Example sentences of "[conj] have [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past the courts have construed statutory and common law rights to information restrictively and have either required an applicant to show a special reason for wanting the information or have denied access to a person with an ‘ indirect motive ’ such as a councillor helping a constituent in a complaint against the authority . |
| 2 | The fact that Derby County have now beaten Cosenza and Pisa by 3–0 margins — the two Italian sides that have defeated City in the competition — emphasises Smith 's problems . |
| 3 | ( iii ) Discussion should bring out examples of words and expressions which tend to undergo very rapid change in use or meaning — eg terms of approbation ( wicked , brill ) ; differences in the use and meanings of words as used by pupils , their parents and grandparents — eg wireless , radio , tranny , receiver ; and new words that have become part of the English vocabulary during the last 50 years or so , eg computer , astronaut , macho . |
| 4 | Assured tenancy companies that have raised money under the BES to invest in properties for letting are having trouble valuing their properties . |
| 5 | The range of policies needed to counter the root causes that have given rise to the underclass and keep it firmly in place at the bottom of the social hierarchy are examined in Part IV . |
| 6 | The Misbourne is just one of many rivers and streams that have fallen victim to the recent drought and the increase in demand for water in the south . |
| 7 | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz , Switzerland 's economy minister , is sweeping away some of the 20-odd price-fixing ‘ conventions ’ , a Swiss euphemism for cartels , that have stifled competition in the domestic market for the past half-century . |
| 8 | It is hardly surprising that the studies that have taken account of the social class background of white and black pupils tend to reveal that the dramatic differences produced by simple comparisons tend to diminish , often considerably ( Bagley et al . , |
| 9 | Considering the major developments that have taken place during the past 12 months within Rolls Wood Group , the achievement in such a period of time reflects the workforce 's determination to establish Rolls Wood Group as a leader in this market . |
| 10 | Neither was particularly exceptional within the catalogue of events that have taken place during the last twenty years . |
| 11 | Before describing the current guidelines in detail , it is worth reviewing the policy changes that have taken place over the last two decades . |
| 12 | Our emphasis on the desirability of using the term ‘ blind ’ carefully arises from the many positive developments that have taken place over the last two decades . |
| 13 | In Environment Issues we do n't usually have room to record every birth , marriage and death ( hatches , matches and despatches ) , however , Hygiene Leeds warrants a mention for the five marriages that have taken place over the last three months . |
| 14 | This consensual relationship was revealed in the remarkable absence of overt conflict and the high degree of union co-operation in the major changes in employment and working practices that have taken place on the railways over the past decades ( Hyman and Elger 1981 ) . |
| 15 | The very large collections of rocks , minerals and fossils from many parts of the world demonstrate the succession of changes that have taken place throughout the Earth over the vast span of geological time . |
| 16 | Changes that have taken place in the Highland Zapotec region of Oaxaca , Mexico , are a good example . |
| 17 | This is partly because of a number of important changes that have taken place in the scale of the protest , the targets against which it has been directed , and the tactics that have been employed , but particularly because of some fundamental changes in the broader political social and economic context in which the protest is now taking place . |
| 18 | The legislation was introduced as part of a more general swing in the climate of opinion which has almost certainly contributed to changes that have taken place in the recent past : girls ' achievement , while still below that of boys ' , has nevertheless begun to catch up . |
| 19 | In outlining the main changes that have taken place in the family in industrial society it has sometimes been maintained that one of the most important changes has been the evolution of a more egalitarian or more democratic family structure . |
| 20 | The developments that have taken place in the rural housing market illustrate vividly the paradoxical nature of contemporary changes in village life . |
| 21 | The relatively small amount of movement in the national population total since the early 1970s , however , masks the considerable changes that have taken place in the composition and structure of the population . |
| 22 | Accordingly , we shall now concentrate on describing and analysing the developments flowing from Haycocks I that have taken place in the past three years . |
| 23 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , had this country adopted the supine , innocents-abroad foreign and defence policies of the Opposition parties , the reforms and changes that have taken place in the Soviet Union would not have resulted in President Boris Yeltsin being the president of Russia ? |
| 24 | When my right hon. Friend is making arrangements for his business in the second week in April , will he please include a visit to Edgware general hospital , where he will find patients , members of staff and doctors highly satisfied with the changes that have taken place in the national health service ? |
| 25 | It concerns privatisations that have taken place in the past few years under processes and with measures of regulation which the Government said were more than adequate , dismissing all our criticisms . |
| 26 | By looking at events that have taken place in Leicestershire over the past 90 years , this project aims to build up a picture of the long-term changes that have taken place in the levels and patterns of violence in various spheres of social life . |
| 27 | The research is concerned with the changes that have taken place in the engineering profession since the Finniston Report and particularly after the appointment of the new Engineering Council . |
| 28 | However Rustin argues that the developments that have taken place in the public sector owe much more to conscious political choice : " Thatcherism may be understood as a strategy of post-Fordism from the perspectives of the right " ( Rustin 1989 : 75 ) . |
| 29 | Table 1.2 shows the changes that have taken place in the period since 1961 . |
| 30 | Let's have a look more closely at some of the changes that have taken place in the past few decades . |