Example sentences of "have [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the literature on organizational politics has emphasized one-on-one relationship building , my research moves the emphasis to the coalition . |
| 2 | Retail credit demand has jumped two per cent above the same period last year . |
| 3 | Mr Noir 's popularity rating has jumped 12 points since his resignation , making him the person on the right whom the French would ‘ most like to see playing an important role in the future ’ . |
| 4 | In marriages in which only one of the partners has been down the aisle before , the number of divorces has jumped 67 per cent since 1980 . |
| 5 | Your book now is going to bear much more relation to reality than one in which the murderer has to perform two or three pretty unlikely actions so as to provide the impenetrable mystery . |
| 6 | The capitalist state has to perform two essential but often contradictory functions . |
| 7 | Olive has received 450 letters from the killer . |
| 8 | The pylon plan has received 6,000 objections . |
| 9 | The pylon route from Lackenby , on Teesside , to Shipton , near York has received 6,000 objections and is the subject of a public inquiry in May . |
| 10 | CANADA 's Telidon viewdata system has received two big boosts . |
| 11 | Fremont , California-based Cirrus Logic Inc says it has received two shareholders ' class action lawsuits alleging it violated US securities laws ; in the usual phrase , it dismisses them as without merit and intends to contest them vigorously . |
| 12 | David Lodge 's screenplay of his novel Nice Work , which was the subject of his article in the last edition of The Birmingham Magazine , has received two awards since it was televised last autumn . |
| 13 | The star of the hit film Howards End , which has received nine Oscar nominations , also wants Andrew Farquharson , 27 , from Inverness , to stop phoning her at her family home in Golders Green , north London . |
| 14 | In view of its excellent track record , it 's not surprising that Campbell Freight Agencies Limited has received four prestigious awards within the past three years … two , presented by the UK Institute of Freight Forwarders , for being ‘ Freight Forwarder of the Year ’ and two ‘ Link ’ charity awards , presented by British Midland , commending the company for organising free shipments of essential foods and goods to Ethiopia . |
| 15 | In the last week , one MP has received 100 calls and another has had 70 letters . |
| 16 | The Italian State has received sixteen paintings valued at L4.5 billion ( £2.04 million ; $3.55 million ) from the Strozzi-Sacrati collection as payment of inheritance tax . |
| 17 | Over the past three years it has received 11 visits from the Sudbury-based charity group Christian Cargo . |
| 18 | The service is short of 369 lawyers , but it has received 517 inquiries about its own articled clerk and pupillage scheme launched in May . |
| 19 | Cynon Valley ) in a written reply yesterday that she has received 6,900 letters on Cambodia over the last month . |
| 20 | The National Gallery has received 150 restitution claims to date , half of which have been satisfied , the rest deferred following negotiations , by keeping the item on long-term loan . |
| 21 | Since April , that trust has received 53 letters of complaint and 1 , 344 letters of praise . |
| 22 | Kiu Wah , in its first six months , has received 86 referrals . |
| 23 | Since the campaign was launched on ‘ Feedback ’ , the BBC has received thirty-nine critical calls . |
| 24 | Amnesty 's British Section has received dozens of letters concerning Vic Williams . |
| 25 | Since its launch in April , the Breathe Easy club has received thousands of letters and calls from people with lung problems . |
| 26 | In spite of the embarrassment , Lord James repeated his encouragement to schools to use the self-governing powers and claimed that the Scottish Office has received 60 inquiries about such a change since June . |
| 27 | Since its launch last May Convex has received 25 firm orders for the C3800 , which is the first computer to use GaAs instead of silicon chips . |
| 28 | They were often accompanied on such excursions by Christopher Sykes , who has recalled one wet Saturday afternoon when , in the Hospital gardens , they watched a football match between the Marylebone dustmen and the Chelsea Municipal Maintenance Staff : " The forlorn scene fascinated Eliot and in spite of the cold and the drizzle he stayed and watched for several minutes " . |
| 29 | Air Products has developed two silicone surfactants for manufacturers of rigid polyurethane foam who are currently using HCFC blown foam systems . |
| 30 | Well Worth Reading , the fiction promotion scheme for libraries , has developed two new promotions . |