Example sentences of "['s] [noun] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RSC had been consulted by the National Curriculum Council over proposed revisions to the science component of the national curriculum and QEB was pleased to note that the main thrust of the RSC 's response had been accepted by the NCC . |
| 2 | ACET 's response has been to provide clients with special tubes for the disposal of dirty needles and syringes or help them if they wish to cease injecting . |
| 3 | Delhi 's response has been complicated by the existence of the lame-duck Kashmiri state government of Dr Farooq Abdullah , who fought last month 's general election in alliance with the then governing Congress party , and which is deeply unpopular in the valley . |
| 4 | The government 's response has been to impose an unpopular and inflationary emergency programme . |
| 5 | The Soviet Union 's response has been a relentless increase in its chemical warfare capability . |
| 6 | Officialdom 's response has been to throw more money at the problem . |
| 7 | The BMC 's response has been to offer to install abseil points and lower-off stations on the Horseshoe Bend area and to apply for assistance from the Sports Council for stabilising work |
| 8 | The government 's response has been to pump demand into the economy . |
| 9 | And the public 's response has been fantastic … |
| 10 | The Government 's response has been inadequate and that is why I initiated the debate . |
| 11 | The most extraordinary feature of the Opposition 's response has been the deafening silence of their principal spokesman in relation to the proposals . |
| 12 | " As you know , Sara , your aunt 's income has been dwindling of late years — she was very careless of investments and spent too much of her capital . |
| 13 | Joe 's contract had been renewed during each year of his captivity but that did n't happen this year . |
| 14 | In a Board statement issued less than an hour ago , it was announced that Mr Peterkin 's contract had been terminated , to take effect immediately . |
| 15 | Dr 's defence had been legally unusual , that of necessity . |
| 16 | Only one bastion of prime importance to the city 's defence had been lost so far : Douaumont . |
| 17 | These changes had become somewhat academic , however , when the evaluators arrived , by which time the committee 's activities had been suspended . |
| 18 | A defence lawyer said Wilson 's activities had been ‘ nipped in the bud ’ and his lifestyle had altered dramatically since the offences three years ago . |
| 19 | DCM 's activities have been reorganised into four sectors including an open systems planning unit developed out of Kode Computers ' government expertise . |
| 20 | The Board 's activities have been concentrated into three growth areas — around Fort William , Inverness and Caithness , where almost one-half of the labour force of the region live — and the aim is to strengthen them further as both industrial and service centres . |
| 21 | The year 's activities have been dominated by the poor economic climate and in particular by the crisis in legal aid . |
| 22 | At Sandown , Martin Pipe 's Valfinet has been installed evens favourite for the William Hill Handicap Hurdle , while Uncle Ernie , a last fence faller at Huntingdon a week ago , will bid for compensation in the Mitsubishi Shogun Tingle Creek Trophy . |
| 23 | The findings again call into question the Government 's attempt to privatise nuclear power despite constant warnings over the costs The shadow Energy Secretary , Mr Frank Dobson , claimed yesterday that the CEGB 's accounts had been ‘ massaged and adjusted to suit the Government 's privatisation policies ’ . |
| 24 | Without qualifying their opinion , auditors Hacker Young draw attention in their report to the basis on which the industrial textiles group 's accounts have been prepared ; they have been drawn up on a going concern basis . |
| 25 | This year 's accounts have been prepared in accordance with FRS 3 , a new accounting standard which will shortly become mandatory for all UK companies . |
| 26 | The Group 's accounts have been prepared on the basis that the Group is a going concern . |
| 27 | Ershad 's trial had been scheduled to open on Feb. 16 , but was postponed for a month on a technicality . |
| 28 | Italy 's cities have been at the heart of world history , art and culture , and everywhere tributes remain to great masters like Leonardo Da Vinci . |
| 29 | The Amnesty report , issued on Sept. 6 , claimed that " hundreds of children in Brazil 's cities have been gunned down by death squads and many more have been beaten and tortured by on-duty police " . |
| 30 | But if Hardy 's Virgilianism had been pointed out to Pound , this would not have counted in Hardy 's favour . |