Example sentences of "[n mass] have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time Roe has harboured a desire to do some commentating so when he had the chance at the European he took it with both hands . |
| 2 | The demand for more aircraft has created a sort of aero-futures market . |
| 3 | A revolutionary type of microlight aircraft has won a design council award . |
| 4 | The R.A.F. suspected that the aircraft had hit a hillside . |
| 5 | The next morning we found the aircraft had blown a gasket . |
| 6 | Numerous data have suggested a role of arachidonic acid metabolite in the pathophysiology of various gastrointestinal disorders . |
| 7 | In line with various studies of jejunal tissue , our data have shown a predominance of gd + TCR intraepithelial lymphocytes within the expanded population of CD3 + T lymphoctyes distributed throughout surface and crypt epithelium of rectal mucosa . |
| 8 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the Islander aircraft have established a reputation as the Rolls-Royce of the skies , being virtually indestructible and operating in one of the most hostile environments in the world ? |
| 9 | She 's already invested so much that , and the offspring has got a self interest for getting as much as it can , so their self interest coincides . |
| 10 | The Tranent folk had had a notion ( but look whit happened to them ) — say to the government , ‘ You can not trust us if ever you make us fight . ’ |
| 11 | Normally , once these older folk have attended a course they are keen to participate in others . |
| 12 | 3M have gone a step further with the Privacy Plus Filter . |
| 13 | 3M have gone a step further with the Privacy Plus Filter . |
| 14 | In a case where parents and/or close next of kin have lost a child or close relative aged over 18 but without dependants the claim is limited to funeral expenses and property/luggage only . |
| 15 | As the British Resident Minister at AFHQ , Harold Macmillan , reported to the Foreign Office [ KP63 ] : " Thirteen Corps have received a message from General Loehr 's headquarters in Croatia brought by the hand of a German Foreign Office official . |
| 16 | Not all fish have adopted a life of speed . |
| 17 | The General Household Survey found that in one month in 1985 , out of people aged 65 and over , 34% had seen their doctor ; 5% had seen a nurse ; 1% had seen a health visitor ; 11% had seen a chiropodist ( footcare ) : 9% had seen a home help ; 2% had received meals on wheels ; and 5% had been to a day centre . |
| 18 | After 10 years during which the lira had enjoyed a fluctuation band of 6 per cent against its central rate within the European monetary system ( EMS ) , the government decided on Jan. 5 , 1990 , to adopt for the lira the narrower band of 2.25 per cent which applied to all member currencies except the Spanish peseta [ see also pp. 36741 ; 37196 ] . |
| 19 | The General Household Survey found that in one month in 1985 , out of people aged 65 and over , 34% had seen their doctor ; 5% had seen a nurse ; 1% had seen a health visitor ; 11% had seen a chiropodist ( footcare ) : 9% had seen a home help ; 2% had received meals on wheels ; and 5% had been to a day centre . |
| 20 | The way that the media has conducted a campaign using fear , and attitudes to so called safe sex , has given the wrong sort of messages to our young people . |
| 21 | Microsoft 's publicly announced commitment to multi media has spawned a host of products , but what is multi media and what can it do for you ? |
| 22 | The Ml has carved a path to the hinterland , yet still the cluster of towns around it seem autonomous from the centre . |
| 23 | It would therefore appear that power to the people has become a reality . |
| 24 | The government in order to protect people has put a stop to us collecting this money . |
| 25 | A committee of leading business people has recommended a set of wide-ranging environmental policies to counter global warming for implementation by the government , local authorities and industry . |
| 26 | By future I mean a couple of seasons from now , the current season although not a write off by any means has lost a lot of meaning the league appears once again to be going to the scum and we 're out of the League cup thingy . |
| 27 | ‘ Collective ’ leadership has become fashionable in some schools ; in others radical unionism within a school staff has forced a change in direction and management ( even against the wishes and perceptions of its more senior and experienced teachers ) . |
| 28 | Some do , er the rise and fall type of fitting over a dining table where when you 're er , er having dinner you 'd have erm it down to about what not more than twelve inches above the table er so that it lit the table but did n't shine in your eyes , erm some people leave it like that all the time , other people having had a meal lift er it up , erm I think the main thing about the , er adjustable fly and fall is that erm , it 's there for , as you want it , if you 're trying to find a meal you 've lost on the floor well then you pull it down to floor level really . |
| 29 | The head and senior staff had made a case for extra staffing and were successful in gaining an improved pupil-teacher ratio . |
| 30 | Students and staff had taken a break from lectures , others had travelled from Murray 's home town of Bath and the family home in Lancashire to attend the 40 minute service . |