Example sentences of "[conj] have [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent arguments about whether the level of state pensions has or has not risen over time relative to average adult per capita income , about whether pensions should or should not be more generous today , and about how criteria for change in the level of pension payments should be set , are all important , but they are essentially distinct from the issue of whether the receipt of state benefits necessarily creates a dependency in the recipient which would not otherwise exist . |
| 2 | Despite this , a number of those interviewed had either not heard of the ATB or had not participated in training . |
| 3 | A few work part-time or have even slipped into retirement but remain members out of goodwill . |
| 4 | " In more than 22 years , " says American-born Fleur Cowles " I 've never painted anything that has n't relied on imagination and memory . " |
| 5 | And possibly also look forward to extending an England career that has already taken in student and Under-21 honours . |
| 6 | Bereavement is the one battle in which people dice with a death that has already occurred in order to survive all the dangers of the loss and deprivation it brings , and it takes courage to stand shoulder to shoulder with someone who is in the thick of it . |
| 7 | But there is another type of risk affecting corporate bonds that has recently come to prominence and is known as event risk ( or restructuring risk ) . |
| 8 | Information that has now come to light about the political gulags and the Gestapo tactics of the secret police has certainly done much to underline the totalitarian essences of even the ‘ soft ’ regimes . |
| 9 | For instance , America is the only country that has seriously attempted to measure children 's drama . |
| 10 | Johnson 's , I was soon to learn , was typical of other South Seas stores — more like a warehouse than a shop , with new lines that had just arrived by boat piled up against the shelves of the barn-like building . |
| 11 | Though he had few intellectual interests , he was fascinated by the lineage of ancient families , such as his own , even of those that had long lapsed into obscurity . |
| 12 | As his depleted army made its way home it was harried by Dwarfs and Men , and even attacked by Orc tribes that had once fought as part of the Waaagh . |
| 13 | Browne reckons that the value of the UK hardware market will fall 28% in real terms by 1994 , which means that vendors that have traditionally relied on maintenance as a key cash generator ‘ will be forced to act rapidly to avoid crisis ’ . |
| 14 | Several complications arose in earlier patients that have not recurred after modification of the initial technique . |
| 15 | All this contrasts vividly with those many families that have not taken on board self-fulfilment for their children , but have left them to their own devices : the ‘ latch-key ’ children , those out in the streets , members of territorial gangs . |
| 16 | The actual animals that have ever lived on Earth are a tiny subset of the theoretical animals that could exist . |
| 17 | I can excuse them for not knowing all the facts that have now come to light but I can not forgive them or the government for failing to steer the health of the nation . |
| 18 | The Institute indicated when it commissioned the report that it would make every effort to adopt its proposals wherever possible , and has already agreed on action in a number of areas . |
| 19 | Sexton is eager to keep his side together and has already discussed with Football Association officials the prospects of arranging friendly fixtures . |
| 20 | I think Liz has written six full-length manuscripts and , and has just lived with rejection sh , slips . |
| 21 | Either the imaginary has been ignored altogether , in which case Irigaray is mistakenly described as a biological essentialist ( Sayers , 1982 , p. 131 ; 1986 , pp. 42–8 ) , or else it has been interpreted as purely and simply a Lacanian concept , in which case the conclusion is that Irigaray has misunderstood or misread Lacan , and has not taken on board the implications of his theory ( see Mitchell and Rose , 1982 , pp. 54 6 ; Rose , 1985 , pp. 136 , 140 ; Ragland-Sullivan , 1986 , pp. 273–80 ) . |
| 22 | Matches were played against local hearing teams , and after a promising start , the club almost folded in 1879 following a disastrous season but was re-organised , and has since gone from strength to strength , with various changes in name . |
| 23 | On Paul 's first day he arranged four appointments for our consultants with prospective clients , and has since gone from strength to strength . |
| 24 | His climbing days were cut short in 1957 when he caught polio in the Himalayas , but he remains a dedicated walker and has since served as President of the Alpine Club and on the Mount Everest Foundation . |
| 25 | This is equally important and has so proved throughout ballet history . |
| 26 | The first volume of what must eventually be one of the great modern biographies , John Richardson 's book was published last year and has now appeared in paperback . |
| 27 | Reached through winding landscapes bathed in delicate hues reminiscent of a Perugino painting , Città della Pieve was Perugino 's birthplace and has hardly changed since renaissance times . |
| 28 | It has in the past been notorious that a pupil in an English school , having learned French for seven years , and having even passed at grade A at A level , may yet be unable to utter more than a few halting sentences , and be hardly able to follow a simple conversation with a native speaker . |
| 29 | Castro later stated that he favoured political and economic integration with Latin America but had not come begging for aid and had not asked for oil supplies to replace the potential loss of shipments from the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | They might not dare to admit it , but they did n't like the changes they saw around them ; they enjoyed television 's recreations of more confident times , when they had had a country to be proud of , when people had reached maturity at forty and had not pandered to youth . |