Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The livret does not say whether the oboes in the first entrée are the same performers as the harmonie rustique that accompanies the récit , but for reasons having to do with economy of personnel and continuity in the staging , it seems likely that they were . |
| 2 | And , attempts to encourage greater accountability and competition between authorities have tended to flounder because it has been accompanied by a higher degree of centralization and control and a wider gap between the possibilities of locally generated finance and overall levels of spending . |
| 3 | He himself had received letters from all over England , seeking his advice on questions of conscience , and found that it was unsatisfactory for Anglicans to have to rely on Roman Catholic literature for guidance in such matters . |
| 4 | These various new proposals have now been put into effect and a Committee for Institutions has come into being . |
| 5 | The most common cause for solicitors having to claim on their professional indemnity insurance in personal injury work is the missing of time limits and allowing cases to become statute barred , either by failing to issue in time or failing to serve in time . |
| 6 | Ideally , of course , there should be the choice , especially for islanders having to work on the mainland who want to come home for the weekend . |
| 7 | A GROWING demand for slate roofs has breathed new life into traditional slate quarrying in north Wales and given a fillip to villages that for centuries have relied on the industry for jobs . |
| 8 | Without any explanation , he jumped out and approached one of the Ayurvedic healers who for centuries have sat on the roadside here , surrounded by the ingredients of their trade : live iguanas whose fried juices are said to cure impotence ; ginseng for philtres used to spread or extinguish the fires of love ; tree bark to ward off a woman 's menopause ; the bringraj herb from the high Himalayas said to conquer baldness or thicken the beard of the most effete Sikh . |
| 9 | In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example . |
| 10 | Only after weeks had passed with him ablaze like this did the hag stir on one occasion when he came to call and curse him — ; or he felt she did — with her eyes open and one hand raised and pointing . |
| 11 | What started as a small local meeting for enthusiasts has grown into a spectaular display . |
| 12 | Among primates , especially close collaboration between parents has developed in a few forest-dwelling animals as diverse as gibbons on the one hand and the tiny marmosets on the other . |
| 13 | The United Nations High Commission for Refugees had called on the Home Office to reconsider Mr Guzel 's removal on compassionate grounds . |
| 14 | The UN protection force , Unprofor , and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees had called for an air corridor after reports that refugees in Srebrenica were dying at a rate of 20 a day from exposure and starvation . |
| 15 | It appeared from the poor showing of the pro-CPSU communists in the elections that a surprisingly large number of Russians had voted for Sajudis-backed candidates , or had boycotted the voting in overwhelmingly Russian-populated constituencies where only a pro-CPSU communist was standing . |
| 16 | He did not say whether two sets of values had arisen in the English context . |
| 17 | With the advent of detergents with disinfecting properties ( QACs ) and sophisticated chemistry combining detergents with disinfectants a number of products have appeared since the early 1950's . |
| 18 | A number of authorities had reorganised before the reforms leading to some difficulties , according to John Findlay , social services officer of NALGO . |
| 19 | As can be imagined , trying to obtain reasonable samples of the general population for relatively short interviews on such topics as voting behaviour or food preferences can result in a lot of interviewers having to call at a lot of houses over all towns and cities in the country . |
| 20 | But the rise of chains has resulted in booksellers playing a much more active part in the promotion of books , inviting publishers to contribute to the costs of catalogues , books of the month and generic campaigns , and taking a lead , too , in organising author events . |
| 21 | Often the " essence " has been seen in terms which wider study of religions has shown to be too narrow or too idiosyncratic or in ways which undermine the significance of the external forms of religious traditions . |
| 22 | But Floyd 's air of mock humility , constant stream of self-reflexive comments ( 'Quick cut away ; lots and lots of minutes have gone by now ’ ) and bossy remarks to the cameraman were as refreshing as ever . |
| 23 | People know there is no tourism policy , and the number of personnel has doubled over the last years , but are we getting better services ? |
| 24 | Between 1851 and 1861 , for example , in 821 rural parishes covered by the investigation the population had increased from 305567 to 322064 , while the number of houses had fallen from 69225 to 66109 . |
| 25 | Fell and moorland have been cleared of bracken and heather in order to provide extra grassland and , most notoriously , the ‘ serried ranks ’ of conifers have marched across the hillsides . |
| 26 | A number of researchers have looked at the predictive validity of various types of assessments , including interviews , aptitude tests , personality tests and other techniques . |
| 27 | A number of researchers have concentrated upon public relations to ceremonial occasions ( Bocock , 1974 ; Dayan and Katz , 1985 ; Shils and Young , 1975 ) . |
| 28 | The announcement represented a victory for the Civil Liberties Organization , which the previous October had released a report drawing attention to the appalling conditions in Nigeria 's prisons and claiming that hundreds of prisoners had died of malnutrition or untreated diseases . |
| 29 | A spokesman added , however , that more detailed investigations were needed to determine exactly why clusters of cases had occurred around the country . |
| 30 | A number of cases have turned on the legality of such conditions . |