Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] have [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the years I and my colleagues have tried to point the finger at some of those at the centre of terrorist activity on both sides of the politico-religious divide . |
| 2 | One of the issues that called for more profound thought than usual was the direction United Biscuits should take after its products had come to command the lion 's share of the market and could n't be expected to squeeze out many more sales . |
| 3 | After a series of discussions , LASMO North Sea and its partners have decided to defer the development of the Columba field . |
| 4 | Within its pages you will find background information explaining much about Orcs and their smaller cousins : where they come from , how they live and fight , and how their wars have helped to shape the Warhammer World . |
| 5 | The widow of Alfred McTear , who died before completing his legal battle against a tobacco company , says she 's amazed her lawyers have agreed to continue the case free of charge . |
| 6 | BRITISH Gas executive Hilary Williams who won a sex discrimination case against her bosses has quit to run the Guides . |
| 7 | The Presidency devolved upon Pascal-Trouillot , the most junior of the 12 Supreme Court justices , after her colleagues had declined to accept the post . |
| 8 | They had been killed by Charlie Company , very few of whose members had refused to obey the orders of Lieutenant William Calley . |
| 9 | Then , drinking champagne with journalists , he flew home to a Teheran in which his supporters had tried to re-erect the toppled statues of his father . |
| 10 | Does the Secretary of State realise that his comments have failed to persuade the House that the policy that he and the Government are operating is right ? |
| 11 | When the scheme ended he stayed on and through his endeavours has helped to make the park a place of beauty . |
| 12 | Rhee and his followers had tried to liquidate the guerrilla movement in the south but had failed . |
| 13 | Our courts have refused to consider the validity of an Act of Parliament either on the ground that Parliament had no power to pass it or on the ground that the statute had been improperly passed . |