Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If you want any letters posted , ’ Fen said , ‘ I have to go into the next town we come to . |
2 | In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis . |
3 | Mr Tebbit , the ex-party chairman and MP for Chingford , asked Mr Hurd ‘ whether the pledge that we have given for the last four general elections , that there would be no further large-scale immigration , still stands or not ? ’ |
4 | Here we have stumbled on the first of many . |
5 | Fairly soon one realises that red means melodrama , and blue means romance , and you wonder if you have stumbled across the first romantic novel of the post-communist era . |
6 | Lynch , who fell on Barney Maclyvie at the first 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have been told that a lot of good jockeys have fallen at the first fence in their first ride in the National and then gone on to win the race next time . |
7 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
8 | Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker . |
9 | COT deaths in England and Wales have fallen for the third consecutive year , Government figures revealed yesterday . |
10 | Although the numbers have fallen in the last decade , a high proportion of the world 's children do not even have the opportunity of having protection from some of the major childhood killers , diseases for which vaccines are available — measles for example is a major cause of childhood mortality . |
11 | Cases of salmonella food poisoning in Britain have trebled in the last three years and are at an all-time high , according to government statistics . |
12 | But when the money runs out and they ca n't afford to pay for any more care patients have to wait for the next financial year . |
13 | And er Alan keeps saying , you can do it but you have to wait to the next programme coming through and I specifically asked for Liz to put it on . |
14 | In Birmingham , the dealers have gathered for the 11th British Antiques Fair ( Thursday to the following Wednesday ) , while over the Border , there is still time to catch Pen Panting 's second one-man show , at the Glasgow Print Studio . |
15 | Rising costs , a more sophisticated travelling public and much greater competition from numerous holiday attractions , which have developed within the last 10 years , have made it virtually impossible to run two commercial railways in such close proximity . |
16 | Two million have enrolled in the last twenty one years . |
17 | Geldart drools with enthusiasm when he speaks of some of the players who have broken into the first team or are on the verge . |
18 | Standards have gone up consistently over the six years of the league and , although still dominated by a new wave of running clubs that have burgeoned over the last decade , more and more of the traditional athletics clubs have been paying more attention to the competition . |
19 | ‘ If the response we have received to the first phase continues we will embark on the creation of a ‘ mirror scheme ’ , ’ he said . |
20 | Have pencilled in the 7th shall we go for LeSapt again ? |
21 | Hareven 's view is that economic circumstances have eased in the twentieth century , for most people , so that the alignment of individual time and family time has increasingly become a voluntary matter , whereas the stark economic conditions of the nineteenth century made this an absolute necessity ( Hareven , 1978 ) . |
22 | It lets you back up ( and restore ) whole disks or selected files and/or directories — including the option to back up only files that have modified since the last run . |
23 | The reason why some of us have voted against the Second Reading and will vote against the guillotine is that , unless we put into effect this procedure of opposition , there is no proper way in which objections can be fairly and adequately considered . |
24 | COT deaths in England and Wales have dropped for the third year in succession . |
25 | Profits have dropped by a fifth to £34.8 million in the first half of this year , and he 's not expecting an early recovery . |
26 | In the past six years , living standards in Côte d'Ivoire , the CFA 's giant , have dropped by a third . |
27 | Labour MP Terry Lewis , who sponsored the Bill , says it 's been successful in New South Wales , Australia , where alcohol related accidents have dropped by a third . |
28 | Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years . |
29 | ‘ We have reviewed the results and the fact is we lost as many as we have won over the last two seasons , ’ said Bates . |
30 | Kausmann shows how far we have come from the 19th century , when a girl 's linen box , full of beautifully embroidered monogrammed sheets , was part of her dowry . |