Example sentences of "we have [verb] a number " in BNC.

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1 We 've received a number of apologies for absence .
2 which we 've done a number of times
3 Well it certainly is , and we think that we 've had an examin of our co , examination of the constitution , we 've made a number of changes , but the task for Labour now is to press on with the issues of looking at our policies , and making sure that our economic policy and our social policy a actually meets the changes that are out their in the world .
4 We 've failed a number of Etonians recently , ’ Tom Arnold , the party vice-chairman in charge of candidates in 1990 , told me .
5 We 've taken a number of factors into account one of which is the lower occupancy levels at Beaver Vale .
6 So , instead of splashing out for the big one , we 've got a number of gorgeous jewels to give away .
7 We 've got a number of good pension funds that ordinary working people can join , but the issue that has come about since compulsory competitive tendering privatization is those members that 've been in pension funds for maybe twenty , twenty five years now they 're out on the open job market with the wonderful privatized world that we live in , with a free market , and they ca n't afford to make adequate pension provision for themselves .
8 I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned .
9 Yes but of of course we 've got a number of estates er around the Mansfield er but we have made inquiries we 've er er we 've made appeals through the press and the radio as you well know .
10 We 've got a number of motions on the agenda asking for the C E C to look carefully at the cost of training at the National College and at the regional education courses .
11 We 've got a number you can call to leave details of any news stories you 'd like to see covered on our programme .
12 We 've got a number of questions we want to ask you , because er though you 're pivotal to all of our erm activities in this enquiry , we are also looking to a report which is hopefully going to be influenced the Bill the Government brings forward .
13 So we 've identified a number of standards which we work within , standards for operating system , for database and for user
14 Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up .
15 ‘ It may happen anyway — Portsmouth are good enough to get promotion this year and we 've had a number of really impressive wins . ’
16 It 's a six and two threes we 've had a number of times .
17 Erm we 's we 've had a number of changes in the water industry over the years .
18 We 've had a number of quotations and a number of reports here .
19 The Chairman of the erm that is already occurring , we 've had a number of reports erm already er flooding is based on a tide flap system erm so those you know we 're gon na have to live with that over the years .
20 We 've had a number of inquiries from abroad .
21 During this particular week , we 've had a number of speakers , guest speakers at the rostrum and there 'll be others that will follow the Reverend Jenkins to the rostrum but the working people of Durham and trade unionists and the miners in particular have very good cause to thank the Reverend David Jenkins .
22 The problem can be quite severe , er we 've had a number of penalties introduced by customs and excise over the last few years but what we 're going to see from the 1st April in this year is interest being charged on overdue moneys paid to customs and excise and also a penalty charged where people make a mistake on their VAT returns , even where they make those mistakes quite innocently .
23 We had received a number of approaches .
24 We had received a number of complaints about bouncing cheques and made a few inquiries into the businessmen and their activities .
25 For our last week in NZ and as a final fling , as it were , we had booked a number of events in the Wellington International Festival .
26 We have been able to resume many former activities and look forward to going to France again , as we have done a number of times , and stay in a tiny village in the mountains of Provence .
27 We have done a number of things internally in the store which have also contributed to us going forward .
28 ‘ In the last ten years or so we have developed a number of ancillary services , which have grown out of our core business .
29 ‘ To facilitate them we have asked a number of show societies to provide judges with an opportunity to bring a selection of prize-winning animals back into the ring and explain why they have been considered champions . ’
30 We have explored a number of approaches which each give a partial answer to that question .
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