Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] have [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the national parks , AONBs and certain areas in rural Wales , a number of rural authorities have applied for designation as ‘ rural ’ to benefit from such protection . |
| 2 | She is unable to gauge his mood , her feminine antennae have folded for the night . |
| 3 | Some schools have asked for that to be kept for the sch er you know for them as well . |
| 4 | As we enter the nineties we are progressing slowly with direct mail in UK politics , but national attempts by the different parties have failed for one reason or another . |
| 5 | Tim James , the council 's urban woodlands officer , said : ‘ Dutch elm disease has killed some of the trees and the high winds have accounted for some of the pine and larch . |
| 6 | Some Christians have called for representation of workers on the board of directors , joint decision-making at all levels within the company , the break-up of oligopolies , a restriction on the number of directorships any one person can hold ( the suggested number is three ) and restrictions on the directors of financial corporations holding directorships in non-financial corporations , and vice versa . |
| 7 | To investigate our rhythms , some individuals have lived for long periods in underground caves , cut off from sunlight . |
| 8 | Different universities have opted for one or other of these strategies with very interesting ramifications . |
| 9 | Different investigators have argued for a partial dominant gene , a two-gene theory , a polygenic theory , and a combination of genes of incompatible traits . |
| 10 | French farmers have called for a ban on imports . |
| 11 | Experiments are strong on causal logic , which accounts for the enthusiasm some social scientists have had for them . |
| 12 | Some players have remained for the northern winter in England , France or Italy , to pursue the loose change of world rugby . |
| 13 | Twenty leading British scientists have called for a change in Government to reverse what they call a dramatic decline in the standard of British scientific research . |
| 14 | For thousands of years a few men have searched for these human fruits ; they have filled their minds with the lovely ideas and have taken up their long search and watch on the lonely shore of the other world . |
| 15 | Yet in being forced to come to the Commons to tidy up the mess — though splattering egg on the faces of the Foreign Office lawyers and his colleague Tristan Garel-Jones in the process — Hurd confirmed what a few MPs have known for months . |
| 16 | May I join in the admiration and respect which all concerned , including J. 's mother , have expressed for what the foster parents have done for J. |
| 17 | Some European countries have opted for a more acceptable solution in the form of " right to reply " legislation , which allows judges or " ombudsmen " to direct newspapers to publish corrections and counter-statements from those who claim to have been misrepresented . |
| 18 | The problem is not just that frequently patients in other European countries have to pay for their treatment . |
| 19 | This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction . |
| 20 | And how many hours would six men have to work for before they worked thirty six man hours ? |
| 21 | Britain 's Liberal Democrats have called for urgent measures to tackle the health risks posed by air pollution , including more investment in public transport to cut down on exhaust emissions , the acceptance of World Health Organisation ( WHO ) monitoring guidelines , and an increase in air pollution monitoring stations . |
| 22 | Therefore , although farmers and foresters can change land use and erect new non-residential buildings , private individuals have to apply for planning permission for industrial or residential developments . |
| 23 | Four former Sudanese Pilatus Porters have arrived for rework , three being Turbo models , the other a piston engined version . |
| 24 | Ironically Tory MEPs may secure a better working relationship with their Westminster cousins than the Labour party , thanks in part to the respect the Tory MEPs have won for refusing to buckle under Thatcherite pressure over European union . |
| 25 | At all times in the past , certainly as far back as the Neolithic period , there have been particular places to which surrounding settlements have looked for specialised goods and services . |
| 26 | Increasingly , therefore , TNCs take up international investment opportunities through international capital markets , and domestic companies have to compete for capital from the USA , Japan and other countries . |
| 27 | For the Third World or rather the underdeveloped world these questions have existed for the greater part of this century . |
| 28 | Corporate profits have fallen for the past three years . |
| 29 | All these developments have made for confusion . |
| 30 | The move is bad news for IBM Personal Software Products in its efforts to get OS/2 2.0 established , because many corporate users have gone for OS/2 specifically for its relatively easy integration with mainframe DB2 . |