Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [n mass] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have given staff in schools the space to meet as a group and get to terms with issues over a longer period , complementing the series of other meetings and team meetings that go on anyway . |
| 2 | Profits for 1991-92 have jumped £2m to £13.6m and its pubs total has rocketed from 376 to 532 . |
| 3 | As worldwide demand for its products stays flat and costs remain high , half-year profits have plunged 70% to £15.1m . |
| 4 | Eastern religions — some of them the oldest known to man — have taught people for millennia to find their gods within themselves . |
| 5 | To date , creditor governments have cancelled 11% of Africa 's concessional bilateral debts . |
| 6 | County councillors have claimed £2,087 for trips abroad during the past year . |
| 7 | Trips abroad : County councillors have claimed £2,087 for trips abroad during the past year . |
| 8 | County councillors have claimed £2,087 for trips abroad during the past year . |
| 9 | Other contributions have included £125 from Bondgate Methodist Church and donations in memory of Mr Snow , Mr Robinson , Mr Knightson , Mr Johnson and Mr Clark . |
| 10 | More than 5,000 satisfied customers have nominated staff for Encore Certificates while fewer than 600 have sent in complaints under the separate ‘ Let's be frank ’ campaign . |
| 11 | I have met people from Africa , Europe and all over the world . |
| 12 | Exports to Germany have risen 18% to £1.2 billion and it has consolidated its position as Scotland 's top export market . |
| 13 | In the three weeks since coming to the market through a placing and offer at 160p , the shares have risen 73p to 233p . |
| 14 | The spectacular achievements of technology have dazzled people into awe at the marvels of human inventiveness and mastery over the natural world ; as well as promoting an unprecedented emphasis on mechanical and organizational efficiency . |
| 15 | ‘ I have had people like Cilla Black and Petula Clarke fall into my arms in floods of tears after they 've come off from that one . |
| 16 | Leicester have offered £150,000 for Barnet 's 21-year-old striker Andrew Clarke . |
| 17 | Pre-tax profits for the year to September have mushroomed 112% to £721,000 and boss Ralph Bernard reckons there is more to come this year . |
| 18 | New advertising and promotional activities have helped sales of Johnnie Walker to grow . |
| 19 | Individual rams bred by Mr Slade have produced 92% of E grade lambs in crossing trials . |
| 20 | STUDENTS at Darlington College of Technology have raised £105 for Cot Death Research . |
| 21 | GLENTORAN Football club chairman David Chick and his son , Philip , have raised £2,000 for research into Parkinson 's Disease . |
| 22 | Workers on the Brent Delta oil rig have raised £450 for Hartlepool Hospice . |
| 23 | The machines have replaced $90m of mainframe equipment for the cellular telephone business over the past two years . |
| 24 | Midland Bank have sponsored the tournament at the Brighton Centre for five of its 15 years and have contributed £1.5m in prize money . |
| 25 | Police in Rotterdam have seized 726lb of cocaine in the biggest-ever haul in Dutch criminal history . |
| 26 | In the course of a journalistic investigation I have met people who have spent £12000 on treatment by clinical ecologists and have remortgaged their homes — usually at the therapist 's suggestion — to raise the money . |
| 27 | Thieves have stolen £300-worth of equipment after breaking into a barn in Bakers Lane , Black Notley , used for rearing game birds . |
| 28 | Whisky exports have increased 17% from £1.469 billion in 1989 to £1.712 billion in 1990 . |
| 29 | According to the confidential figures , the 12 inner London authorities face an underlying deficit of almost £30m this year , and have identified £18m of savings . |
| 30 | ‘ Some of them say they have lost £1,000 in revenue since the scheme was implemented . ’ |