Example sentences of "have [prep] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is fully aware that his income and , to some extent , his job security , are based on the lettings , The school 's popularity as a venue has as a result increased . |
| 2 | Nationalism was , is and will be : it is , as Tom Nairn put it , the Janus-face looking at once forward to liberation and progress and backward to reactionary and often mythical notions of the past ; it is a force which should never be identified with the nation-state , a concept which nationalism has for a time inhabited , as a hermit crab inhabits a shell , but is evidently beginning to evacuate as the sovereign nation-state shows clear sign of obsolescence . |
| 3 | It is apparently most excusable to rape your wife if she has for a period refused sexual intercourse ‘ unjustifiably ’ or if she has refused sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping money were raised , or even , curiously , ‘ in order to win her back . ’ |
| 4 | With regard to the United Kingdom 's special treatment in the context of Economic and Monetary Union , it is sometimes forgotten that the EEC Treaty has from the outset required , under Articles 103 and 105 , co-ordination of economic policy and exchange rate policy , and in Opinion 1/91 the European Court also suggested that the attainment of Economic and Monetary Union was already a Community objective ; it should therefore hardly be a surprise that the ECU has been defined in a series of regulations enacted under Article 235 . |
| 5 | Guinness advertising , like the pint itself , has from the beginning fascinated by its uniqueness . |
| 6 | One , he has from the start recognized your talent ; and two , he is in love with you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ the Kipling who limped out of the wreckage , shrunken and wry though he looks , has in a sense had his development as an artist ’ — Edmund Wilson : The Wound & the Bow |
| 8 | The development of systematic geography has provided an unhealthy climate for the survival of mythological anomalies but this has in no way frustrated the human imagination ; the world of fable has simply been transferred to outer space . |
| 9 | The reciprocal gift-giving between the partners has in no way reduced the obligation to engage in further gift exchanges in the future . |
| 10 | My regard for your daughter has in no way diminished ; I still want her for my wife . |
| 11 | Despite being on stage for an all-too-brief twenty-five minutes , Mick proved that he has in no way lost touch with his roots and years of playing to huge , stadium-sized audiences has not impaired his ability to communicate with a comparatively ‘ small ’ crowd . |
| 12 | Some , contemplating that north-south gap , would hold that the answer is to use whatever autonomy Labour has in the north to retreat into the past and reaffirm the public ownership tenets of Clause IV of its constitution . |
| 13 | Extended development of heads and others has in the past amounted to little more than the agglomeration of courses relating to specific short-term issues . |
| 14 | Travellers along the other road would recognise that , for the historical reasons identified by Dixon J. in Yerkey v. Jones , 63 C.L.R. 649 , equity has in the past treated married women differently and more tenderly than other third parties who provide security for the debts of others . |
| 15 | One owner of former Chester Beatty material — although he has in the past denied this — now proving reluctant to return it , is David Nasser Khalili , the dealer/collector who is offering his collection on loan to the British nation ( see The Art Newspaper , No. 21 , October 1992. p.1 ) . |
| 16 | Footnote : The annual Cliff Richard Pro Celebrity Tennis event , which has in the past enticed such unlikely names as onto court to raise funds for the Tennis Development Trust , will this year be played at the National Indoor Arena , in Birmingham , in December . |
| 17 | Human Communication , an important area of psychology , in which the Department has in the past had only piecemeal interests had been very significantly strengthened by the appointment of Professor Vicki Bruce . |
| 18 | Twice-married Mr Young , 67 , has in the past said the relationship was strong and he saw no reason to change it . |
| 19 | While it may be exaggerating to say that the Scottish Office is anti-cycling , it has in the past done far less for us than the local authorities have , and despite changes of public opinion the Scottish Office still views cycling as a ( road safety ) problem instead of a solution to traffic congestion which is healthy ( cf. the BMA Report , ‘ Cycling : Towards Health and Safety ’ , 1992 ) , cheap , quick and pollution-free . |
| 20 | Sir Alan has in the past written about his deep misgivings over intervention and has recently let it be known in the City that he believes the economy is at last showing signs of pronounced slowdown , a view not fully shared by the Treasury . |
| 21 | Prior approval is not required ( except in SSSIs and National Parks in the UK , but then not from the Agriculture Department ) and in assessing schemes financially , MAFF has disregarded the fact that it has in the past contributed 50–70% of the scheme 's cost and that a high proportion of the profit to be earned is public money in the form of HLCAs . |
| 22 | Whilst this is perhaps more straightforward in certain businesses like banks , or in other activities such as in the military or diplomatic field , it is no less important in other sectors where a security culture has in the past seemed unnecessary . |
| 23 | This particular linguistic pitfall has in the past led to a vast amount of anthropological confusion ; it still does . |
| 24 | To qualify to jump in the competition that has in the past produced young internationals like Annette Lewis , Marie Edgar and Paul Sutton , she has had to tour all over England . |
| 25 | Greenpeace has in the past campaigned against the Faroese whale hunt , drawing vehement criticism from the islanders . |
| 26 | This would seem self-evident but it has in the past exercised the minds of many lawyers , in relation to the IMRO venture capital rules at least . |
| 27 | In spite of her disability , Elaine has in the past led a remarkably active and normal life . |
| 28 | Moreover , the GMC has in the past challenged unorthodox treatments . |
| 29 | I think Brian Way has in the past misjudged Dorothy Heathcote 's work because he has seen it as intellectual . |
| 30 | Attendance at such exhibitions has in the past allowed companies both to protect existing jobs and expand their workforces . |