Example sentences of "[num] [noun] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doherty opened with a break of 72 and in just 92 minutes had established a commanding 6–1 lead . |
| 2 | Eight daredevils have conquered a six hundred foot power station chimney , by abseiling down it for charity . |
| 3 | The downside of the book is that it is written in a terribly deadpan style : ‘ At forty-five Picasso had become a successful man . |
| 4 | By 1372 England had suffered a naval defeat at La Rochelle and lost most of the gains which it had made by the time of the treaty of Brétigny ; in the following year much of Brittany was lost ; in 1375 another spectacular naval defeat was suffered ; and in 1376 and 1377 the south and east coasts of England were alerted under threats of invasion or raids . |
| 5 | These key demographic developments of the past 20–30 years have had a major impact on regional and local populations in the UK . |
| 6 | By 1979 Muhammad had created a multi-household business of brothers and half-brothers . |
| 7 | The past 10 years has seen a dramatic improvement in Italy 's wine technology led by the latest generation of gifted wine-makers . |
| 8 | As a consequence , the English and Scottish Institutes and the 100 Group have established a working party to consider and make recommendations with regard to various aspects of going concern . |
| 9 | Twenty six patients have had a restorative proctocolectomy for familial adenomatous polyposis of whom 20 had a synchronous proctocolectomy and pouch construction and only four of these patients had a covering loop ileostomy . |
| 10 | In September 1991 Chamorro had blocked a similar bill passed by the Assembly in August [ see p. 38432 ] . |
| 11 | The past eight years has seen a steady and clever manipulation of the so-called thinking minority : the wheezes and schemes of cheeky pop entrepreneurs like Morley and McLaren have been championed in the rock press and elsewhere as a perfect parallel to the upwardly mobile mentality of the calculator and computer generation , the complete full circle from sixties hippiedom . |
| 12 | But since then , 27-year-old Hall capped 21 times has become a central part of Wales ' dramatic recent resurgence . |
| 13 | Each of these three groups has made a first report at the time this Chapter was written . |
| 14 | We described its development at length in the first edition of this book and the past three years have witnessed a slow but steady increase in provision . |
| 15 | It would be too much to say that by 1870 Paris had become a fragrant bower — few cities ever manage that — but it certainly was less odorous and pestilential than it had been . |
| 16 | 5 Corps had made a consequential agreement with Yugoslav Fourth Army that " any formation wrongly surrendered will be returned to Tito " . |
| 17 | This year she reported further progress : 100 people have so far registered to take an NVQ ; 18 people have achieved a full qualification or certificates in units ; and there were 92 trained NVQ assessors . |
| 18 | On Sept. 18 Iskandrov had established a new Defence Ministry , although no minister was appointed . |
| 19 | By 1914 Germany had established a massive lead over Britain in traction and diesel engineering , in dye manufacture , motor engines , mining technology and in optics . |
| 20 | At the same time a polarisation of opinion in Aquitaine was gradually taking place , largely in favour of English rule , and by 1337 tension had reached a high level . |
| 21 | The rampant sexism of the climbing and walking fraternity over the last 50 years has left a whole generation of older women with the legacy of being expected to have the white-bearded , old sod 's tea ready for him on the table when he comes home from a fabulous day out on the hills . |
| 22 | If everybody who bought a foreign car in the last ten years had bought a British one instead , there would n't be seventeen per cent unemployment in this area . ’ |
| 23 | A shift in the financial management of football over the last ten years has brought a new and more aggressive generation of directors to the forefront of the game . |
| 24 | The past ten years have witnessed a tremendous growth in the number and variety of transport services provided by the transport sector . |
| 25 | The past ten years have seen a considerable increase in laboratory facilities . |
| 26 | Some 2,500 Achuar had staged a three week protest march to Quito , the capital , where they were due shortly to be received by President Borja . |
| 27 | During the Queen 's Silver Jubilee Year in 1977 Charles had encountered a typical scene . |
| 28 | In the educational sphere , the minimum competencies legislation passed by at least 38 states has provided a possible vehicle ( litigation ) for ordinary laymen to demand that certain tasks are fulfilled by the professionals . |
| 29 | Meanwhile between December 1937 and July 1938 204 Squadron had undertaken a long-distance cruise from England to Australia as participants in celebrations commemorating Sydney University and the State of New South Wales ’ 150th anniversary . |
| 30 | At least one study has found a positive and statistically significant relationship between maternal ratings of children 's command of specific vocabulary items and performance on a formal language test ( Cunningham and Sloper 1984 ) and this provides some support for the validity of checklist assessments . |