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

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1 But in their hurry to get off the mountain , exhausted climbers have discarded tons of rubbish .
2 Many of the remaining patients with an intact pouch have repeated episodes of pouchitis , diarrhoea is generally troublesome , and most patients require medication for symptoms .
3 Illegal counterfeit manufacturers have taken advantage of a burgeoning circular trade between E C countries in pharmaceuticals .
4 In some capitalist societies , and in most post-capitalist societies , cultural institutions have become departments of state , especially in the modern media .
5 ONLY two English clubs have averaged gates of more than 50,000 during a season since 1945 — Manchester United and Everton .
6 If a dealer has worked in the business for only a few weeks , the client has no way of telling whether he is senior or not , and some licensed dealers have taken advantage of this .
7 Many social workers have known instances of actual or threatened harm to or from elderly people and their carers .
8 I shall consider briefly how these historical changes have affected patterns of support between family members .
9 The CAA and British Airways have begun trials of an Automated Dependent Surveillance ( ADS ) system which provides ground monitors with an aircraft 's precise position , in real time , via satellite link .
10 As far as the social element of citizenship is concerned , cuts in public expenditure have meant underfunding of education and public housing and complaints about the standard and availability of many public services , including public transport and the health service .
11 British rulers have made collections of books down the ages , and the library portraits of the English kings Henry VII ( 1485–1509 ) , Henry VIII ( 1509–1547 ) and Queen Elizabeth I ( 1558–1603 ) acknowledge these monarchs ' contributions to the sixteenth-century Renaissance of learning in England .
12 Supporters of sacked workers have rejected accusations of ‘ rent-a-mob ’ tactics and say they plan to turn up in force again .
13 In recent years an increasing number of second- and even third-generation Koreans have shown signs of rebelling against a system which has limited their job options and freedom of movement .
14 In coeliac disease , patients with abnormal histology have increased intensity of epithelial staining which in some cases now extended into the crypts .
15 The theory of ‘ proletarianization ’ suggests that routine white-collar workers have become part of the proletariat and so can no longer be considered middle class .
16 Intraluminal neutralisation of acid occurs in part by swallowed saliva and previous studies have shown enhancement of salivary flow in response to dyspeptic symptoms caused by acid entering the lower esophagus .
17 While some previous studies have shown absence of foci in old , untreated and control rats , others have shown that foci do occur spontaneously with increasing age .
18 Morita et al have reported toxic effects of sodium butyrate above 2 mM in a colon cancer cell line and it may be that previous studies have used concentrations of butyrate that are higher than optimal .
19 Previous studies have identified sites of phosphorylation by the DNA-PK in hsp90 and SV40 large T antigen ( 9 , 31 , 32 ) .
20 Functional studies have provided evidence of macrophage activation : isolated mononuclear cells from the colonic mucosa of inflammatory bowel disease patients seem to have enhanced antigen-presenting activity , increased ability to undergo respiratory burst , ability to stimulate immunoglobulin scretion , and to release the specific secretory products , lysozyme and interleukin 1Β .
21 Three national surveys have given details of the types of people who are elected as councillors .
22 Issues of feminist and psychological journals have featured discussions of it , and it has been extensively discussed on radio and television , and in popular magazines .
23 Seven US environmental groups have accused Taiwan of running an illicit and barbaric trade in endangered wildlife .
24 Such ancient tales have left traces of themselves behind in fairy stories such as ‘ The Three Billy-goats Gruff .
25 Several studies of healthy volumteers have shown inhibition of baseline and stimulated exocrine pancreatic secretion .
26 The governments of Eastern Europe have deprived individuals of both motive and freedom as the price of a supposed social planning .
27 Japanese IPOs have shown average instant gains of 32% since 1979 , while offerings in some emerging markets have averaged gains of more than 50% .
28 Eroded cliffs and headlands have taken away towns , villages , castles and churches ; sand dunes have buried villages and churches ; silted up estuaries and shallow seas have deprived sites of their former importance and even livelihood .
29 ‘ Yes , yes , man , but the point is that I did n't leave it , and now these confounded women have taken possession of the cottage .
30 Apart from the USA , the other nuclear states have issued pronouncements of one kind or another indicating certain restraints on deployment or possible use .
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