Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Purity-on-Tap have developed a combined carbon and RO unit , featuring the CBR ‘ metals ’ cartridge to produce very high quality water . |
| 2 | The rest of the Peachtree side have had a mixed time . |
| 3 | They make major depredations on oyster beds and the recent activities of the ‘ Crown of Thorns ’ starfish ( Acanthaster ) in chewing up great chunks of the Great Barrier Reef have become a modern ecological object lesson ( and , incidentally , a source of funds for many marine biologists ) . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , The Orb have announced a 16-date tour for the autumn , including a marathon all-nighter at London 's Brixton Academy . |
| 5 | The 31 leading firms in the Netherlands metal industry have agreed a voluntary covenant to control pollution in line with the government 's National Environment Plan ( NEP ) . |
| 6 | Experimental investigations of this prediction have produced a mixed set of results . |
| 7 | The paper , described as a discussion document by BR 's InterCity division , reveals that delays in investment have meant a lost opportunity to include the renewal work with a bigger project to improve services . |
| 8 | Members of Hartlepool Inner Wheel have presented a fully-equipped paramedic case to the Cleveland Ambulance NHS Trust . |
| 9 | Indeed , it could be argued that the collective influence of the processes discussed in this chapter have made a greater impact on the cities and those living within them than has inner-city policy . |
| 10 | Rhône-Poulenc and Eastman Chemical have formed a 50–50 joint venture , Primester , to manufacture cellulose acetate . |
| 11 | To counteract this , clownfish have adopted a dual strategy to deceive the anemone . |
| 12 | The Accounting Standards Board 's plans for large companies to produce an Operating and Financial Review have received a qualified welcome , with most commentators agreeing with the principle but squabbling over details . |
| 13 | SHOPKEEPERS in the North-East have backed a new initiative to combat glue-sniffing . |
| 14 | Moreover , as Newby ( 1990 ) has pointed out , the complexities of environmental research have created a new kind of relationship between research and policy : ‘ in the past , … the relationship was predicated on the belief that science provided decision-makers with objective ‘ hard ’ facts on which to base their soft , value-ridden policies … . |
| 15 | Oxford University Boat Club have elected a new President . |
| 16 | Already the club have appointed a new coach to replace that disgraced old stager , Reg ‘ Accrington Stanley ’ Pybus . |
| 17 | The club have chartered a special flight from Manchester to Bologna and over 100 fans hare already booked up to travel with the official party . |
| 18 | Workmen renovating a pub have made a gruesome discovery … a grave containing a horse 's head . |
| 19 | Vantage have used a sealed back on the VG-15 and so the reverse side is featureless , save for the mains cable which trails from its lower edge . |
| 20 | The first seven days of heavy fighting and shelling have caused a large number of casualties ; the Commando units in some instances are down to less than half strength . |
| 21 | The residents of a small Lanarkshire village have blocked a main road in a protest against essential repair work , which they say will isolate them completely . |
| 22 | Two young musicians from the village have performed a special concert in Darlington following high scoring in the Associated Board music grades . |
| 23 | Allied 's Tetley Walker subsidiary have established a further subdivision , Peter Walker , catering exclusively for their historic outlets , while Grand Metropolitan 's Group Estates Director recently assured the Georgian Group that ‘ we will always consider historic and aesthetic considerations in all our refurbishments . ’ |
| 24 | Firstly , in North America foresight and management have promoted a vigorous sustainable wood industry , despite the early pillages of European settlers in the colonial era . |
| 25 | Political opposition and delays in agreeing upon its plan have forced a Japanese robotics maker , Fanuc , to withdraw its offer to buy for $10m a 40% stake in Moore Special Tool . |
| 26 | The friends of Church Farm Museum have planted a delightful , traditional cottage garden outside . |
| 27 | Sleight apologised for this state of affairs at the Congress in Dublin in 1895 : " It must be remembered that it is exceedingly difficult for the executive committee to meet together often , for every time they do so they have to bear their own travelling expenses , and sometimes hotel expenses ; and to whatever centre they are summoned , it only means that some members of the committee have to travel a considerable distance . |
| 28 | MICK Jagger and Jerry Hall have spent a secret weekend together in a bid to thrash out their marriage troubles . |
| 29 | Recent X-rays taken at the Courtauld Institute have revealed a large number of small pentimenti in the details of the composition . |
| 30 | The drug mafia have become a new economic elite , beyond government control . |