Example sentences of "have [verb] a [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 ATHLETICS champion Nadeem Malik who suffers from cerebral palsy has received a grant for equipment from Middlesbrough council .
2 Consultant Greta Baldwin has received a request for a consultation from an inhabitant of Coutances .
3 The John XXIII Centre for Social Research and Action in Rio de Janeiro has received a donation for buying books in the areas of faith and culture , anthropology , philosophy , ethics and theology .
4 In one stroke Lyle has added 230 retailers to their list of customers and Stoddard 's Contract Division has received an order for 15,200 square meters of Custom carpeting for two Stakis Country Court Hotels .
5 A pensioner who pulled two people from a burning car has received an award for heroism .
6 This faculty is widespread among the population and there has developed a system for increasing creativity called synectics .
7 The Nimbus CD company has developed a system for pushing the bumps and grooves closer together .
8 A company in South Australia , Rib Loc , has developed a technique for turning plastic bottles into pipes .
9 To have a handicapped child in a society which has developed a fetishism for normality and which fails to even acknowledge the needs of these parents , let alone make any provision to meet them , is clearly a profoundly disturbing experience .
10 STRABANE-based Adria , the province 's leading hosiery manufacturer has developed a reputation for pushing beyond the traditional boundaries in the hosiery industry .
11 Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard .
12 She has developed a passion for a blend of ylang-ylang and patchouli .
13 The fact is , Jay Chandler has developed a passion for Malawi and Tanganyikan cichlids .
14 Kinnock fils , who is no mean performer on the rugby field , has developed a taste for academe .
15 He was a regular in the designer bars that pose in the sun along the Portofino coastline and although he only drinks moderately , he has developed a taste for vintage champagne .
16 Sentimental as ever , the English refrain from slaughtering the little tablefare until it has developed a taste for grass .
17 The pig has developed a taste for bones , and is even partial to a bacon sandwich .
18 Bringing baby Bogdan Ursu to Middlesbrough for a vital operation grabbed the headlines , but Rod has developed an affection for all the children he has helped on his trips .
19 Iain Menzies Banks , mayor of the island , has mooted a plan for the preservation of the whale as the centrepiece of Wallyworld , a luxury tourist preserve and family theme park .
20 With a broad sweep of his brush Unger has painted an explanation for the replacement of rule with discretion .
21 Japan 's pivotal role in the world economy has provoked a search for the reasons why Japan 's economy has continued to prosper in the face of a lack of natural resources and a high degree of dependence on international trade .
22 Instead he has to wait a week for next Saturday 's Victoria Ground clash with Swansea .
23 Federal Express Corp is to install ‘ several thousand ’ colour and monochrome X-terminals in its Memphis , Tennessee headquarters and local field offices by the mid-1990s , and has placed an order for the pilot stage of its upgrade programme with Network Computing Devices Inc .
24 The only exceptions are cases in which the court : ( a ) is considering whether to make a residence order in respect of a child in care ( s41(6) ( e ) ) ; or ( b ) has given a direction for investigation under s37 and has made or is considering whether to make an interim care order ( s41(6) ( b ) ) .
25 General Atomics , based in San Diego , has floated a plan for a $1.5 billion helium-cooled reactor — a novel design it has long wanted to build .
26 I suppose it is possible he has formed an affection for some boy , " she conceded .
27 To avoid the husband making a sale or charging the property ( standing in his sole name ) in the period between the decree absolute ( when the Class F protection ceasessee above ) and the completion of the conveyance to the wife or lodging of the transfer at HM Land Registry : ( a ) Unregistered Land A pending action under s5 of the Land Charges Act 1972 ( fee £1.00 ) should be registered by or on behalf of the wife ( in Form K3 ) provided the divorce petition has contained a request for a transfer of real property under s24 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 ; such a registration survives the decree absolute ( see Whittingham v Whittingham [ 1978 ] 2 WLR 936 and Perez-Adamson v Perez-Rivas [ 1987 ] 2 WLR 500 ) .
28 And one local firm has booked a table for 10 at Splinters in Redland , Bristol , because they ‘ do n't think they will survive for another four months ’ .
29 In The Favour , The Watch And The Very Big Fish Bob Hoskins plays a Paris photographer of religious themes who has to find a model for Christ on the cross and comes up with Jeff Goldblum , an ex-convict and former lover of an actress ( Natasha Richardson ) , who he meets at a pornographic dubbing studio .
30 Is this really censorship or just part of the normal dialogue between author and publisher , who has to find an audience for the book .
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