Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE number of children on Wirral 's child protection register has jumped 10% in a year , according to the council 's annual social services report . |
| 2 | SINEAD O'CONNOR has received support from a group which tore up photos of the Pope outside New York 's St Patrick 's Cathedral . |
| 3 | In such studies , the argument is cause-to-effect , i.e. we match a group that has received X with a control group and look to see if the observed responses in the S 1 and S 2 samples differ . |
| 4 | The whole emphasis on family care has developed building on a somewhat distorted view of past patterns of family life . |
| 5 | According to Rhodes ( 1988 , p. 130 ) one main reason is that the Thatcher government has developed quangos as a convenient vehicle for bypassing what it perceived ( particularly in urban areas ) as a hostile and recalcitrant local government system . |
| 6 | The rarity of quakes there has lulled people into a sense of security that many say is false . |
| 7 | The World Health Organization has recognized alcoholism as a disease since 1951 , and the American Medical Association for nearly as long , but in a recent court case the US Government argued that alcoholism results from excessive drinking ‘ chosen freely ’ . |
| 8 | According to the influential El Pais newspaper , Real 's president Ramon Mendoza has rebuked Toshack on a number of counts and is already seeking a replacement for the Welshman hired only last summer on a £1 million contract . |
| 9 | The jury at the James murder trial has heard evidence from a Home Office pathologist about the injuries that led to James 's death . |
| 10 | In a bizarre case that has once more focused attention on the accountability of art restorers , a United States Circuit Court of Appeals has heard arguments on a decision that , for now , requires an American city to pay more than half-a-million dollars for restoration work on a city-owned mural which that city never contracted to restore . |
| 11 | In recent months the company , based in Birstall , West Yorkshire , has fallen victim to a false accounting incident at a subsidiary as well as profits downgradings by analysts and a flurry of rumours concerning the sales of large blocs of shares . |
| 12 | Inside , the apse has painted decoration of a very high order . |
| 13 | Because of Joan 's willingness and experience , she has undertaken work in a ward for those who are suffering acute mental conditions . |
| 14 | Alison Petch has undertaken research in a range of social policy areas , in both local authority and university settings . |
| 15 | Emma Lawson , formerly at ABC , has joined Pavilion as a senior editor . |
| 16 | Adrian Hadley , Salford 's £120,000 winger , has joined Widnes in a swap deal for Great Britain under-21 forward Jason Critchley and utility man Steve Wynne . |
| 17 | Notts County 's defender Willie McStay , brother of the Scottish international midfielder Paul , has joined Hartlepool on a month 's loan . |
| 18 | WEDGWOOD Barlaston has joined forces with a trio of local schools to help strengthen communication links with industry and education in continental Europe . |
| 19 | Watford 's reserve goalkeeper Mel Rees has joined Southampton on a month 's loan with a view to a permanent transfer . |
| 20 | The Object Management Group has joined the Open Software Foundation and the OSF has joined OMG in a reciprocal membership deal . |
| 21 | Today infertility is seen as a problem for the couple and andrology has joined gynaecology as a discipline in scientific medicine . |
| 22 | The episode has placed Alan in a difficult position . |
| 23 | ‘ The increasing trend towards extensive farming on the hills has placed farmers in a very difficult situation . |
| 24 | Since the report was printed the committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken at the end of this afternoon 's session for our colleagues involved in the dispute . |
| 25 | The committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken at the end of congress on Monday to help these colleagues as well . |
| 26 | The committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken on behalf of the Matthew trust fund at the end of the Wednesday morning session . |
| 27 | Sedgefield District Council , we hear , has given permission for a clairvoyancy evening at Spennymoor leisure centre . |
| 28 | A Government inspector has given permission for a mixed development including a food superstore on land formerly occupied by Octavius Atykinson at Starbeck , Harrogate , following a public inquiry and local plan inquiry . |
| 29 | They may go on appearing for twenty-four hours until eventually he has given birth to a thousand or more babies . |
| 30 | TV PRESENTER Anne Diamond has given birth to a boy — her first child since her son Sebastian died tragically in his cot . |