Example sentences of "have lose [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He is now scared to use outside loos and says he has lost work with bosses who wo n't let him go to find other facilities .
2 It is headed by the big man 's white man , the Belgian scholar Raymond , who has lost favour with his patron and is sinking into ceremonies of highly-placed sagacity , Salim has an affair with the white man 's white woman , his stylish wife Yvette : radical chic persuades him that he ‘ never wanted to be ordinary again' .
3 order payments out of the Compensation Fund where a person has lost money as a result of a solicitor 's dishonesty ;
4 Apple Computer Inc has lost Roger Heinen , head manager of the Macintosh Software Architecture Division , responsible for Macintosh System 7 , to Microsoft Corp , where he will become VP Database and Development Tools .
5 If work fails to sell , he has lost income on commission and , in addition , he has spent money on promoting the event and the private view .
6 He could tackle clients whose records contained comments like this : " He has lost £50,000 with LHW , and is not interested now .
7 Your Batfish may swim on its side at night because it has lost orientation with the tank 's bottom , or it may be an instinctive camouflaging technique .
8 Even if she does dance again Nicola , who has lost part of her right eye 's sight , will have to relearn how to pirouette to overcome her disability .
9 He feels he has lost part of himself , losing Murray .
10 The trust , which has lost £153,000 on the project , has restored about 200 properties and was prominent in preserving Pell Well Hall in Shropshire and the 12th century Siddington Barn near Cirencester , Glos .
11 The trust , which has lost £153,000 on the project , has restored about 200 properties and was prominent in preserving Pell Well Hall in Shropshire and the 12th century Siddington Barn near Cirencester , Glos .
12 The Institute has lost direction .
13 Alan Winmill says the Labour party has lost direction , but his former colleagues say they wanted him out anyway .
14 ‘ Many children were weeping — in every single class at least one child has lost relatives , friends or neighbours . ’
15 Since then , the Government have carved that back , and the developing world has lost £10 billion in aid .
16 There is another leitmotif in this funny , happy ballet , the precious red umbrella , Alain 's only love — or so it would seem — for it is the one thing he clings to and simply has to find when he has lost Lise .
17 Many friendships have soured because the friend or neighbour has lost patience with the protracted repayment and starts becoming difficult to deal with .
18 Santa Clara , California-based Destiny Technology Corp has lost patience with Unix Systems Laboratories , Novell Inc and Univel Inc over their use the the Destiny name for Unix System V.4.2 , and is suing for alleged trademark infringement , deceptive trade practices and unfair competition ; Destiny provides imaging controller software and hardware technology for printers and desktop peripherals .
19 America has lost patience with the Vance-Owen plan , and now rattles the ‘ lift and strike ’ strategy as if it were the only weapon in its armoury .
20 They blame Icke for being one of the major reasons why the movement has lost support .
21 TOM CLARKE , the shadow Scottish secretary , has lost support among his fellow MPs after controversies stirred up by his recent remarks about water privatisation and the Scottish financial industry .
22 Despite grossing $100m at the box office , the film , which cost $30m to make , has lost $10m .
23 The pound has lost 90% of its purchasing power in a single generation .
24 When the mobs rush forward in the Mall they are taking part in the last circus of a civilization that has lost faith in itself , and sold itself for a splendid triviality .
25 As his theory suggests , Larry has lost faith in traditional psychiatry .
26 Commentators in the Western press observed that the elections were characterized by " widespread apathy " , and one ZANU-PF official reportedly conceded that " especially in the urban areas it seems the working class has lost faith in ZANU-PF to look after their interests " .
27 An expected £1.8m from the Government for the holding of prisoners in police cells had now been reduced to £1.3m meaning that Cheshire has lost £500,000 of its expected income .
28 If Sweden has lost £100 million because its tax rate is higher than ours , how much money would be attracted to Britain if our tax rate was Zero ?
29 And you can be confident that no hairy-nosed wombat has lost sleep over the fact that its species got only one vote .
30 Its hero has lost wife , mistress and even the cause he fights in , since the war against dictatorship lost most of its point for Waugh on a day in June 1941 when Hitler invaded Russia .
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