Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] several " in BNC.
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| 1 | All have doctorates in musicology from either Cambridge or Oxford ; two are currently associated with King 's College , Cambridge ( where the wellsprings of the English a cappella renaissance are to be found ) , and one has taught for several Oxford colleges that are also medieval choral foundations . |
| 2 | India has collaborated with several nations on space projects , but so far Britain has missed out . |
| 3 | The paint has cracked in several places , especially in the central panel of the composition , and needs to be restored and given a proper backing before it can be displayed . |
| 4 | Government has stressed at several points that it seeks the development of local district services first , with asylums to close only when the latter services can cope with the patient workload . |
| 5 | The Government concedes that subsidies for loss-making services must be maintained , but support for a radical change in the way the railways are run and financed has come from several large private companies , including Richard Branson 's Virgin Group , which is drawing up plans to run trains on key InterCity routes . |
| 6 | Most information about the later phases of the town has come from several late Roman inhumation cemeteries . |
| 7 | THE FIRST steam gala that the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley has organised in several years , took place over the weekend of Saturday-Sunday November 28/29th , and was acclaimed as an outstanding success in every respect . |
| 8 | The Working Party has met on several occasions and a research project is under way to provide all relevant background information . |
| 9 | Tennessee Williams has written about several football heroes who suddenly drop through the floor at the height of their prowess . |
| 10 | The company has written to several hundred people living near its acrylics production area informing them of the possibility . |
| 11 | As the Secretary of State introduced employment action as an emergency programme for the jobless almost six months ago , since when unemployment has risen by several hundred thousand , can he tell us precisely how many people are on employment action ? |
| 12 | However , the catering department ( which comprises the customer restaurant , tea-room , coffee bar and staff canteen ) has suffered for several years from higher than average food cost percentages and labour turnover . |
| 13 | From its original base in Woolwich , it has expanded to several locations in south east London , each offering a wide range of teaching and recreational facilities in attractive surroundings . |
| 14 | The Minister has promised on several occasions to ensure that the matter is cleared up . |
| 15 | Caterham has experimented with several different large manufacturers ' engines , which saves the company a huge amount in research and development costs . |
| 16 | One unexpected characteristic has been an innate shyness which has recurred in several generations . |
| 17 | In many countries , a single agency deals with assessing investors ' proposals ; in others the investor has to negotiate with several ministries , with all the attendant delays and possible inconsistency of messages received . |
| 18 | A LEADING environmental scientist — who has contributed to several television documentaries on green issues — today called on the Department of Marine in Dublin to investigate the mysterious deaths of a number of swans at Mulroy Bay in Co Donegal . |
| 19 | He has raced in several countries primarily on the European mainland — Belgium , France , Germany and Spain among others . |
| 20 | THE ENGLAND captain 's name has appeared under several titles , but this happens to be the first full-length biography . |
| 21 | There has remained for several seasons now an imbalance in the bowling resources at Edgbaston . |
| 22 | In terms of transaction size , MAS has assisted on several large acquisitions ( with purchase prices approaching £50 million ) as well as number of smaller transactions . |
| 23 | The example of the installation at Edinburgh has led to several million dollars ' worth of business which , according to Meiko , would have been much harder to obtain without a such a proof of cost-effectiveness . |
| 24 | This is a very real cause of accidents and has led to several fatalities in recent times . |
| 25 | In the UK there is no equivalent , though the spate of disasters in the past 4 years ( involving over 1000 lives lost ) has led to several calls for such a national body to be established . |
| 26 | This conflict has led to several recent wars . |
| 27 | This has led to several misjudgements as to cause and effect . |
| 28 | Growing publicity over ambulance response times to the area has led to several people contacting Teesdale councillors with their own stories of delays . |
| 29 | Growing publicity over the subject of Durham Ambulance response times to the area has led to several people contacting Teesdale councillors with their own stories of delays . |
| 30 | For all the first-glance goriness that has led to several bans , Jim Rose 's surreal sideshow is too fantastical and funny to be taken seriously , says Craig McLean |