Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the United States the President often has to work hard to create a majority to support his proposed legislation in its passage through Congress . |
| 2 | Even the presence of a substantial Korean minority has done little to weaken a sense of identity whose strength is indicated by the virtual denial of Japanese nationality to those who are not racially Japanese . |
| 3 | Since the Second World War , the United Nations Statistical Office has done much to stimulate a global view of economic and social problems particularly in relation to human fertility but the responsibility for gathering the required information is left with individual countries , the majority of which do not have resources of trained manpower to accomplish the task themselves . |
| 4 | But our experience has shown that given a modest toolkit and a few carving gouges , persistence and enthusiasm for the project , almost anyone can achieve a highly satisfactory result . |
| 5 | Proletarianisation has occurred in Latin America because the peasantry have been dispossessed of their land or because their land has become insufficient to support a family . |
| 6 | He has spent thousands creating a lake to attract wild birds . |
| 7 | Unfortunately it is crucial to know which species of snake is involved because snake poisons are so complex that it has proved impossible to develop a ‘ multi-venin' that will treat all forms of snakebite . |
| 8 | It has proved possible to make a spectacular gain on the USM , but also a spectacular loss . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , although not surprisingly , it has proved difficult to devise a suitable control discrimination . |
| 10 | Employee relations manager George Piechniczek said : ‘ This sensitive issue has been extensively debated over the last few years and whilst the trade unions support the principle of protecting non-smokers at work , it has proved difficult to find a practical solution that satisfied all parties . ’ |
| 11 | Control of money supply ( M3 ) has been erratic , and it has proved difficult to establish a relationship between the changes in M3 and the fall in inflation . |
| 12 | You do n't have to go far to see a lack of quality in the products and services many companies provide . |
| 13 | You do not have to go far to find a living parallel for these organisms . |
| 14 | For example , if you want to hang some miniatures on a large expanse of wall , you will have to use several to create a strong impact — just one picture would be completely lost . |
| 15 | Notice that the prices quoted are the rough cost of buying a new item and £700 is what you would have to pay extra to create a whole new second machine . |
| 16 | With their captain and inspiration , Roy Aitken , suspended , Saints seemed to have come prepared to fight a rearguard action . |
| 17 | And er we the tea the class All the boys It were all boys er we we had to carry Each carry a chair up to the new school . |
| 18 | The French influence here was even greater than in Spain and in the eleventh century the northern region had broken free to become a satellite of Burgundy , though later it became independent . |
| 19 | Yeah , I 've heard that making a console . |
| 20 | She had fallen ill following a dinner at her son 's house and had shown symptoms of arsenic poisoning . |
| 21 | When her brother had looked likely to become a chip off the old block , he 'd been given all the support of a loving father intent on realising his own dreams through his son . |
| 22 | A run of three wins prior to this game had seen Celtic strike a consistent , if unspectacular , vein of form . |
| 23 | It looked as though Forest had done enough to earn a valuable point when Barmby picked up a loose ball in the area and crossed for Mabbutt to score . |
| 24 | The major significance of the Government 's changes is highlighted by the fact that , whereas SERPS held out the prospect of guaranteeing every pensioner an income above the supplementary pension level , no Government minister had felt able to give a similar guarantee for the Thatcher pension reform . |
| 25 | You 'll see there we 've got three boxed a six number a ten number and a twelve number . |
| 26 | Not one of the organizers had thought fit to provide a carafe of wine . |
| 27 | Guard dogs hurled themselves against the wire and then chased the car the length of the property , barking frantically , while Cinzia told Zen how she had persuaded Gianluigi to buy a place in the country although he could n't see the point , but to her nature was not a luxury but something fundamental , a source of sanity and order , did he understand what she meant ? |
| 28 | Anyone who had had that knew a bit about the Treasury and knew a little bit about fighting back and working round them and all the rest of it and of giving orders direct to the Chancellor and saying , ‘ Look , this is what we must have ’ , and then getting the Cabinet to back it , so that it was harder for the Treasury to say ‘ No . ’ |
| 29 | Patients who had relapsed all had a DAI of at least four at the time of relapse . |
| 30 | You had to look hard to find a car that did n't boast an £80,000-plus price sticker , plus a 200mph-plus top speed or , as was usually the case , both . |