Example sentences of "and [art] [noun pl] have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 These concerns have been expressed to the secretary of state , the chief medical officer , and the chief executive of the NHS collectively and independently , and the colleges have indicated their willingness — indeed , their wish — to work with the administration to address both the immediate issues ( as a matter of urgency ) and long term issues .
2 The Brazilians are producing lapachol for oral administration as part of a drug therapy for cancer , and the authorities have approved it for clinical trials in humans .
3 The upshot is that there has indeed been a battle of ideas — and the Conservatives have won it .
4 The aircraft are safely hangared and the technicians have assured themselves that those cowboy pilots have n't damaged any of their babies .
5 " We are strong , brave , clever — and the gods have blessed us with magical voices , too . "
6 We shall be leaving Peking for Sian at 11.30 this evening , and the comrades have given us a rousing send off with beautiful presents including a big embroidered tablecloth and napkins , and a beautiful framed picture made out of shells , with an inscription written on it specially for & I. They also gave us the enclosed photos , which give you an idea of what life is like here .
7 We are delighted our own staff and the residents have given their effort , time and cash so generously . ’
8 ‘ Greed , cynicism , the rotters and the agents have spoiled it , ’ McIlvanney reflects bitterly , ‘ the rotters ’ being the trade term for journalists trained to sniff out sensation or scandal , or failing that , to drop a cheque down a hole and see who bites .
9 Since the story appeared on Central News last night , the hotel owner has been swamped with messages of sympathy and support , and the planners have changed their minds .
10 Squire Trelawney , Dr Livesey , and the others have asked me to write down all I know about Treasure Island .
11 Mrs Peterson and the others have told me of the delicacies baked and brought with love , from kitchens in Comely Bank , Trinity , the Inch and other even further-flung parts of the City .
12 Twenty infants aged between three and five were at the playgroud and the police have confirmed they will all be interviewed , along with four staff members and several other mothers .
13 has responded to those by , for example , over this year there has been closed circuit television at one of the Park and Rides — I think it 's Thornhill — in consultation with the Police , and the Police have told us that that has reduced the number of crimes that have occurred and we have put
14 I do n't do any sort of job at all , yet when I go on strike , I am still paid my Civil List and the police have to protect me .
15 The thing that 's flying towards me is multicoloured — I 'm being beaten up by colours — grass-green violet scarlet beige BANG rust indigo lime BANG ! rose-pink slate-grey flame-orange BANG BANG ! — and the colours have got my face .
16 Both Labour and the Tories have strengthened their position since last week .
17 Britain is fast becoming a sweatshop economy based on cheap labour and no investment and the Tories have proved it .
18 If Labour can not win when the country is in the deepest recession since the war and the Tories have ditched their greatest electoral asset , can it have any hope of ever again forming a government ?
19 God and the Saints have sent us goodly gain , upon your coming .
20 American Express sets its margin at about 3.5 per cent , and the banks have forced their rates to retailers down to 1.8 per cent .
21 That and the hangovers have turned me teetotal .
22 They run away from the ducklings and the ducklings have to follow them , and chase them as it were , and the one that catches them , is the one they feed .
23 Visit Malham at mid-day on a sunny Bank Holiday and it will be " fair thranged wi' folk " , yet wait until evening when the charabancs have gone and the cars have motored their way back downdale , and Malham becomes again a quiet little place , the only noise coming from the Hikers ' Bar of the Buck Inn where legions of Pennine Way pilgrims have slaked their thirst ; or from the bar of the Listers Arms where Dalesfolk have been coming for years to taste the best steaks in the Dales .
24 Then one item is removed and the children have to guess which one it was .
25 The timing and the eyes have let him down .
26 Stained glass features throughout their home and the Michies have incorporated it with great success .
27 Meanwhile , Stornoway Branch has come up with its own solution : the women have purchased identical matching blouses and cardigans and the men have bought what 's been dubbed as the ‘ Stornoway Corporate shirt ’ .
28 This has happened when I have been catching plenty of barbel , with no breakages , and the matchmen have asked me what I have been using .
29 Pogo 's production is expansive and clear , especially on the slower , more serious ‘ Bad Person ’ , and the rappers have devised their own slang , too , so repeated listening is encouraged .
30 The move is occasioned by the fact that the 1982–3 pool allocations represent a cut in income of about 9 per cent for the polytechnics and as much as 15 per cent for the colleges of higher education , the difference between them being ascribed by the DES to the fact that it has to base its view on cuts on earlier data and the polytechnics have reduced their unit costs more sharply than the colleges in interim years .
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