirling had clobbered a Coles crane , an ambulance , several minor vehicles and the CO 's Humber . |
11 | Thus in Jaca there were allotments for the poor labourers and no agrarian destitute class ; around Saragossa the labourers had enforced a customary eight-hour day and worked in their free hours on their own plots ; but on the great estates of dry Aragon labour conditions could only be matched in Andalusia . |
12 | It had come home to her earlier when she discovered that the Prince had sent a bouquet of flowers to Camilla when she had been ill . |
13 | Yesterday Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Prince had accepted a long-standing invitation to address the annual conference of the Scottish Crofters Union which has almost 2,000 members in the Western Isles . |
14 | The speech sent shock waves through the medical profession , but the Prince had hit a nerve and , for all the criticism that was heaped on his head in the aftermath , the letters from the public told him he had been right . |
15 | First , opinion polls since the mid-1970s have shown a consistently stable majority for proportional representation ( see ‘ Waiting for reform ’ by Stuart Weir in the April Political Quarterly ) . |
16 | The previous day the Pentagon had issued a statement claiming that the photograph had passed through the hands of a " ring of Cambodia opportunists led by a well-known and admitted fabricator " of information about MIAs . |
17 | Now the Pentagon has begun a serious attempt to find out what the future shape of American defence should be , and whether the new shape will in fact save money . |
18 | In Brazil , for example , the change has meant a vast increase in the added-value part of the supply chain in local hands . |
19 | The Scotsman has obtained a copy of the mandate given to Mr Ford by the charity 's business administration secretary , Lt-Col Ivor Rich . |
20 | It currently trades from 11 stores , including the flagship in Newcastle 's Eldon Square , but the retailer has seen a huge increase in its core market . |
21 | The retailer has acquired a reputation for low prices and efficient service . |
22 | The writer had received a bill from St. Peter 's Hospital for £10.5s.6d. : |
23 | The writing , which was in blue ink , was small and upright , as though the writer had used a set-square for each character . |
24 | Here , the writer has put a full stop between " processes " and " she " , probably because the whole sentence ( with a comma instead of a full stop ) would have been long . |
25 | His partner in the conspiracy , James Laming , who claimed during the trial to have invented a racehorse nobbling stun gun , was jailed for 14 years . |
26 | The EEC has taken a direct interest in the problem of acid deposition , and in November 1988 a directive was agreed upon by EEC environment ministers concerning the sulphur emissions of large combustion plants . |
27 | The EEC has evolved a mechanism for raising revenue known as ‘ own resources ’ . |
28 | And the , the son-in-law 's got a , a computer has n't he ? |
29 | As well as having undertaken the nominated activity within 1990 and being members of the BAPC , entrants for the award had to assemble a small report giving the ‘ whys ’ and the ‘ hows ’ of their particular project . |
30 | David Ross Stewart , the chairman of ESII , said the board had examined a number of options to ensure that shareholders received a payment to reflect the value of the company 's liquid assets , while achieving a satisfactory long-term solution in respect of the unquoted portfolio . |