Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boesky 's cooperation with the regulatory authorities has resulted in a number of other SEC investigations . |
| 2 | The resulting clash of styles has resulted in a forthright , moody range of sensations certainly capable of setting your teeth on edge , if not grinding away in your sleep . |
| 3 | The role of small scale production units has increased in a number of industries . |
| 4 | A ban on the use of lead fishing weights has resulted in a record increase in the number of mute swans in Britain . |
| 5 | The excessive and unrestricted use of pesticides has resulted in a worrying number of cases of acute and chronic pesticide poisoning among Central American peasants . |
| 6 | However , the gain in yields has resulted in a loss of conformation and there is now a hunt for suitable beef sires to boost the dairy herd 's waning meat production . |
| 7 | Lori 's cat-like eyes had narrowed in a way Paige remembered only too well . |
| 8 | She laughed shrilly , seeing the way his eyes had darkened in a way that made the breath lodge hard and heavy in her throat . |
| 9 | National statistics released this week showed the cost of vandalism and arson attacks on schools had doubled in a year from £60m. to £120m . |
| 10 | The applications of computers to other subjects have resulted in a significant commitment to computing in those subjects , but the subject of Computer Science itself remains at the centre : ‘ systematic approaches to the development of computer based systems ( hardware and software ) ’ . |
| 11 | Between the extremes stand the work of Ewan and Fiona McLachlan whose designs have featured in a recent RIBA Forty under 40 exhibition . |
| 12 | During the past few years , relationships between the CNAA and the polytechnics have developed in a number of ways , including the changes in validation arrangements described earlier in this chapter . |
| 13 | A combination of ideal weather conditions and careful management of protected sites has resulted in a record breeding season for several of Britain 's rarest bird species , according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) . |
| 14 | Among primates , especially close collaboration between parents has developed in a few forest-dwelling animals as diverse as gibbons on the one hand and the tiny marmosets on the other . |
| 15 | Two years ’ hard work by and in talking to in-house experts and visiting other companies has resulted in a new guide for the international offshore oil industry . |
| 16 | The excessive concern with disincentive effects has resulted in a less equitable system of taxation . |
| 17 | N. W. Pirie casts doubts on the figure of 100 000 meteorites having Fallen in a shower in Poland in 1868 ( Letters , 31 March , p 914 ) . |
| 18 | Moreover , from such analysis it was clear that in fact companies had responded in a whole range of different ways to the pressures upon them , and indeed that the nature of those pressures varied between industries and between firms . |
| 19 | He found that his feet had cramped in a clench of anguish . |
| 20 | Above : The remains of LF363 at Wittering after the crash crews had succeeded in a very quick knock-down of the blaze . |
| 21 | Land prices in some areas have trebled in a year . |
| 22 | Points A and B should be the same , but operator or system errors have resulted in a discrepancy . |
| 23 | The context in which they arose was that of the capitalist world economy and imperialism ; hence there has also been , in many of these movements a substantial socialist influence , and in some countries , notably in China , nationalist movements have culminated in a social revolution . |
| 24 | Magee 's 30-year-old sister , Kathleen , who for several years has lived in a redbrick Victorian terrace house in Northumberland Street , Derby , with her seven-year-old son , Christopher , was being held last night . |
| 25 | The interest in generative grammars over the last thirty years has resulted in a variety of theories for generative processing of language . |
| 26 | The world has distorted this , and unfortunately many Christians have responded in a very reactionary manner causing many to throw the baby out with the bath water . |
| 27 | Since March the dogs have competed in a mixture of open and championship shows as far afield as Leeds , Doncaster and Stafford and the occasional show close to home . |
| 28 | The report suggested that corruption had reached such a point that several officers had connived in a plot to topple the government in the early 1980s . |
| 29 | I was watching from high up , from the upper part of the grandstand , above the Clubhouse floor to which the owners had returned in a chattering flock to watch the race . |
| 30 | And at the last three meetings the bookmakers have operated in a confined square which certainly has n't been the answer to congestion problems . |