Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is fascinating to see how theory and experiment have vied for the lead over the past 30 years , with first one then the other leading the way . |
| 2 | Policy and practice have to allow for the variety of possibilities as no blanket approach can respond to diverse needs and preferences . |
| 3 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |
| 4 | The dismissal arrangements set up by the governing body have to provide for the CEO , or representatives , and the headteacher , unless she or he is the person concerned , to be present at all stages when a dismissal is being considered . |
| 5 | Nationalism Today and its more tabloid partner National Front News have opted for the Palestinian cause , whilst Vanguard seems , at first sight , to be overturning a whole tradition of fascist ideology by advocating what appears to be a pro-Zionist position . |
| 6 | This is one issue on which the hon. Gentleman might have commenced his supplementary question by saying that most people in Wales are pleased with the way in which the Government have fought for the British lamb industry as a whole and that Welsh consignments have been fought for , too . |
| 7 | TWO blonde beauties in Prince Charles 's life have fallen for the same attraction . |
| 8 | Parliament could by legislation have provided for the revocation or variation of an injunction , but did not do so in section 39 . |
| 9 | THE parents of a little boy whose nose was almost bitten off by an alsatian have called for the breed to be added to the dangerous dogs list . |
| 10 | Dozens of children who survived a rare blood disorder have met for the first time at a special party . |
| 11 | Problems with the software have prevented for the moment the implementation of an automated indexing system . |
| 12 | Speakers at a rally this afternoon have called for the release of hundreds of prisoners they claim are innocent . |
| 13 | Barn owl have bred for the last three years , and skylarks and meadow pipits have recolonised the wet meadows ; ten species of African migrant use the hedgerows and patches of gorse , bramble and nettles ; a colony of 20 pied flycatcher use the many nest boxes erected around the farm . |
| 14 | Union representatives at the plant have called for the reconvening of a meeting with the Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart , whom they met last Friday in an attempt to win government backing for their fight against the redundancies . |
| 15 | ‘ What is even more disturbing , ’ the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress said in a letter to Dr Banda dated 3 April , ‘ we have been told that several members of the Malawi Congress Party have called for the bishops ' death by an orchestrated mob . ’ |