Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The shipments , which are expected to transport up to 30 tonnes of plutonium from Cap La Hague and Sellafield ( UK ) to Japan over the next 20 years , have aroused international protest .
2 The Essex Gliding Club 's plans for the former bomber station at Ridgewell near Clare , due to be discussed by Braintree planner on March 29 , have aroused unprecedented opposition among residents .
3 However , none of them has been found in an archaeological context and they have aroused considerable suspicion : they could be relatively modern copies loosely based on Italic originals ; they could be genuine prehistoric imports ; or they could be perfectly genuine figures brought to Britain relatively recently as curios and since discarded or lost .
4 Because of the high profile of the industries , the reports have aroused considerable interest .
5 Conservative Governments have honoured that commitment in full and , as a result , continuous strikes , the British disease as they are known , have been eliminated .
6 Would Desmond Seymour-Strachey have honoured any agreement his mother had come to with Hilda , would he have considered himself obliged to pay half the royalties to Rose ?
7 Will the Minister confirm that we have stopped medium-term cover for the Soviet Union longer than any other OECD country ?
8 Perhaps this is a reflection of the problems that have plagued nuclear fission .
9 Advocates of the ‘ social representation ’ school of thought have criticized mainstream attitude research for possessing an individualist bias ( see , Billig , in press ; Jaspars and Fraser , 1983 ; Moscovici , 1963 , 1983 ) .
10 Other researchers have criticized this test for being insufficiently rigorous .
11 Working from samples taken from the ice cap , French researchers have calculated that snowfall in Greenland in 1967 contained seven times more lead than in 1989 .
12 From across the kitchen he said , ‘ I do n't think anything I have painted this autumn is quite as good as this , but then , I would not expect it to be .
13 Even where elected representatives are aware of the vote-catching potential of courting the ethnic communities , they have given little thought to the educational implications of their policies , and even less effort to ensure that the policies are implemented .
14 By contrast , Mr Kravchuk and his prime minister , Mr Vitold Fokin , have given little indication that they are serious either about radical economic reform or the establishment of political democracy .
15 The Education ( Corporal Punishment ) Bill would , in effect , have given each parent the right to veto the use of corporal punishment against his/her child .
16 Yes there 's been many cases where lesbian and gay couples have left a gay bar , have given each other a goodnight kiss at a bus stop or at a tube station or in the street and they 've been arrested under public decency laws and dragged through the courts and fined up to £200 .
17 They have given each guest a limited-edition Disney sweatshirt and insisted that they wear it to gain entry to the gala performance .
18 I would like to record my thanks to the members of all sites who have given such enthusiasm and interest to this problem , this topic and that the erm County Council is now resourcing rights of way in a way which we felt was necessary and I would thank our staff for their persistence , patience and their continuing efforts with great er verseatue we I am grateful Chairman .
19 Australia 's defeats at Swansea and Llanelli , and only four tries in five matches in Wales , have given new hope to home players and fans only 12 months on from the 38–3 record home defeat at the hands of the Wallabies .
20 Gilbert is now acknowledged to have been a brilliant geomorphologist who made a contribution which anticipated many of the developments half a century later and whose deductions regarding stream and landscape mechanics ‘ have given new life to quantitative geomorphology in the twentieth century ’ ( Chorley , Dunn and Beckinsale , 1964 , p. 572 ) .
21 In retrospect , the techniques that have given molecular biology its pace have hung on the principle that life , which has evolved the manipulative techniques by which it is itself sustained , must also embody the techniques for which laboratories cry out .
22 We have given strong support to the Sports Council and its efforts to raise participation in sport .
23 Some innovative health authorities have given financial assistance for the establishment of advocacy schemes , though such money must be provided as a ‘ donation ’ or ‘ gift ’ rather than as revenue with strings attached .
24 We do thank you for your support for us as a family , and to those who have given financial support .
25 Then at last he said : ‘ Gentlemen — and ladies , pardon me — I have given much thought to these matters and I wish to say here in confidence to you , that while there remains between myself and many of those present differences of interpretation as to what is really occurring in Europe at this moment , despite this , as to the main points that have been raised in this house , I am convinced , gentlemen , convinced both of their justice and their practicality . ’
26 Are dependent conditionals to be characterized more generally in terms of two categories to which Philosophers have given much attention , those of subjunctive and counterfactual statements ?
27 The Government have given renewed priority to improvements in the infrastructure — in roads and railways and other transport .
28 People without any political bias have given honest evidence and enabled the Select Committee to produce the report , which was a genuine effort to draw to the attention of the Government their folly in running down the coal industry to the extent that they are planning to do .
29 One of several players to have come into the Armagh side of late to join the more experienced brigade , Mark is following in the footsteps of two of Killeavey 's most distinguished players , Gareth and Padraig O'Neill , both of whom have given great service to the county .
30 Provided you have given prior notification , General Accident will extend the full cover of your policy for up to 45 days in total in any one annual period of insurance , at no additional cost , to include :
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