Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MORE than 14,000 shoppers have backed a campaign to support Sunday trading but the issue will remain in deadlock for another three weeks , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 2 | But 60,000 shoppers have backed a campaign to give shops like VG , Mace , Spar and Londis , the right to sell papers . |
| 3 | These DES guidelines have generated a barrage of terms used with increasing ease by headteachers and officers , but still unfamiliar to most staff and governors . |
| 4 | Through the initiative of a Belgian , Cynrik de Decker , seven members of 90 Squadron Association have attended a ceremony of remembrance to the seven crew of Stirling EH907 ( WP-O ) which crashed on 4 July 1943 . |
| 5 | Already the British Woodcarvers Association have instigated a touring exhibition , Shakespeare 's England , to raise valuable funds for The Globe , starting at the Woodworker Show at Sandown Park in September . |
| 6 | Your financial support is most welcome and The Stroke Association have produced a catalogue of useful items which are now available by mail order . |
| 7 | More than 5,000 Swindon fans have signed a petition calling on the sports governing body to return the club to the first flight , replacing another side which has already pulled out of the league . |
| 8 | FOOTBALL : Nearly 400 Wolves ' fans have signed a petition protesting at the design of a new kit to be worn by the club next season and launched at Saturday 's final home game against Middlesbrough . |
| 9 | The last two centuries have brought a variety of attempts in theology to cope with these questions , and both the alternatives bequeathed by Lessing have been followed . |
| 10 | ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . ) |
| 11 | Still , that most provinces have reached a stage where compensation of any form is under consideration is itself a remarkable turn of events . |
| 12 | For a while now , Mrs Thatcher and President Mitterrand have had a communication problem with Mr Kohl . |
| 13 | Hambledon District Council believes that insufficient regard has been payed erm to these issues erm in the structure plan alteration , in paragraph thirty three the P P G sets down a list of criteria erm to which local authorities er should refer erm , I 'll erm refer specifically to er to three of them and I and and comeback to them as I go through erm erm what I want to say , erm the first one I draw that I would draw the panel 's attention to is erm that the alternative of the expansion of existing towns or villages should represent a less satisfactory method at providing the land for housing that is needed , and it 's a rhetorical question really here , erm and w we would ask that erm if there has n't been a comparative appraisal erm of the two options , and how could there be , there 's no erm district or areas been identified , how can we be certain that one option is better than another under the terms of that er criterion , erm the oth second point we would draw the panel 's attention is that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities , and again I would emphasize there that Hambledon District Council objects , and the third one is the option of a new settlement in preference to the alternative would result in positive environmental improvements , and I 'll return to that erm briefly in relation to er to Hambledon , P P G twelve erm paragraph six one four that 's been referred to it , includes a check list of issues against which areas in for new development in general er need to be er considered , with particular reference for reducing the need for travel , erm amongst these issues that the P P G asked the Councils to take into account erm are that development should make full and effective use of land within existing urban areas , that developments er should consider development patterns that are closely related to public transport net networks , and in relation to housing , and that housing is located in such a way as to minimize car use for journeys to work , school , and other local facilities , P P G thirteen , and I would expect erm I would agree with what Mr Donson has said here , is that it it 's draft and obviously one has to put the appropriate weight on it , but erm this reinforces and expands upon erm established government policy , reducing the need for travel , erm I do n't think it 's necessary for me to go into er the quotes in detail , I think that those have been er been touched on , erm , however , I would say erm that Hambledon District Council believes that the advice in draft P P G thirteen is much less supportive of new settlements , it suggests that greater weight must be given to the environmental implications of the additional traffic generated by new settlements erm this is , erm we believe , particularly important in view of the fact that a new settlement for York is unlikely to be self contained , and by its nature many of the residents will still look to