Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] have [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangely inferior , somehow , for Churchill to have placed so much trust in . |
| 2 | CA-Unicenter for HP-UX has performed so well at four major beta sites says Islandia , New York-based Computer Associates International Inc , that the company is bringing the systems management product for mission-critical applications forward and it will now be generally available in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 3 | Alone in the dining room — for Twomey had stopped softly jangling spoons and forks and fitting plates each to each , and gone , quietly as his shadow — Nicandra 's mind became a perfect blank . |
| 4 | And the number for March had gone down to single figures . |
| 5 | Right so on on top of all this , we 've actually got as Sue 's mentioned quite a few times , we 've actually got to keep the damn thing afloat , well after introducing all this . |
| 6 | Jobs saved : A £55m North Sea gas and oil rig order won by offshore engineering company AMEC off Aberdeen has saved about 1,000 jobs , sdays the firm . |
| 7 | On the precise matter that he raised regarding Scotland , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has set up working parties to advise on the need for early action on the Cairngorms , Loch Lomond and the Trossachs . |
| 8 | The figures showed that the jobless total for January had reached more than 7,700,000 or 6.2 per cent of the workforce , up from 6.1 per cent the previous month , with an increase of 230,000 in unemployment outside the farming sector . |
| 9 | However , charges subsequently set by individual local councils were almost without exception in excess of this level , and on March 21 Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment , stated that the average actual charge for England had turned out to be £363 ; he blamed this excess principally on the actions of Labour controlled councils ( and announcements on April 3 and 10 listed a total of 21 local authorities which were to be " capped " — i.e. their expenditure limited to a level determined by the central government ) . |
| 10 | ‘ The people of Bromborough have got more than their fair share of industry on their doorsteps . |
| 11 | At the same time two of the nine popularly elected representatives , Akilisi Pohive ( leader of the dissident pro-democracy movement ) and Viliami Fukofuka , were each reported by the Times of Tonga to have returned about 12,000 pa'anga to the Treasury on the grounds that overtime payment for members of the Assembly was immoral and increased the financial burden on the people . |
| 12 | In welcoming everyone present to the celebration , the Bishop stressed that ‘ patience had its own reward ’ , as the people of Hemlington has waited over 14 years for their own centre . |
| 13 | His preparations for carrying out work at Arundel Castle , Sussex — a project curtailed by his death — were reported by a correspondent of the antiquary Richard Gough [ q.v. ] in 1787 : ‘ At Greystoke Castle I found Mr. Hiorne the gothic architect , whom the Duke of Norfolk had invited there to consult with relative to his intended repairs at Arundel Castle ; and we made a party to see Alnwick Castle , etc. in Northumberland , for Mr. Hiorne 's information . ’ |
| 14 | The House of Windsor has become highly adept at the business of its own survival . |
| 15 | From this one can infer that it belongs chronologically to that transition period in Spanish ceramics when the displaced potters of Malaga had set up afresh in Valencia but were still using the traditional designs of Andalusia in their new environment . |
| 16 | As early as 1566 , the Earl of Sussex had pointed out that Calvinism was being preached throughout the country , and after 1570 it was difficult to hear or read any non-Calvinist theology . |
| 17 | Well as Mike said , since the inception of the Service for Industry programme in nineteen eighty , the University of Sussex has helped nearly a hundred local companies . |
| 18 | The Federal Republic of Germany has had both because of its electoral system and the decentralised way in which so much of Germany is governed , where many decisions are taken by the regions . |
| 19 | The reunification of Germany has opened up new opportunities for many in the East , including a group of East German teachers of English who are visiting Oxford this week . |
| 20 | In the past the people of Elling had lived communally in a series of longhouses that were not , as now , separated into single family dwellings . |
| 21 | On 7 September on the field of Borodino the Russians inflicted the worst savaging any army of Napoleon 's had ever suffered , before withdrawing in good order . |
| 22 | A friend of Ken 's had just taken his life after being given the choice of going to prison or a mental hospital . |
| 23 | As this demonstrated , the defection of Warwick had opened up gaps in the king 's authority and Gloucester was again an immediate beneficiary . |
| 24 | As this demonstrated , the defection of Warwick had opened up gaps in the king 's authority and Gloucester was again an immediate beneficiary . |
| 25 | The music of Taizé has grown out of a particular context , culture and spirituality and it effectively serves the need of the ecumenical community for which it is composed . |
| 26 | Substantial parts of Freud have stood up to further research — for example , the general presence of infantile sexuality . |
| 27 | The recent terminology of Soviet and DRA leaders confirms the impression that some form of neutralisation of Afghanistan has become more acceptable to Moscow . |
| 28 | There were two more floors above this in the keep , but the chances of Balliol having gone upstairs rather than down were remote . |
| 29 | ‘ With some very good marketing campaigns in the US , Europe and Japan , the awareness of Tencel has jumped quite high . |
| 30 | A great wedge of MacIans had driven in to cut off the Macleans ' attacking force ; the few men left fighting by the ships had neither time nor numbers to relaunch them . |