Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it appears that sentencing became more severe during the first three years the guide-lines were in use , Minnesota remains one of the very few states that has avoided huge increases in prison population size ( Parent 1988 ) . |
| 2 | Gran had been refused a bank loan for new guttering — because of her age , she opined huffily — so had decided to sell off some possessions that had come to her from her mother . |
| 3 | It had been too far in the future for either of them to contemplate during the whirlwind few hours that had led to their arrival . |
| 4 | Resuming at the short fourth hole , he promptly took a double bogey five , leaving a bunker shot in the sand , and then following it with a six at the fifth , where he hooked into some bushes and had to go back to the tee . |
| 5 | Here , the District had few branches and had failed in its bid to secure funding for its own tutor-organiser . |
| 6 | Some books that have proved useful are : |
| 7 | There are still very few schools that have mixed ability groups in all of their first three years , but more and more school are introducing some mixed ability group in their first three years , and about thirty per cent have mixed ability grouping in their first year now . |
| 8 | There are still very few schools that have mixed ability groups in all of their first three years , but more and more schools are introducing some mixed ability groups in their first three years and about thirty per cent have mixed ability grouping in their first year now , something around fifteen per cent have mixed ability in the first three years . |
| 9 | Although the few schools that have introduced changes seem to be enthusiastic about them , wider implementation will require sticks as well as the nebulous carrots of increased staff and student satisfaction . |
| 10 | Now there are some organizations that have negotiated with that do not that do not need the banker 's order and the cheque . |
| 11 | It involves one of the few regulators that have shown some teeth in standing up to the powers that have been conferred by the Government on privatised British Gas . |
| 12 | One of the few criticisms that has rankled with Mr Kinnock has been the allegation of cockiness — the presumption he has won before the votes have been counted . |
| 13 | Headline is one of the few companies that has lost no staff during the recession — in fact it has taken more on . |
| 14 | Not , not a lot at the moment , I do n't think , erm , the end of July erm there was eight hundred and something , but there 's been quite a few bills that have come out of it although that does n't include the two receipts that Maisie has just given me which is about a hundred and eighty , so that 's nearly another two hundred in , but we 're alright , we 're . |
| 15 | Birds which are able to dive deeply , such as the auks ( razorbills , guillemots , puffins and black guillemots ) fared better in some areas but have had poor breeding success in others . |
| 16 | The EGBT have been in existence for some years and have proved themselves a respectable and reliable organisation with several completed projects to their credit . |
| 17 | Whereas Nigeria followed the classic pattern of building large plants with the latest equipment , and then suffering from overcapacity , Togo has been operating a mini-mill profitably for some years and has begun to export to neighbouring countries , even those with large , underused plants of their own . |
| 18 | She has been a member of the Finance Committee for the past two and a half years and has taken a great interest in the Society 's financial affairs . |
| 19 | ‘ A lot of shareholders have turned down generous takeover bids over the last few years and have regretted it , ’ he said . |
| 20 | He has played in Sicily for the past few years and has decided to renew his contract . |
| 21 | Cornwall has kept the Championship flag flying for the last few years and has continued to emphasise my own view that such a competition could have an important place . |
| 22 | Having liquidated one in four employees during the past few years and having promised to treat its workforce to more of the same during 1993 , IBM should have surprised no one by investing some of the money it has presumably saved in an organisation formed by the people who produced the most recent Terminator film . |
| 23 | He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today . |
| 24 | In the few weeks that have gone by a boy from the village has been killed by an elephant . |
| 25 | His parents had detected a smell in the room over the past few weeks and had noticed a damp patch . |
| 26 | Some of the few studies that have taken account of gender suggest that Afro-Caribbean girls are achieving higher levels than boys at school level , partly because they are pursuing different strategies , which are necessary in order to survive in the context of high unemployment and low wages for black male workers ( Fuller , 1983 ; see also Riley , 1986 ; Driver , 1977 ) . |
| 27 | The stomach 's adaptive capacity may alter its response to alcohol , but , there are few studies that have considered this problem . |
| 28 | There are a few things that have cropped up which I have to see to now . |
| 29 | A few things that have come up from our sub-committee meeting on Monday evening ; first , thanks for your quote for computers , and I 've got the application form from SNH to apply for a grant to buy it . |
| 30 | ‘ They are one of the few teams that have come here and attacked us and they did a good job , ’ he said . |