Example sentences of "they have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The kitemark and logo of the ACRG signify that successful students have completed a planned programme of studies involving at least 500 study hours by which they have achieved a level of attainment appropriate for admission to higher education . |
| 32 | Users often do not notice that they have miskeyed a word , and many systems do not make it clear why they have failed to find anything . |
| 33 | Indian friends have testified that they have witnessed a Cobra at night with its ‘ jewel ’ glowing , moving through the undergrowth In search of water . |
| 34 | Most people think that they 're being stupid if they have to ask a question they think that everyone else is n't probably thinking the same thing . |
| 35 | They have created a CD market in which there is ‘ no serious price competition ’ . |
| 36 | Aha , just as they thought , and they have kept a lookout for movement , a flash that reveals the enemy position . |
| 37 | The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it . |
| 38 | They have formed a company , GSR Inc , which will also receive 15% of Tatra 's shares . |
| 39 | They have analysed a form of arranged marriage which was practised in Taiwan . |
| 40 | All the national officers are held to account , they have to give a report of their activities and delegates can challenge them . |
| 41 | There seems the possibility of a regular dialogue between umpires and batsmen as the batsmen seek confirmation as to whether they have played a shot , or on the likely height of the next delivery . |
| 42 | The corollary is that they have accepted a range of obligations to provide support for non-household kin . |
| 43 | They have accepted a compromise deal which will give them a special allowance for working an extra hour in the morning and late at night under a new roster system . |
| 44 | If teachers regard themselves as professionally accountable to themselves and their colleagues then they have accepted a commitment to the maintenance and improvement of their practice . |
| 45 | With this , they have obtained a generalization of the above solution in the case when . |
| 46 | Candidates over twenty-five may be allowed to enrol if they have obtained a position of responsibility in a non-accounting career — that means that you wo n't necessarily need A-levels to do the course . |
| 47 | For most people , change of type or tenure of housing has been relatively infrequent once they have obtained a home of their own in either the owner-occupied or local authority sectors . |
| 48 | SIR — In addition to the problems encountered by Spanish researchers in finding a post in Spain after they have obtained a doctorate in another country ( see Nature 306 , 502 ; 1992 %and ; 361 , 578 ; 1993 ) , there is also the slowness of the procedure for obtaining recognition in their title . |
| 49 | Until now they have represented a mass of public opinion which is noisy rather than articulate , and more remarkable for its courage than its ability to coalesce as an organised force . |
| 50 | ‘ They have seen a phenomenon they believe to be smoke , and with nothing but their personal opinion to guide them , they have promptly pronounced its origins as fire . ’ |
| 51 | I bet they have seen a change only he would n't admit it , if they did ! |
| 52 | I bet they have seen a change ! |
| 53 | They have seen a lot of world now — Rome , London , New York and Paris — and like most girls of their age are not yet discontented with this necessarily tourist oriented relationship with the outside world . |
| 54 | This long low channel through the mountains is occupied by three inland lochs : Loch Lochy , Loch Oich and Loch Ness , the latter made famous by people who think they have seen a monster in its waters . |
| 55 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 56 | Some people feel they have lost a space of time and , like other members of the panel , I would be cautious in the use of sedatives in this situation . |
| 57 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 58 | They have to put a blood so , so that the bone sticks out , a bit more than that . |
| 59 | They have written a book about the escape , but now face trial . |
| 60 | Thus , if team 3 , thinking of beef adds an e they have completed a word — bee — and lose a point ; but only if another team spots it and challenges them . |