Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] have [verb] [adv] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather , a contestative stance towards the employer coupled with political action has ranked highly in their strategy . |
| 2 | As we pulled through the barrier we noticed that a British truck had stopped just in front of us . |
| 3 | SALES of diesel powered cars have rocketed ahead in Britain this year . |
| 4 | The CCSCE points out that , since 1961 , public investment has grown less in California than in any other state . |
| 5 | Anatolian rugs have improved considerably in recent years , and the general quality of their wool is good . |
| 6 | This work has grown hugely in book value since the Sotheby 's record was confirmed . |
| 7 | This mood has changed drastically in the last few weeks . |
| 8 | This can often be difficult to determine as attitudes towards openly discussing sexual matters have changed only in very recent times . |
| 9 | It is clear , then , that although bank lending has increased , lending to the public sector has declined both in relative and absolute terms . |
| 10 | Fortunately East–West tensions had lessened sufficiently in Europe for the allies to live with these unresolved questions for the time being . |
| 11 | A further irritant had occurred earlier in the month when talks scheduled for Aug. 17 to create a joint Korean Olympic team were called off by the North . |
| 12 | Even in less that perfect vintages , a good winemaker can produce something drinkable , and the average quality of English wine has improved dramatically in the last decade . |
| 13 | Not a single German bomb had fallen anywhere in the British Isles since war had been declared . |
| 14 | Heirs to the freedoms which , on the threshold of the Sixties , Take a girl like you may be thought to have assisted in inaugurating , but which it also contrived to criticise , young people now seem to feel that the old Patrick belonged to a sexist work , and they may well feel that the old Adam has surfaced again in the new Patrick . |
| 15 | As we have seen , the number of full-time teachers engaged in further education has grown enormously in the last thirty years , from just over 4,500 in 1946–7 to about 80,000 in 1980 . |
| 16 | The Sergeant informed me that No. 46 Royal Marine Commando had come ashore in Normandy on D-Day + 1 and had gone into action almost straight away at a spot further along the coast from here , against a crack German S.S. Unit ( Hitler Youth ) . |
| 17 | Onshore winds and waves lead to the piling up of water near the shore , and this water has to escape seawards in one way or another . |
| 18 | This rate has dipped significantly in the last two years reflecting the shift in priorities of the government 's cultural policy . |
| 19 | Once again this area has changed dramatically in the past 12 years . |
| 20 | As we have seen , they were amongst the staunchest Bolshevik supporters in the voting for the Constituent Assembly , and in Belorussia they were more than usually numerous and influential due to the fact that this territory had lain directly in the path of invading and retreating forces in the Civil War . |
| 21 | Despite the lack of comparative data demonstrating it , there is not much doubt that this species has declined markedly in Sussex , as in other parts of Britain . |
| 22 | Mr Wood noted that the taste for English watercolours had developed considerably in the US over the last ten years through the support of the Paul Mellon Foundation as well as the efforts of dealers like himself . |
| 23 | In case you thought that the Mark 2 Project had died quietly in a corner somewhere ( given the lack of information on it recently ) it is in fact still very much alive and is making slow but steady progress . |
| 24 | This situation has arisen particularly in the expansion of the Negro population into white communities and has been the reason for numerous bombings and other types of violence . |
| 25 | Indeed very few presidents in the last half century have accomplished much in the way of substantial policy change . |
| 26 | The ANC , for its part will continue to work for the unity of our people and we have no doubt that all those who have participated in attempting to solve this problem have done so in the best interests of our struggle . |
| 27 | Caro 's widowed mother had remarried only in recent years and her new husband already had four children , all grown up and living away from home . |
| 28 | New Scientist , basing its report on information from well — placed anonymous sources , argued that British sailors had died needlessly in the Falklands because their ships were floating fire traps . |
| 29 | Investment in this technology has expanded rapidly in the private sector ; there are now over 350 installations and the number is growing . |
| 30 | Although still classified as a rare breed , the British White has increased considerably in numbers in recent years and has also been exported : it seems to thrive in hot climates and has a good degree of heat tolerance , helped by its pigmented skin and reflecting white coat . |