Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr McKiernan believes that the economic climate of the early 1990s has placed a new emphasis upon the value of credit information . |
| 2 | In that time , the giant multinational has bought a 40 per cent stake in the company that runs south Crofty ( which also operates a small mine at Pendarves ) as well as 18 per cent of the shares in Geevor . |
| 3 | Zeos International Ltd has reported a first quarter net loss of $3.3m , up from a loss last time of $1.9m , which was struck after a tax credit of $1.4m , on turnover that rose 2.2% at $60.4m . |
| 4 | Borland International Inc has reported a fourth quarter net profit of $5.1m against a loss last time of $26.9m on turnover that rose 0.2% at $117.1m ; net profit for the year to March 31 was $49.2m against a loss last time of $110.4m on turnover off 3.8% at $463.9m . |
| 5 | The late 1980s have witnessed a virtual revolution in the range and quality of learning materials produced for nurses of every clinical specialism and professional interest . |
| 6 | The grip of the brewing giants is still powerful ; the late 1980s has seen a worrying return to takeovers and mergers and the intensification of lager promotion . |
| 7 | Capital spending is rigorously controlled , and in general this has permitted a cautious approach to the adoption and dissemination of new expensive technologies ( Stocking 1988 ) . |
| 8 | Lucid Inc has begun a major push into the European market with its Energize C++ programming environment for object-oriented development ( UX No 366 ) . |
| 9 | In a show of unity rarer than a dodo sighting , the US Big Six have issued a joint statement of position in an attempt to focus attention on the ‘ epidemic of litigation ’ that is beginning to threaten the very existence of many American firms . |
| 10 | But , despite the fact that headhunting originated in the USA , and that the Big four have gained a strong presence in the British search market , the headhunting business in Britain has evolved not by aping the American fashion but in its own way , with its own style , priorities , emphasis and approach . |
| 11 | Wimpy International has opened a further four restaurants at the Metro Centre , Gateshead ; Carbis Bay , Cornwall ; Shirley , Hampshire ; and Sudbury , Suffolk . |
| 12 | Leading partitioning manufacturer and supplier Keysan Ltd has announced a new fully relocatable steel partitioning system which is totally compatible with the company 's newly launched T80 storage wall . |
| 13 | Although they were still only in their teens , the two young Annamese had undergone a drastic change in appearance in the four years since the Sherman family had watched them gambolling around the cooking tent of their father , Ngo Van Loc , the hunting camp " boy " of Jacques Devraux . |