Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Injury has stripped Fulton of full-back Andrew Ettingshausen and stand-off Laurie Daley . |
| 2 | Nearly three decades later a British publicist had no doubt that ‘ the refinement of modern ages has stripped war of half its horrors ’ . |
| 3 | British Steel has trebled productivity since 1979 . |
| 4 | The commitment to maintain or increase expenditure on arms , agriculture and energy has drained investment from the manufacturing base on which all of these priorities depend . |
| 5 | Instead , the siege mentality towards the accompanying press party , that has wrecked morale on previous tours , notably the 1986 trip to the West Indies , has set in again with a vengeance . |
| 6 | On two occasions , the IBA has delayed transmission of programmes involving former security service personnel , fearing that the Authority might be joined in a prosecution under the Official Secrets Act . |
| 7 | As is often the case in such circumstances , the accountant has delayed submission of later accounts pending settlement of the enquiries and establishment of the true liability . |
| 8 | In common with other black directors , Singleton has received criticism for his depiction of black women . |
| 9 | The team has been learning about tree-planting and has received help from David Barbour at Gosbeck 's Farm . |
| 10 | The responsible dog ownership group has received correspondence on this matter from the Animal Shelter , which is the agency currently being used by the Government to register pit bull terriers . |
| 11 | The wave power device has received funding of £50,000 from the government for the research stage and £15,000 from the Highland Region 's development department for the prototype . |
| 12 | Placed in the top four universities in terms of financial support from the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) , Bristol has received funding from the UFC this year to support the second largest increases in student numbers in the country — some 17% . |
| 13 | change the status of the problem report to ‘ ACCEPT ’ to indicate that he has received notification of the problem |
| 14 | This form of diligence can be used as soon as the warrant has been obtained from the court and before the debtor has received notification of the action against him by service of the court papers . |
| 15 | ‘ Detective Eddy has received word from London that someone he wants to see is expected to be here today . |
| 16 | The Gloucester and England rugby player Mike Teague has received compensation from the Rugby Football Union for the injuries he sustained during the World Cup . |
| 17 | Difficulties over timing are normally resolved by the respective lawyers giving appropriate undertakings , particularly if the chargee will not release the charge until it has received part of the sale proceeds . |
| 18 | SINEAD O'CONNOR has received support from a group which tore up photos of the Pope outside New York 's St Patrick 's Cathedral . |
| 19 | The Center for Media and Values is best known for its quarterly magazine Media & Values , which has received support from WACC in past years . |
| 20 | In addition to national research council funding for individual country participation , the EUROCOMP comparative project has received support from the Council of Europe , the European Science Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation . |
| 21 | It has received evidence from the teachers ' associations , the employers and the Department of Education and Science , and has listened to the representations of all those bodies . |
| 22 | With Winifred as Chair , and Diane as Vice Chair , the working party has received evidence from over fifty people , as well as conducting its own survey of trustees and management committees , with a tighter framework of regulation resulting from the charity bill , it will be more important than ever , that trustees are aware of their very considerable responsibilities , and well equipped to take them on . |
| 23 | It is also important to recognise that throughout the 1980s , whilst MDC has received access to substantial financial resources , the government has simultaneously squeezed local authority budgets , particularly Liverpool City Council 's ( Liverpool City Council , 1987 ) . |
| 24 | The letter boasted : ’ the South Wales Police has received approval for 99 extra police posts since the Government took office , with actual strength increasing by 198 — or 7 per cent . |
| 25 | Since 1979 when the Conservatives came to power Durham Constabulary has received approval for 40 extra officers , a three per cent increase . |
| 26 | It is only when the husband , by meeting the liabilities which his wife has incurred ( whether for necessaries or not ) to a particular tradesman , has ‘ held her out ’ as his agent , that the tradesman is entitled to hold the husband liable until he has received notice to the contrary . |
| 27 | Amnesty International has received information about nearly 300 Ugandan nationals currently detained for political reasons in Rwanda . |
| 28 | The law in this area is not confined to contractual relationships , but may also be based ‘ on the broad principle of equity that he who has received information in confidence shall not take unfair advantage of it . ’ |
| 29 | This paragraph seems to indicate that it may be possible for a person who has received information in confidence which he could have obtained through other sources to relieve himself of the 'special disability " under which he is otherwise placed by going to those sources . |
| 30 | Thomas died in December , but it is only in the last few days that Scotland Yard has received information from the FBI about why he was killed . |