Example sentences of "it have [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , my interest lies particularly I think in the kind of erm popular fiction written in America between the wars , though it has to some extent carried on since World War Two . |
| 2 | It has for some time been considered a most urgent need to extricate mentally handicapped children from long-stay hospitals and stop their admission to them , and there has , as a result , been a sharp fall in the numbers of mentally handicapped children in hospitals . |
| 3 | By far the most popular location in recent years has been the Netherlands , for the very good reason that it has for some time offered by far the best deal . |
| 4 | The twentieth century has seen the growth of a considerable literature on management as an acquired skill and it has for some time been possible to obtain academic management qualifications . |
| 5 | The outcome of these changes is that the drug bill is rising faster than it has for some years and above the rate of inflation . |
| 6 | It has for some years been established beyond doubt that Elisabeth used her long period as custodian of her brother 's works and papers ( during which time she wrote and rewrote his biography , as well as overseeing the editing of his works ) to misrepresent important aspects of his life and thought and , in extreme cases , to falsify letters and unpublished writings . |
| 7 | The North Berwick line enjoys a spectacular claim to fame because it has at some time or other in its history been powered by every possible form of motive power ; horse , steam , diesel and electricity . |
| 8 | The issue of conscription was a particularly tender one for the union , for it had for some time been under pressure from the Admiralty over breaches of the obligation of seamen , nominally enforced by the Board of Trade , that sailors should be on board their ships on time and hence not delay sailings . |
| 9 | To such an end it had for some time been seeking to intensify contacts with both Tehran and Baghdad . |
| 10 | The surviving corner showed that it had at some stage been thickened to 7½ft or possibly , as the plan suggests , extended to form a buttress or column base . |
| 11 | If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence . |