Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curfew was lifted on April 9 , and on the same day the opposition groups had a meeting with the King in which they affirmed their commitment to the establishment of " full democracy " . |
| 2 | In 1981 , however , sports car drivers had a World Championship for the first time , when the championship was again renamed the World Endurance Championship and from 1982 the championship was for the new Group C cars . |
| 3 | The opposition parties had a PV of 51.1 , higher than Fianna Fail 's at 45.7 ; but Fianna Fail 's PS was 51.7 , again a majority . |
| 4 | Chf Insp Longstaff said club managers had a responsibility to make sure they knew what the law required of them . |
| 5 | Similarly , the cut-off value of 5.5 for the carbamylated haemoglobin/serum urea patients had a sensitivity of 100% , specificity of 38% , and positive predictive value of 73% for separating reversible renal failure from CRF , and a cut-off value of 0.2 for the carbamylated haemoglobin/serum creatinine ratio had a sensitivity of 100% , specificity of 58% , and positive predictive value of 80% for separating the two conditions . |
| 6 | In fact , the top eight Guardian constituencies had an average Labour swing of 3.8 per cent , and the top eight Sun constituencies had a swing of 4.7 per cent . |
| 7 | The tube workers had a whip-round to pay for a taxi to the railway station . |
| 8 | And the way that the text is translated I 've always supposed that Jesus must have thought that mustard seeds had a lot of faith . |
| 9 | His swimming trunks had a name-tape sewn to the waistband : J. Rossiter . |
| 10 | Lawrence and Lorsch , ( 1967 ) for example , showed how in private manufacturing firms the marketing divisions had a material interest in the maximization of sales , while research and development sought technical innovation and the production departments sought to control costs . |
| 11 | The geese nomes had a knack for that . |
| 12 | Kitson locos had a reputation for good workmanship and innovative design . |
| 13 | Well the Sunday Times had a headline saying ‘ Rocastle is F***ing Brill ’ , or words to that effect : - ) , so people are already saying it ! ! . |
| 14 | There was little evidence that UK companies had a competitiveness problem at DM2.95 . |
| 15 | CIBD 's team of Relationship Managers had a chance to hear for themselves how their role fits in with the future for the Royal Bank when they were addressed by Chief Executive George Mathewson in February . |
| 16 | The Brontë children had a fantasy world , and C.S. Lewis and his brother . |
| 17 | The committee carried out a range of fascinating research and confirmed what the public knew already , namely that the ham sandwiches available in motorway cafeterias had a tendency to be ‘ thin , tasteless ham in soggy bread ’ . |
| 18 | Overall 80% ofmen had a haemoglobin concentration of 12.5 g/dl or less at diagnosis and 75% of women had a concentration of 11.5 g/dl or less . |
| 19 | In wealthy households women had a second set inside . |
| 20 | But they were undoubtedly a constructive way of bringing labour and capital together to resolve their problems peacefully in an atmosphere of mutual recognition and compromise.For this reason , given that employers and governments were willing to accept that trade unions had a function and that they had come to stay , they appeared to the Labour Department of the Board of Trade as its functions developed in the early years of the twentieth century , to be especially useful in dealing with some of the conflicts between labour and capital in which it increasingly became involved . |
| 21 | For instance , although PPG7 discouraged sporadic housing , several district councils had a reputation for permitting it . |
| 22 | Five of the 10 fundholding practices and three of the six control practices had a proportion of their patients in rural areas . |
| 23 | ‘ The Subject Assessors had a sound feeling for the way the department runs , and the experience was very encouraging . |
| 24 | Before the music papers had a chance to review the debut single John Peel discovered it and began playing it , almost on a nightly basis . |
| 25 | A reliable source told the Press Association that Government representatives had a meeting with Libyan officials at which these assurances were repeated . |
| 26 | This afternoon police had a warning for other youngsters who carry similar weapons . |
| 27 | Whereas the bulk of industry faced higher costs and a squeeze on profits , the oil majors had a profit bonanza . |
| 28 | The trains were designed to accommodate patients in the central vehicles , those at either end were for the convenience of the staff , stores , etc. , and in the military trains , the ward or hospital cars had a pharmacy car in the centre . |
| 29 | When a title of a book was given there was discussion about it ; book lists had a paragraph about each book saying who thought what about it . |
| 30 | The food companies had a year of strong growth . |