Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The search for such dating methods has continued for some time , but in the second half of this century several methods have been developed , which provide much better ways of dating some sites and finds . |
| 2 | Reporting on his efforts to get the three opposition parties to agree on a common agenda , Mr Christie said he feared the argument that 75 per cent of Scots had voted for constitutional change at the last election lost validity without some unifying factor , enhancing the Tories ' claims of legitimacy . |
| 3 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools have applied for grant-maintained status . |
| 4 | I am delighted to say that , to date , 315 schools have opted for grant-maintained status . |
| 5 | A number of readers have asked for more advice on entries that cover matches in pairs and trios . |
| 6 | As we enter the nineties we are progressing slowly with direct mail in UK politics , but national attempts by the different parties have failed for one reason or another . |
| 7 | The move has been criticized by environmental organizations , which argue that the cars could be fitted with a converter because the cost , around £300 per car , is not prohibitive and that in any case manufacturers have known for some time when the law would come into effect . |
| 8 | Although the classification of countries in Table 8.1 suggests that a large majority of countries have opted for stable exchange rates , in fact this is not so ; those countries which are pegged to the US dollar will find their exchange rate moving against other currencies , because the US dollar itself is an independently floating currency . |
| 9 | It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe . |
| 10 | Tommy Sheridan , convener of Scottish Militant Labour , said sacked workers had asked for outside support at the picket line . |
| 11 | As the official investigation got under way , there were allegations that senior US officials had known for some time of BNL 's dealings with Iraq . |
| 12 | From the day of the first admission of patients no fewer than 90 persons had applied for medical relief . |
| 13 | On this occasion , devising a pretext for attacking the auditors has called for some ingenuity . |
| 14 | ‘ Headway Intermediate is one of the soundest , most innovative coursebooks to have appeared for some time . ’ |
| 15 | This is an important concession and reads as follows : B18 Payments out of a discretionary trust : entitlement to relief from UK tax under the provisions of the Income Tax Acts or of a double taxation agreement If a payment made by trustees falls to be treated as a net amount in accordance with TA 1988 s.687(2) and the income arising under the trust includes income in respect of which the beneficiary would , if such income came to him directly instead of through trustees , be entitled to relief under the provisions of the Income Tax Acts , eg TA 1988 , s.278 ( claims for personal reliefs by non-residents ) ; TA 1988 s.47 ( claims for exemption from tax on certain UK Government securities held by persons not ordinarily resident in the UK ) ; TA 1988 ss.48 , 123 ( claims for exemption from UK tax on income from overseas securities by persons not resident in the UK ) ; or under the terms of a double taxation agreement , such relief will be granted to the beneficiary on a claim made by him to the extent that the payment is of income which arose to the trustees not earlier than in the year 1973 – 74 and not earlier than six years before the end of the year of assessment in which the payment was made , provided that the trustees have submitted for each year trust returns which are supported by the relevant income tax certificates and which detail all sources of trust income arising and payments made to beneficiaries . |
| 16 | Israeli leaders had recognized for some time the need for a powerful outside backer . |
| 17 | Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction . |
| 18 | If the experience of the National Bus Company , which was privatised in England is taken as a model , we can be sure that privatised subsidiary companies will not index-link future pension rights for their employees in the way that TOPS has done for Scottish Transport Group employees . |
| 19 | If the experience of the National Bus Company , which was privatised in England is taken as a model , we can be sure that privatised subsidiary companies will not index-link future pension rights for their employees in the way that TOPS has done for Scottish Transport Group employees . |
| 20 | I was having some of my aquatint plates of the Lake District steel-faced and when , in conversation with Mr. McQueen , he discovered that I came from this area , he recalled that in the past his forebears had printed for another artist from the Lakes . |
| 21 | At a informal gathering in Scotland , EC Environment Ministers have called for environmental protection measures to be extended into all areas of the Community 's policy-making . |
| 22 | Lawyers , politicians and environmentalists have called for such action at an international conference in London organized by Greenpeace . |
| 23 | As an enthusiastic Darwinian , I have been dissatisfied with explanations that my fellow-enthusiasts have offered for human behaviour . |
| 24 | Local authorities have appealed for international help . |
| 25 | Modest chain-link fences have existed for some time in the border cities of El Paso and Brownsville , Texas . |
| 26 | Will the Minister recognise that some of the benefits that he announced this afternoon are the result of cross-subsidy from the dirty , sleazy pornographic phone calls that he and his colleagues have encouraged for some time ? |
| 27 | Despite a slight shortage of new ideas , she remains the strongest candidate the Democrats have fielded for some time . |