Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] have [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That shared culture has gone , though its traces have persisted for a long time , at least among those unworldly older academics who assume that students of English will have read the whole of Shakespeare in the sixth form , or that they can readily identify classical or biblical references . |
| 2 | This is followed by a brief outline of the continental legal system to which critics have turned for a solution to our problems . |
| 3 | Her lawyers had asked for the sentence to be dropped in favour of community service because her health is failing . |
| 4 | In 1983 a hairy snail was discovered in the Thames marshes near Kew , where its ancestors had lived for the last 10,000 years . |
| 5 | He overthrew the Pythia , who with her ancestors had ruled for an eternity . |
| 6 | But health officials in the Darlington and the Northallerton health authorities said their budgets had allowed for the pay rises . |
| 7 | Chief executive Mr Baker , 54 , saw his earnings increase from £135,911 to £383,935 while his workers had to settle for a 5.5 per cent wage rise . |
| 8 | Congress , our principles have stood for a hundred and three years . |