Example sentences of "have [verb] in the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter , male mortality rates in the last decades of life have been so much greater than those for females that a significant disparity has developed in the numbers of men and women in the older age-groups . |
| 2 | While I am far too gentle and decent a person to criticise any Opposition Member who has joined in the expressions of appreciation of this action , I have to say , in the kindest possible way , that if the defence policies to which the Opposition subscribe — I include all the Opposition parties — were implemented , we should not be ordering a rowing boat , let alone three frigates . |
| 3 | Furthermore , by means of various statutes , e.g. the Fire Safety and Places of Sport Act 1987 , etc. , Parliament has placed in the hands of local authorities the power to control the condition and usage of business premises . |
| 4 | I said to the Leader of the Opposition that ’ jerk ’ is not on the list of unparliamentary expressions but , bearing in mind the nature of this debate , it would help the House if he refined what he has said in the interests of good order . |
| 5 | Bettelheim has said in The uses of enchantment ( 1976 , p.3 ) that ‘ If we hope to live not just from moment to moment , but in true consciousness of our existence , then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives ’ . |
| 6 | Every other improvement for the guitar has occurred in the realms of hardware and pickups . |
| 7 | It is very clear from the findings of the Survey that little or no change has occurred in the patterns of demand for the major categories of material studied on earlier occasions : the overwhelming majority of items requested are still modern publications , and the demand for foreign-language publications ( and , indeed , for publications in particular foreign languages ) has remained constant . |
| 8 | It has been argued , falsely I believe ( 22 ) , that investment in this sector of agriculture , as has occurred in the lowlands , will necessarily lead to a fall in the rural population . |
| 9 | A RACEHORSE tycoon named as one of Britain 's richest men two years ago has called in the receivers . |
| 10 | Mail order computer retailer and manufacturer Chipboards Plc has called in the receivers , Robson Rhodes , which are now trying to sell the combined or separate businesses and assets of the group as a going concern : the company comprises a Chipboards division , which sells clone personal computers , upgrades and peripherals by mail order and has a turnover of £8m ; and a Chipset division , which manufactures high-end clone personal computers such as file servers , Unix machines and workstations for computer-aided design and generates £3m in revenues ; Chipboards was set up in 1987 , is based in Bisley , near Woking , Surrey , and claims to have a customer base of 20,000 . |
| 11 | ‘ Commpress ’ which publishes magazines and newpapers for councils across Scotland , has called in the receivers . |
| 12 | SureStyle Windows , which has called in the receivers , hit the headlines after revelations about the hard-sell tactics of its NorthEast sales staff . |
| 13 | Product of York and North Yorkshire Schools representative teams , he has signed on profesional terms and has played in the reserves . |
| 14 | Mr Dinkins has stayed in the headlines by pandering to Jewish sensibilities , and by removing from his campaign a volunteer who once read an antisemitic poem on the radio and praised it . |
| 15 | Since these limits show up most clearly when the property under trust has arrived in the hands of a third party , the questions dealt with here concern primarily sale of the trust property and alienation by other means , such as when the property of the trustee has been sold up to pay his creditors . |
| 16 | Once reality has set in the rewards are known . |
| 17 | For over a century the control of certain aspects of British social life has rested in the hands of the police forces of England and Wales . |
| 18 | Not a word about the Heber scandal has appeared in the Times . |
| 19 | So far all we know is what has appeared in the newspapers , that you have , shall we say , brought into life a baby — a human baby just like any one of the infants sleeping in their mothers ' arms all over the world — in a way that is to say the least unusual . |
| 20 | The brewery is unique in many respects , especially as a result of the outstanding beauty of its buildings , pond and meticulously maintained surroundings , this being due in no small part to the fact that it has remained in the hands of the Arkell family for well over a century . |
| 21 | The concept of greater parental involvement was favourably received , and this involvement has increased in the years since Plowden . |
| 22 | Readers must decide for themselves but should bear in mind the words of the man who has followed in the footsteps of Mr Jason Donovan as the eponymous star of Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat : ‘ It 's not the easiest thing in the world to be Phillip Schofield 's girlfriend . ’ |
| 23 | The division has followed in the footsteps of Pochin 's mobile concrete pumping division who achieved the accreditation last year . |
| 24 | The experience he has gained in the mines at immediately a man g a man who has been in the mines goes down there again his er n er he gives himself away , because , just because of the experiences . |
| 25 | For the past five years , Sanjay has worked in the warehouses , workshops and streets of Le Sentier . |
| 26 | For the past 26 years he has worked in the offices at the Courtaulds Chemicals power station on the Spondon site . |
| 27 | Today 's modern tendency to place large orders in anticipation of escalating prices has resulted in the owners of cellarless houses being obliged , more often than not , to store their orders with the wine merchants themselves . |
| 28 | An election made after the two-year statutory time limit , but as soon as possible given the circumstances , will be accepted if it is made because a relevant and uncorrected Revenue error has resulted in the partners or their agent being misled about whether the requirements of the legislation have been met . |
| 29 | MacDonald 's failure to publish any financial figures for Norton has resulted in the shares being suspended |
| 30 | Whilst gradation may have much in principle to commend it , certain criticisms may be voiced at the form which gradation has taken in the jurisdictions under consideration . |