Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a variety " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of making notes is primarily to set out , in a shortened but logical form , information that you have gathered from a variety of sources on a particular topic so that it can be used for revision purposes and as an aid to memory . |
| 2 | In this context , adult educators have responded with a variety of educational and vocational training measures , some of which were discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 3 | Over the years these have come in a variety of shapes ‘ sizes and materials : mild steel , galvanised steel , cast iron , copper , aluminium and stainless steel . |
| 4 | Loans have come from a variety of country houses such as Nostell Priory , Goodwood , Saltram , Ickworth and Burghley House and are fairly evenly divided between portraits and classical mythology ; frequently both are combined . |
| 5 | Most of those leaving the cities have done so through the commercial market and they have moved for a variety of reasons ( Kennett and Hall , 1981 ) : more freely-available , cheaper , owner-occupied housing might be found beyond the cities in environmentally-attractive locations ; households are more mobile — car-ownership rates doubled between 1961 and 1981 and the electrification of some InterCity lines has encouraged a marked decentralization of people away from London to areas such as Peterborough , Stamford ( Lincs. ) and even Newark ( Notts. ) ; many move out of cities on retirement ; and for the economically active in the south of England , movement out of London becomes ever more attractive as many commercial activities leave the capital . |
| 6 | Sociologists have shown in a variety of bureaucratic and semi-bureaucratic contexts that , beneath the surface of formal rules and procedures , lie structures of informal rules — some of which the participants themselves may not be consciously aware — but which they , nevertheless , use to interpret and make sense of their more formal obligations and duties . |
| 7 | On a broader front , even the popular movements are only now beginning to raise issues connected with gender and women 's rights despite the long-standing existence of women 's groups which have campaigned on a variety of anti-apartheid issues . |