Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 2 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 3 | Competitively , snooker has until the last few years been confined to Britain and its old Commonwealth , but there have always been a few tables in the Far East , catering for the needs of expats . |
| 4 | Matthey Electronics Burslem has for the third successive year won the prestigious RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Safety . |
| 5 | I accept that the law has from the first appearance of corporations , in the absence of any relevant statutory direction , considered the question of a corporation 's right to sue for defamation by reference to the nature of the corporation itself and the need for the corporation to protect its lawful activities and property . |
| 6 | We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route . |
| 7 | If the debtor has within the last five years been bankrupt , made a composition with his creditors , been subject to a county court administration order or entered into a voluntary arrangement , particulars must be given including the name and address of the supervisor ( r6.39(2) ) . |
| 8 | Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century maiolica has in the last few years returned to popularity ( the recent exhibition of the maiolica collections of the Metropolitan Museum was regularly crowded , to the amazement of Met officials ) , though most of its present day collectors are Italian . |
| 9 | The UK government has for the first time ruled out the award of oil and gas exploration licences in certain areas on environmental grounds . |
| 10 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 11 | The new hang has for the first time brought together the figures de fantaisie by Fragonard , the Louvre 's ninety-three Corots , thirty paintings by Chardin and thirteen by Watteau , as well as a rotating selection of the preparatory drawings by Le Brun for his decorative scheme for the Louvre . |
| 12 | To give a brief example , in Nepal population pressure has in the last decade or so brought about many intensifications of cropping patterns such as the introduction of wheat as a winter crop . |
| 13 | Coatings company International Lory has for the second time completed a year without a single lost day accident . |