Example sentences of "police have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LOTHIAN AND BORDERS Police has made a big step forward in crime prevention work with its new information caravan . |
| 2 | Er Trading Standards Officers have been helping the police have made a large number of visits to sales in recent months targetting those where we know or suspect there will be concentration of counterfeiter goods and these stolen items we 've been taking and seizing items , we 've been making inspections and er we will also be distributing some leaflets to try and advise people of some of the risks and dangers that face them at this sort of event . |
| 3 | The police had done a reasonable job of cleaning up and had put a plastic sheet over the hole in the window to keep the rain out . |
| 4 | Police had discovered a mass grave containing the mutilated bodies of 50 children , aged 12-14 , near the Madre de Dios river in the second week of August . |
| 5 | Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted . |
| 6 | The local police had had a busy evening with an exceptional number of hoax calls that led them to non-existent road accidents drunken brawls and even — a touch that showed a nice appreciation of British susceptibilities — a rabid dog on the loose . |
| 7 | Police have charged a seventeen-year-old youth in connection with the incident . |
| 8 | Up to now the police have played a passive role with the hippies , preferring to keep a watchful eye on them . |
| 9 | The police have played a key role in the development of this configuration . |
| 10 | Thames Valley Police have appointed a new man to oversee the workings of its complaints and disciplinary department . |
| 11 | The police have made a dreadful mess of it . |
| 12 | The police have done a good job but it 's very difficclt unless you catch them with a box of matches . |
| 13 | Now the police have developed a new method , which is used at 60 per cent of fires where arson is suspected . |
| 14 | Mounted police have combed a National Trust estate at nearby Christmas Common , but have still drawn a blank in their search for the murder weapon or any bloodstained clothing . |
| 15 | The police have spread a wide net to snare him . ’ |
| 16 | Meanwhile police have arrested a twenty four year old man in Glasgow 's Milton area in connection with alleged possession of drugs . |
| 17 | Police have discounted a sectarian motive and are pursuing ‘ a specific line of inquiry . ’ |
| 18 | Police have launched a new campaign to crackdown on motorists who 're killing people by driving too fast . |
| 19 | Meanwhile police have launched a new campaign to reduce the number of distraction burglaries , which increased by fifteen percent last year . |
| 20 | Police have launched a new initiative to tackle a rising wave of crime . |
| 21 | Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Moore , who has served a jail sentence for armed robbery . |
| 22 | British Transport Police have launched a full inquiry . |
| 23 | POLICE have issued a new appeal for information about the murder of Michael Edwards . |