Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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31 Nowhere is this as clearly illustrated as in the struggles of black workers and in the way in which white workers have aligned themselves with the bureaucracy . ’
32 Now that in itself is not unique , what is unique is because of our relationships with people like Microsoft who actually O E M and resell and O S Two , then many many of the P C and desktop Four G M and tools vendors vendors have aligned themselves behind that A P I .
33 TWO EXTREMELY promising young psychics have exposed themselves as conjurors .
34 The Farm have not only made a record fit only for hurling out onto the M25 , they have exposed themselves as humourless , directionless THICKOS .
35 And because men have distanced themselves from ‘ the weaker sex ’ over the ages , setting themselves up as superior , it must be unbearably humiliating to need and desire women so much .
36 This , I felt , shrinking with embarrassment , was taking the idea that you are what you eat a sight too literally , and ever since I have distanced myself slightly from that early guide to greens .
37 ‘ I have distanced myself for long periods , ’ he said , perhaps with a tinge of regret about teaching posts in Cumberland and Scarborough which took him away from Cleveland .
38 ( I have regarded myself as a feminist ever since I finally stopped wanting to be a pretend boy like George in the Famous Five . )
39 Lawbreakers have placed themselves outside of society by committing their offences , but the penal process should ultimately aim at returning them to society as full members .
40 Twice you have placed yourself at risk for Ana .
41 ‘ Surely you must realize that I have placed myself in a difficult position ?
42 The more fully we have developed ourselves the more cause for such gratitude we will have , and the more we understand the cosmos , particularly by grasping the true nature of detailed parts of it and their place in the total scheme , the more we will appreciate the sheer wonderfulness of it , and arrive at a kind of mystical adoration of it .
43 I have witnessed myself the effects of the delays on a number of occasions .
44 My freedom thus consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings .
45 Incidentally , I should before now have explained myself as regards my referring to ‘ Miss Kenton ’ .
46 If they were here , 1 am sure that they would support new clause S. The reason that they are not here is because they feel that they would have to vote for new clause 5 if they were here , so they have absented themselves from the debate .
47 But only at the moment when they have proven themselves to be better than the incumbent .
48 Still , they have proven themselves to be extremely effective , when compared with conventional methods particularly because of their speed .
49 Armchair strategists reckon that the terms AT&T can demand now for all or part of USL are less than it could get when both Univel and SVR4.2 have proven themselves .
50 We usually instruct doctors who specialise in producing medico-legal reports and who have proven themselves in giving evidence in the past .
51 Local youngsters have formed themselves into an action group in Ness and have repaired and redecorated the community hall , sponsored a Job Creation project for further improvements to the kitchen facilities and environs , formed a local band , organised a sponsored clean up , established representation within the Community Association and plan to develop a workshop attached to the hall .
52 Hanson buys firms either because it believes them to be under-managed , or because it believes the firms ' existing managers have over-extended themselves .
53 But the trouble is Noel , in the meantime erm the Quakers have fallen apart because the Quakers have filled themselves up with sort of barefooted raw carrot eaters with beads
54 You will probably have to have a tetanus injection , particularly if you have wounded yourself while gardening .
55 It is for this reason that I have confined myself to novels concerned with the period before 1914 .
56 In fact , barring these two statements by Mr Kinnock , the parties have confined themselves to offering me choices which I do not feel competent to make .
57 Since then , however , monarchs have confined themselves almost exclusively to expressing views and preferences of which a Prime Minister might care to take note .
58 Of this group 18% have confined themselves to one sexual partner ; 10% have had more than 20 ; half have had between 2 and 9 ; 7% pare unable to make a reliable estimate .
59 The absence of any coherent and agreed philosophy for the media in many African countries is a matter which is of obvious concern to many of that continent 's politicians as well as its media professionals , and a number of African leaders have addressed themselves to the problem .
60 The process of training and qualification does not automatically guarantee the surveyor job security and the buyer of professional services is no longer interested either in tradition for its own sake or in the mystique in which many professions have corseted themselves .
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