York for essential services , social links , and employment , turning to the residual requirement , erm we have a concern over this , erm clearly a new settlement is intended to mop up any residual requirement which the er policy sets at fourteen hundred dwellings , we 've heard evidence from York today that er the city can accommodate erm more erm houses than was originally envisaged , which brings the residual requirement to erm about the minimum size specified by the County Council as being erm about the right level erm to make a s a new settlement self supporting , however , we would point out that there is still the possibility of erm further peripheral development around York , the greenbelt local plan and Southern Ryedale local plan er have not yet been statutory adopted , the inspector has n't reported on those , we do n't know what he 's going to say about sites er which were at issue , or on the need for flexibility between the inner erm boundary of the greenbelt and the city , irrespective of course of what the inspector says , erm being not yet statutory adopted the County and Ryedale will still have the opportunity to consider , reconsider there policies there , but putting that aside for the present , erm even if it is established that er the requirement for nine thousand seven hundred houses erm ca n't a occupied by er can be accommodated by er peripheral development , erm this does n't it does n't necessarily follow that the answer has to be a new settlement , we heard yesterday in erm great detail that erm environmental considerations have justified a reduction in the rate of development in other districts , erm in the county , I would point out that a relatively modest reduction erm in the inward migration to Ryedale , Selby , and York , could mop up the residual requirement , if one looks at erm the reasons for the greenbelt it is perhaps surprising that given the importance attached to maintaining its historic form and character that this is not an issue erm that 's been considered . |
| 14 | In the main , candidates rejected by GLCABS have shown a lack of understanding of the ethos of the CAB or negative attitudes , which they appear unwilling to change , towards certain client groups . |
| 15 | The historians , confronted by a situation where history is spread across three schools have contrived a formula which allows students virtually to specialise in history … . |
| 16 | Almost a thousand readers have completed a questionnaire after following my Hip and Thigh Diet . |
| 17 | Most readers have had a predilection to dismiss the arguments and speculations . |
| 18 | Navajo Indians in Arizona have launched a campaign against mining activities which they claim are polluting water supplies , interfering with sacred sites and threatening local sheep farmers with coal dust poisoning . |
| 19 | Staff based at the regional office of the National Farmers ' Union at Ely have arranged a series of ‘ surgeries ’ at which members can get help and advice with the paperwork resulting from EC agricultural policy reforms . |
| 20 | Many lakes have suffered a pH drop of between 1 and 1.5 , making them at least ten times more acidic than they should be . |
| 21 | Watford have improved a lot over the past few weeks . |
| 22 | Crystal Palace have offered £1 million for Martyn , named in England 's B squad on Monday , while Watford have had a £500,000 offer for Penrice rejected but are thought to be considering a higher bid . |
| 23 | In the effort to spice up the Enya alliance , some journalists have made a meal out of ‘ menage a trois ’ speculation . |
| 24 | In most cases , however , a transfer of property from the former husband to the former wife will fall within the provisions of s10(1) mentioned above and the Inland Revenue have issued a Press Statement ( see Orange Tax Handbook 1992/93 , Butterworths , IHT Statements of Practice , E12 ) to this effect : Transfer of money or property pursuant to an Order of the Court in consequence of a Decree of Divorce or nullity of marriage will in general be regarded as exempt from Inheritance Tax as transactions at arm 's length which are not intended to confer any gratuitous benefit . |
| 25 | On the quayside the guards have laid a table |
| 26 | The pair have the support of the whole town … local traders have organised a petition to keep them on . |
| 27 | A couple who were kidnapped and pushed off a cliff in a burning car have asked a court to give them the pick-up truck in which they were abducted . |
| 28 | Shortages have become a way of life here , to find these people queueing for staple products shows just how desperate the situation has become . |
| 29 | Each of five finalists have produced a presentation on the theme of ‘ Promoting the North as a quality region ’ . |
| 30 | In Committee and on the Floor of the House , the Opposition have made a series of spending pledges with other people 's money , and pledges to slash the profits of industries that need profits in order to invest . |