Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He 'd much rather have advised a disciple — the earnest girl Fruitbat , perhaps , or her relentlessly smiling lover , Chogyam-Jones , who dressed in what looked like a Chinese carpet ; their flattery was becoming necessary . |
2 | Some field men have been in the job long enough to have seen the protection of the environment become a matter of considerable public concern . |
3 | The idea of going to France and turning into reality something which for so long had seemed a dream was now a concrete possibility . |
4 | Thus we have witnessed recently the end of an era here , with the closure of the studio complex in Windmill Lane , which for so long had set the trends . |
5 | But I do not regard these factors as justifying sweeping away the law which for so long has regulated the conduct of charitable corporations . |
6 | But , instead of being able to sit back and enjoy this baby , she has also to look after the other children who may only just have left the baby stage themselves . |
7 | Reproach mingled with anger — anger that she did not wait , anger that another man should so easily have taken the woman he loved , anger that she should be heavy with another man 's child . |
8 | The better off have escaped an increase in higher income tax rates , the upper limit on employees ' National Insurance contributions remains as does mortgage tax relief . |
9 | The better off have escaped an increase in higher income tax rates ; the upper limit on employees ' National Insurance contributions remains as does mortgage tax relief . |
10 | Not surprisingly , therefore , the Government 's claims regarding who is better off have become an issue of intense dispute . |
11 | He seems to have known enough about ordinary medicine — and perhaps still have had the contacts within the profession — to make sure that I got my inoculations and injections at the correct times in my life , despite my official non-existence as far as the National Health Service is concerned . |
12 | Portia Forbes so far had shown no interest in establishing any . |
13 | Mr O'Connor said the campaign so far had taken a lot of time and effort , with mixed results . |
14 | Police inquiries so far have drawn a blank . |
15 | ‘ The investigations so far have shown no evidence of such an elaborate organization , ’ Kopyion seemed to answer before he 'd finished . |
16 | Gamma ray satellites so far have shown the distribution of interstellar gas ( where it is struck by cosmic rays ) , pulsars , and two dozen powerful but as-yet-unidentified sources . |
17 | Q I have been trying to locate a manufacturer of a walking boot or walking shoe which is synthetic , ie not leather or suede for a vegetarian friend , but so far have had no luck . |
18 | The analysis so far has treated the technology of the different sectors in a symmetric fashion , but the hierarchical structure is important . |
19 | The discussion so far has treated the analysis as being conducted in terms of individuals . |
20 | Nothing so far has disproved the contention that the classical Greeks did not even know the name of the Jews . |
21 | Well , pardon me for belching , but what we 're talking about here is a virtually unparalleled ( in this musical medium , at least ) honesty and open-ness that so far has hampered the Kitchens ' career like a rucksack full of rocks . |
22 | Our discussion so far has stressed the relationship between endangerment on the roads and the detailed rules of the road , including the driving test . |
23 | The next problem comes when we recognize that the work done so far has produced a piece of research which could easily keep a dozen people occupied for the rest of their lives . |
24 | Cézanne died in 1906 with the feeling of only partially having achieved the end for which he had striven so long and hard . |
25 | Mains transformers seem to be the main cause of problems , and I suppose that when building power supplies you do so sometimes have to connect the transformer in an apparently illogical manner . |
26 | If the victim in the latter case had known of the facts , he would presumably not have bought the car . |
27 | Do not let the channel of communication with your supervisor close — even if you are behind and would rather not have to face the situation of explaining why . |
28 | The ceremonies and festivities attending the coronation of French kings at Reims did much to enhance the popularity and reputation of the wines of Champagne — though they can not entirely have pleased the populace of Reims , who had to meet the expense of such occasions . |
29 | It should perhaps be added that the amended section 4 would not necessarily have caught the conduct in question , because of its definition in terms of violence which might follow from the defendant 's conduct . |
30 | Unfortunately for authors , readers do not necessarily have to accept the terms they attempt to dictate , however subtly that attempt is made . |