Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 In the 1980s , the economic recession has produced a trend towards takeovers and mergers in the international record industry .
2 The political branch have installed a hot line direct to the Ministry 's central computer in Rome and even so they cant keep up .
3 Nevertheless some of the patients with an intact pouch have had a relatively satisfactory short term outcome .
4 This is the second time a court has ruled that press coverage of a controversial case has prevented a fair trial .
5 The European Parliament has adopted a resolution urging both sides to accept arbitration from the International Court of Justice in The Hague .
6 Its regional organizer has negotiated a company agreement with the Board , the main points of which are detailed above .
7 Europe 's supercomputing industry has received a boost with unveiling by German company Parsytec of plans for a new range of parallel machines .
8 The overall tone of noble criticism remained moderate , yet political consciousness had taken a momentous leap since Nicholas 's death .
9 The advent of the private car has made a greater percentage of the population mobile , we can reach many different areas today by private car .
10 In the first brief item the court heard that a 27-year-old chef had strangled a 25-year-old homosexual friend with a dog choke-chain after a ‘ slave and master ’ sex session .
11 Mr Smith said it was a ‘ curious coincidence that the prospect of political defeat has caused a revisal of the legal opinion ’ .
12 The Institute 's Technical Department has published a booklet on Accounting Records and the Smaller Company , price £2 ( p 97 ) .
13 Many Tories now recognise that the abuse of political patronage has played a significant part in fuelling Scotland 's dissatisfaction with the Union .
14 To help those in this position Scottish Provident has published a free Guide to the Carry Back and Carry Forward of Tax Relief .
15 The US company backed with British money has made a hasty deal to put its much-publicised camera on general sale in Britain after Easter .
16 Ceridian Corp has reported a first quarter net profit of $12.9m , compared with a loss last time of $34.1m , which included a loss from discontinued operations of $13.2m and a $41.8m charge from an accounting change , on turnover that increased 8.8% at $224.4m ; net earnings per share were $30 .
17 In recent years , the life-history technique has had a revival in sociological research , being used by those who wish to develop ‘ oral history ’ .
18 ‘ We-e-e-ll — ’ The fatal pause , and my fate was sealed and British Rail had lost a customer .
19 And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views .
20 I particularly wanted to know Sir Alec 's views now that British Rail had submitted a scaled-down plan .
21 British Rail has given a figure of £1.4 billion for the construction of the station complex .
22 British Rail has offered a wide range of economy fares for off-peak periods as a result of its surveys .
23 BRITISH Rail has introduced a £20m package of improvements to North-East services aimed at attracting more travellers on to local trains .
24 ‘ Let's pretend our train has got 25 loads on it , let's pretend British Rail has got a locomotive which can actually pull 25 loads over Shap Fell and let's assume it is 100 per cent full , ’ he continued .
25 BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for Teesside travellers .
26 BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for passengers with a new timetable shake-up to take effect from May .
27 BRITISH Rail has launched a winter sale , with cut-price deals on long-distance Saver tickets .
28 For feminists , the acknowledgement of lesbian experience has become a central theoretical issue .
29 The role of community education in the process of social change has aroused a great deal of discussion and action by socially committed adult educators over the last two decades .
30 Moderator I reported to the general assembly last year that the Board of Social Responsibility had planned a deficit on its operation of thirty eight eventide homes amounting to a little over two million pounds .
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