Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6.2 Each centre has received a proforma showing the courses for which it presented candidates in session 1988–89 . |
| 2 | But he has received a letter withdrawing the invite to take part in the discussion , which will feature Tory Michael Fallon , Labour 's Alan Milburn and Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg . |
| 3 | THE Amateur Boxing Association has received a boost following the Sports Council 's decision to restore a grant worth more than £100,000 . |
| 4 | SCOTVEC has developed a statement defining each of the core skills at four ‘ stages ’ of increasing difficulty from 1 to 4 . |
| 5 | The King 's Fund Centre Carers Unit has developed a project looking specifically at the needs of Afro-Caribbean carers . |
| 6 | Eubank has formulated a master-plan leading up to the fight of his dreams — a £1 million title unification fight next September with arch-enemy Benn . |
| 7 | Morgan Grampian has given a court undertaking not to publish the information . |
| 8 | The French consumers ' demands for quality of manufacture and their desire for a fun approach to dressing remain the hallmarks of a label which has enjoyed a cult following in the UK during the past few years . |
| 9 | " For young Gedge to say , " he said quietly , " that he has seen a person watching boys playing rounders hardly makes that person a homosexual . |
| 10 | Mr Davies has worked hard to affiliate 15 TGWU branches , and has written a pamphlet attacking Mr Field 's views on social policy . |
| 11 | A health authority chairman has said a hospital facing substantial cutbacks is unlikely to lose its emergency departments . |
| 12 | But a report on nine of the 80 homes has uncovered a ratio varying from one in 20 to one in 38 . |
| 13 | UNICEF UK has organized a petition urging the British Government to be one of the first to ratify the Convention after it has been adopted . |
| 14 | The government has adopted a decree laying down the legal framework for licensing companies to carry out recovery and treatment of packaging waste . |
| 15 | Following the initiative of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , the first committee of the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution recommending to the assembly the establishment of a universal and non-discriminatory register of arms transfers . |
| 16 | The European Parliament has adopted a resolution urging both sides to accept arbitration from the International Court of Justice in The Hague . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps Martin Edwards will admit that he has made a mistake selling to the person he has done and the way in which he has sold it . |
| 18 | Bristol and West Property Services ( 0272 294271 ) has produced a brochure covering all eight West Country auctions . |
| 19 | Stockton Borough Council has produced a handbook explaining building control regulations and process , and is issuing completion certificates for work which meets council satisfaction . |
| 20 | Keith Gregson , a history teacher at Brierton Comprehensive School in Hartlepool , has produced a book containing songs he has penned over 25 years . |
| 21 | Each year it has produced a report setting out the state of the education service , and each year Ministers have treated that report as though it were a piece of stinking fish . |
| 22 | A working party under has produced a report reviewing the ACE fee collection system , as a result of which ACE is being encouraged to extend and deepen the support service which it offers to chambers . |
| 23 | The environmental group Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) is an experienced campaigner for improvements in the quality of our water and has produced a briefing giving detailed advice on requesting information from your water supply company . |
| 24 | The Essex Wildlife Trust has produced a leaflet detailing ways to encourage butterflies back to our gardens . |
| 25 | The Marine Conservation Society has produced a leaflet explaining which species are most at risk from the souvenir trade . |
| 26 | Harris has produced a leaflet showing the designs available , with tips for successful stencilling . |
| 27 | A year after a referendum failed to endorse proposed sweeping restrictions on hunting [ see ED no. 35/36 ] , the Italian Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill cutting the hunting season by three months , restricting hunters to designated reserves and limiting the number of species which can be killed . |
| 28 | Allchin began by admitting that Microsoft has had a problem communicating its approach to object technology and claimed he was on the panel to put the record straight : there are objects in Windows NT because there is an object management system in the kernel — its simply not exposed to users . |
| 29 | Stratus Computer Inc has opened a Unix Porting and Technical Center in Dublin , Ireland — it will offer customers and software developers the facilities and personnel to convert their applications to run under the Stratus FTX fault-tolerant Unix operating system . |
| 30 | The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package . |