Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pressure of numbers impinges on every facet of the prison system , and in some institutions has resulted in overcrowded conditions that would not have been tolerated a century earlier . |
| 2 | Historically , Johnson Matthey has operated in continental Europe through a network of selling companies in each of the major markets . |
| 3 | Shifting agriculture is not in itself environmentally harmful , as is evidenced by the long and generally successful history that this type of agriculture has enjoyed in tropical regions . |
| 4 | In addition , Tecnologia has participated in various European Community projects such as the Gaudi Project . |
| 5 | Communism has collapsed in Eastern Europe , and the Soviet Union has fallen apart . |
| 6 | Similarly , so-called ‘ pattern ’ bargaining has occurred in certain industries . |
| 7 | The pattern of change has lead in recent years to the growth of large book retailing groups , some with a ready will to diversify into other product ranges . |
| 8 | It is difficult to make a case that the time lag in getting innovations to the market-place has decreased in recent years . |
| 9 | The goods remain the Seller 's property until the Buyer has paid in full 8.1.1. all sums due to the Seller under this contract ; and 8.1.2. any other sums due from the Buyer to the Seller . |
| 10 | Retention of title 8(1) The goods remain the Seller 's property until the Buyer has paid in full ( a ) all sums due to the Seller under this contract ; and ( b ) any other sums due from the Buyer to the Seller . |
| 11 | The current deteriorating standards of living and acute social problems that owe so much of their origin to the decline in the economy suggest that the inheritance at the time of Independence of a highly developed mining sector was a very mixed blessing : the lack of balance it occasioned in the economic base has resulted in serious economic and social disequilibrium with the locus of control resting as much with decisions made in the London Metal Market as with policies established in Lusaka . |
| 12 | Interest in this field has expanded in recent years , along with interest in speech recognition and optical character recognition ( OCR ) , especially with the advances in technology . |
| 13 | The Spitfire has featured in numerous movies including the Battle of Britain . |
| 14 | Although the division between nomadic and urban cultures has diminished in recent years , most of the older , more established weaving groups have retained their traditional allegiance to either geometric or curvilinear designs . |
| 15 | A spokesman for Benfield Motors , Tyneside 's largest retailer , said : ‘ The Budget has resulted in significant savings for new car buyers which should help stimulate sales . |
| 16 | So the complete saying means : do n't take off a layer of winter clothing before you see blossom on the bushes ( ie before spring has started in earnest ) . |
| 17 | The effects of deforestation and management on tropical soils has also been discussed by Lal ( 1986 ) , who cites examples in the humid tropics where deforestation has resulted in accelerated soil erosion . |
| 18 | At the same time the imbalance between expenditure and revenue has resulted in high interest rates and the deficit has been an engine driving inflation — as the monetisation of government debt is one cause of excessive money supply growth . |
| 19 | The imprisoned Mr Mandela has met in recent months more than a dozen of the chieftains and assorted dignitaries — his Xhosa wife , Winnie , among them - who were on the podium . |
| 20 | Their passion for raiding has declined in recent years , but in most other respects their lifestyles have changed little in centuries , and the rugs they make today remain faithful to their ancestors ' methods of weaving and repertoire of designs . |
| 21 | In the meanwhile , a new Leviathan has surfaced in cultural life . |
| 22 | The disease is most often encountered in pigs on pasture , though an occasional outbreak has occurred in yarded pigs . |
| 23 | The spirituality of The Cloud of Unknowing never became as popular in the West as the Mystical Theology of Dionysius has remained in eastern Orthodox Christianity , but perhaps in our own day when many people in the Western world have reacted against inadequate human ideas of God , this book might prove to be a refreshing and useful corrective . |
| 24 | IRAS has proved in particular that a liquid-helium cooling system can work in space ; and its catalogue of newly-discovered sources — expected to eventually total a quarter of a million — is inviting a longer-term detailed investigation by a specialised infrared observatory . |
| 25 | The underfunding has resulted in poor provision of essentials , like text books and stationery and a lack of computers for the teaching of information technology . |
| 26 | In particular , TV buying has come in recent years to be regarded as something of a separate skill — arguably to the detriment of the media operations of agencies as a whole . |
| 27 | But now Darlington Football Club has invested in new physiotherapy equipment at Feethams and a trained physiotherapist is developing a service for people in the town . |
| 28 | Redondo , for the union , and González , for the party , hoped to reproduce in Spain the same kind of social welfare capitalism that similar union-party combinations had introduced in northern Europe between 1945 and 1975 . |
| 29 | International relief organizations had warned in early October that large areas of Sudan , Ethiopia and northern Somalia faced severe food shortages . |
| 30 | Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction . |