Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has fallen for a number of reasons . |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the recent flurry of statutory and quasi-statutory regulatory activity in relation to insider dealing in the UK , there has operated for a number of years a range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse in both the corporate/ unorthodox context and the individual/traditional context . |
| 3 | This change in the law and in the locus of power will not end the debate , which has prevailed for a number of years , about control of the curriculum of schools ; such a debate emerged once the content of the curriculum become a controversial subject in the 1960s and has continued since . |
| 4 | Barbados has benefited for a number of years from a wide treaty network , including treaties with the UK , the US and Canada . |
| 5 | Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways . |
| 6 | But liquidity has increased for a number of the larger issues of recent years and certain gilt-edged market makers are now active dealers in a range of non-gilt securities . |
| 7 | While the company has observed for a number of years the thrust of most of the recommendations put forward in the code of best practice , some of our procedures have been adjusted so that the form as well as the spirit of the code is met . |
| 8 | The dispute between Huddersfield Polytechnic and Kirklees Metropolitan Council which has continued for a number of years illustrates most of the tensions which may develop between a polytechnic and its local authority . |
| 9 | Having worked for a number of years now in community health services , previously erm in Yorkshire , in fact I 've only been down in Oxford about four or five months , I 've learnt how important it is in fact to make good working contacts with members and officers of other organizations , and particularly of local authority organizations . |
| 10 | When he left for Canada six years earlier , Northern Ireland had the lowest crime rate in the United Kingdom and no political violence had occurred for a number of years . |
| 11 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 12 | It will allow the sense of frustration many of us have felt for a number of years to be replaced by a new sense of purpose . |
| 13 | We have known for a number of years that we with every other council in the land , are facing the government that does not believe in local government . |
| 14 | Er as you 've already heard , the Greater York authority have cooperated for a number of years in bringing forward new settlement proposals but erm I have to say that I I do agree it would be helpful if the panel were able to make a strategic recommendation in favour of one particular local authority . |
| 15 | Is my hon. Friend aware that I have lived for a number of years without any such advice , and I can not believe that it is really necessary ? |