Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 His wife has given up work as a secretary to stay at home with their three young children , yet the law does not allow him to take up her full tax allowance .
2 Section 4(1) ( d ) of the Act of 1914 also contained various grounds of jurisdiction , including when the debtor , ‘ has carried on business in England , personally or by means of an agent or manager ’ within a year before the presentation of the petition .
3 If the debtor resided in one district and carried on business in another , the petition must be presented in the latter ( r 6.9(3) ) and if he has carried on business in more than one district , the petition must be presented in the court for the district which was his principal place of business ( r 6.9(4) ) .
4 Neither the debtor himself nor a creditor can present a petition unless the debtor is domiciled in England and Wales ; is personally present in England and Wales on the day on which the petition is presented ; or at any time in the previous three years has been ordinarily resident , has had a place of residence , or has carried on business in England and Wales ( s 265(1) ) .
5 Roderick O'Sullivan , who has carried out research for programmes such as Channel Four 's Fragile Earth , said he was concerned that a mystery disease which wiped out half the swan population at the bay last winter had re-emerged .
6 Dubbed Lizzie by the Press , this find has stirred up controversy amongst paleontologists .
7 Dr Carl Wieman ( left ) and his team has opened up research into low temperature physics .
8 In the latter case the offender does appropriate the property because , although the owner has handed over possession by consent ( which was obtained by deception ) , he has not transferred the property ( that is , the ownership ) and the offender , intending to deprive the owner permanently of his property , appropriates it , not by taking possession , but by the unilateral act , adverse to the owner , of treating as his own and taking to himself property of which he was merely given possession .
9 Concern for the environment has focused out attention on the world 's ecological problems .
10 Indian computer terminal manufacturer VXL Instruments Ltd has set up base in Rugby , Warwickshire in the UK .
11 Satan has set up camp in their souls .
12 ONE of India 's leading artist is turning his attention to the Tees and has set up studio in Middlesbrough art gallery .
13 In the meantime , the insurance industry has set up Pool Re , which began collecting premium income in January .
14 It does seem unfair that a wheatear or pipit , having survived all the dangers of migration , should arrive home to find a merlin has set up house in its territory !
15 The German half point rate cut yesterday has set off speculation on a rate cut in the UK despite Chancellor Kenneth Clarke dampening speculation .
16 Locating resources for the broad range of anticipated interests has brought about federation with various institutes and libraries in Berlin .
17 The Economic and Social Research Council has cut back work on the 1991 census and its ‘ positive health ’ centre for health promotion .
18 Brice Lalonde , the former French Environment Minister and president of Génération Ecologie , has ruled out participation by his party in a French cabinet in the event of a ministerial reshuffle .
19 The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has ruled out devaluation of the pound .
20 Ingres is now under the firm charge of ex-DEC European chief and now ASK Group president Pier Carlo Falotti , replacing Dennis McGinn who has taken over responsibility for developing strategic partners for the company .
21 JOHN PERMAN , the former depot manager at Charlton , has taken over responsibility for the primary distribution project from BOB PARLE to enable Bob to take up his new duties as departmental director , distribution operations , when Derek Graham retires in August .
22 IN THE wake of his suspension , French prop GREGOIRE LASCUBE has taken up refereeing in the hope that his six months ' ban will be reduced .
23 Increased nuclear power production has taken up part of the electricity generation market lost by oil but the expansion of nuclear power has been far less significant than was planned for and predicted throughout the 1970s .
24 One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche 's garden .
25 Rumour has it that he has taken up residence in the port of Leith , near enough to Edinburgh but , should matters go wrong , the best place for his departure by land or sea .
26 The shoal has taken up residence in one particular area of the canal and are congregating in a 6ft deep hole a yard from the far bank reed bed at Plex Lane .
27 The company has taken out insurance for the directors and officers of group companies in respect of their duties as directors and officers of the group .
28 The Federal Highway Administration says it has tried out epoflex in Four states .
29 THE road transport department at British Aerospace in Broughton has fought off competition from contractors to save jobs .
30 This Carpenter 's In-House store at Headington in Oxford is one of twenty-six accross the country that has shut up shop for good .
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