Example sentences of "have lost a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that I have lost a young constituent to one Ecstasy tablet ? |
| 2 | ‘ I had not seen you for over six months , ma'am , it was merely surprise that you have lost a little colour … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We have lost a tremendous amount of trade over the 14 months that the construction work has been going on and we should have been told exactly what was happening , ’ he said . |
| 4 | In most Western democracies in the twentieth century , legislatures have lost a great deal of ground to executive branches . |
| 5 | If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes . |
| 6 | Since the end of the war , we have lost a great deal more of our forest land . |
| 7 | Today we have lost a marvellous opportunity put that right . |
| 8 | Roberts ( 4.5 ) surveys the literature on youth , pointing out that the traditional focus on how youth cultures have functioned so as to reconcile young people to adult roles in employment and family life have lost a crucial element — the expectation that young people ( especially those with only basic education ) would have jobs available . |
| 9 | More than a tenth of the world 's soils have lost a substantial amount of their natural fertiliser in the past 45 years , according to the first results of a 15-year Global Assessment of Soil Degradation , funded by the UN Environment Programme . |
| 10 | Could the City institutions be made positively to assist people who , through no fault of theirs , have lost a considerable amount of money ? |
| 11 | Ordinary people have lost a considerable amount of confidence in the authorities . |
| 12 | Ordinary people have lost a considerable amount of confidence in the authorities . |
| 13 | Judges feel that in this process they have lost a privileged position which also helped to preserve their independence . |
| 14 | ‘ We have lost a significant amount of information that could well have been valuable if money had become available in future to carry out further digs along the shore . |