Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] 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 | COUCH POTATO fans have launched an S.E.S … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Still , that most provinces have reached a stage where compensation of any form is under consideration is itself a remarkable turn of events . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 … . |
| 12 | Almost a thousand readers have completed a questionnaire after following my Hip and Thigh Diet . |
| 13 | Most readers have had a predilection to dismiss the arguments and speculations . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Throughout large areas of geologically sensitive terrain in eastern North America , lakes have lost an average of over 40 per cent of their original alkalinity . |
| 16 | In the effort to spice up the Enya alliance , some journalists have made a meal out of ‘ menage a trois ’ speculation . |
| 17 | On the quayside the guards have laid a table |
| 18 | The pair have the support of the whole town … local traders have organised a petition to keep them on . |
| 19 | ‘ The importers have given an assurance that all of the Stolichnaya stocks in Ireland and the rest of Europe are the genuine article from Russia . ’ |
| 20 | Shortages have become a way of life here , to find these people queueing for staple products shows just how desperate the situation has become . |
| 21 | Each of five finalists have produced a presentation on the theme of ‘ Promoting the North as a quality region ’ . |
| 22 | My kids have got a paddock , where they play . |
| 23 | These kids have to have a structure , and to know that you mean what you say . ’ |
| 24 | Eleven European nations have concluded an Agreement on the Conservation of Bats , which includes provision for habitat conservation , the control of pesticides , and protection from killing . |
| 25 | The Halls have founded a community at Glassdrumman : Baptist-based and born-again Christian , but unlabelled so that all denominations can feel welcome . |
| 26 | I gather you gentlemen have written a book ‘ Microprocessor Fundamentals ’ . |
| 27 | The designers have paid a lot of attention to safety , says Robert Chevillon , deputy general manager . |
| 28 | CLOVER Leaf Cars have presented a silver rosebowl to their Mercedes-Benz service and parts department at Odiham for the third year running . |
| 29 | I mean , for instance , in my dreams er cars have taken on a very distinct personal symbolism that has really nothing to do with what you might think , because of personal experiences of mine , and I now know that whenever I dream about cars it always always has this but that 's because of something that happened to me and because of my personal erm kind of experiences , so cars have become a dream symbol . |
| 30 | In the past , German cars have had a reputation for sparse levels of equipment , but this is gradually changing . |