Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no use telling a man who has received a thousand pounds a year in giro cheques that he has the means to better himself . |
| 2 | BSI Quality Assurance , the certification division of the British Standards Institution , has developed a new BSI Kitemark scheme for accounting software , in association with the Institute and KPMG Management Consulting . |
| 3 | After it has travelled a hundred yards or so , it bivouacs . |
| 4 | The Soviet-American joint venture ‘ 21st-Century Technologies ’ has given a million roubles and a truckful of restoration materials has arrived in Moscow , courtesy of the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt . |
| 5 | A preliminary clipping usually takes place during the course of the knotting , when the weaver cuts the pile yarn to an approximate length after he or she has completed a few rows , but the final clipping is a highly skilled job , which , if badly done , can ruin months of work . |
| 6 | Cinncinatti , Ohio-based SCH Inc has formed a Professional Services Division which will focus on helping users move from proprietary to Unix-based software solutions . |
| 7 | Detectives say a hundred and ninety officers , many of them armed , were involved in Operation Lucy which has smashed a nationwide drugs and guns racket . |
| 8 | The National Economic Development Office has organised a specialised organics seminar , Chemistry for a better environment — environmental challenges and opportunities in the specialised organics sector , on 17 March 1992 in Manchester . |
| 9 | Growth-hungry pubs and hotels group Greenalls has wrestled a tiny profits improvement out of a difficult year . |
| 10 | The old Apache Group , now restyled the Mips ABI Group , has added a few members ( current count is 16 ) and is going to stage a rally later this month to wheel out the promised ABI . |
| 11 | Computer Sciences Corp has won a multi-year facilities management contract from Sun Microsystems Inc that is expected to generate $27m a year : under the agreement , Sun will temporarily transfer all its mainframe data centre activities in Milpitas , California to a Computer Sciences data centre in San Diego , enabling Sun to convert its mainframe systems , which oversee its worldwide manufacturing operations , to a client-server environment , with help from Computer Sciences , and the El Segundo company will run Sun 's day-to-day operations , supporting applications maintenance for its Manufacturing Resource Planning software , while the client-server system is developed and installed . |
| 12 | The closing of a station intangibly but significantly diminishes the spiritual life of a country and its people , for it brings down the curtain with devastating finality on a stage which has seen a thousand dramas , comic and tragic , played out and has mirrored the changing moods of the nation , has etched itself into the working lives of some , the emotional lives of others . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the Scottish Ladies ' Golfing Association has named a 12-strong girls ' squad for Sunday 's training match against Helensburgh boys . |
| 14 | Finally , since 1989 , DGX has granted a few scholarships to specialise in restoration and conservation . |
| 15 | An initial inspection of the loco , still in impeccable condition externally , has revealed a few problems and it is hoped that the Standard will be back in service sooner than the two to three years expected for overhaul . |
| 16 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 17 | With The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover ( 18 ) he has made a few changes , but certain basic principles hold good : the look of everything is still turned into art history , and the meaning of everything is still turned into nothing , a nothing that sometimes seems despairing and sometimes only smug . |
| 18 | Even in our championship winning year we failed to beat the ‘ elite ’ sides in the league and although Wilko has made a few changes to the squad we still have basically the side and thus the same problems that have cost us dearly in the most important games . |
| 19 | The Agency has produced a new leaders ' guide for people organising outings of up to five miles with family or friends . |
| 20 | San Francisco has had a privatised police force since 1851 , when the city cops were so desperate for help that they sold off districts to private enterprise . |
| 21 | For over 120 years , the House of Commons has had a Public Accounts Committee which has established a reputation as an impartial watchdog over government spending . |
| 22 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 23 | Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around . |
| 24 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 25 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |
| 26 | I am a bit of an oddity here and this has opened a few doors for me . |
| 27 | It has opened a preliminary EOS Europe office and its EOS Korea has been in full operation for six months . |
| 28 | It has opened a dozen shops with an intriguing new concept — pile it high and sell it cheap — and plans a chain of 200 . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've been hard at it for several weeks now , and have no intention of giving up now , ’ said a spokesman , who also rebutted claims by Irish politicians that Scottish Enterprise has used a dirty tricks campaign to ensure Digital remains in Scotland . |
| 30 | A Liverpool City Council spokesman said : ‘ He has got a disabled facilities grant and mandatory renovation grant . ’ |