Example sentences of "[conj] have be [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The riverside warehouses of the London docklands have become favourite subjects for this treatment during the last decade and an outstanding conversion of one such building — Thames Tunnel Mills — is described in this chapter , while the final chapter of the book contains an analysis of a similar building that has been converted to house a range of new uses , including sixty apartments . |
| 2 | One kinase that appears to be ideally placed to modulate transcription factor activity is the DNA-dependent protein kinase ( DNA-PK ) that has been shown to phosphorylate a wide variety of transcription factors in vitro . |
| 3 | 20–3–1877 Duncan McLugash , Elder , confessed " that having been led to use a little whisky for relieving asthmatic tightening of the chest , he regrets that he incautiously allowed himself to go to excess , whereby he was overcome by it . " |
| 4 | Then the fear of him that had been generated bred a will to resist . |
| 5 | Therefore , the lighting that had been installed to provide a normal level of additional illumination could not be described as plant . |
| 6 | In addition to pottery , the core material from bronzes that have been cast using a clay core ( see p. 84 ) can also be tested by TL , since this ceramic material has normally been fired to a sufficiently high temperature to ‘ zero the TL clock ’ . |
| 7 | As a result , more extreme measures — rate limitation , or rate capping , as it has become known — have been introduced to curb those authorities that have been determined to provide a high level of public services despite the cost . |
| 8 | To process the order , the company would have to take labour off current projects that have been costed to yield a contribution of £5/hr . |
| 9 | But a more legitimate complaint concerns the attempts that have been made to turn a talented , energetic and fashionably leftish folk-rock group into rock stars . |
| 10 | Erm the darkening of the edges , I suppose that 's been done to create a little more atmosphere in the picture , and I think it possibly does . |
| 11 | On 15 August 1952 a major flood affected the East and West Lyn rivers on the coast of North Devon , had substantial effects on the river channel , the valley and the human settlement , and has been estimated to have a recurrence interval of possibly 1:1000 years ( Dobbie and Wolf , 1953 ) . |
| 12 | Part of the North Kent Marshes is leased by the RSPB and has been managed to create a splendid reserve , full of birds . |
| 13 | The term is wider than motor vehicle and has been held to include a bicycle |
| 14 | Monk wrote an account of their experience for the Universe , and has been promoted to write a fuller account of the Church 's teaching on death , of what happens to the soul before , during and after death . |
| 15 | It is employed in defence , and has been known to kill a dog . |
| 16 | This flightless , quarter-ton relative of the Australian emu has a head like a monstrous purple turkey , runs through the undergrowth in small bands , and has been known to kick a man to death with its six enormous taloned toes . |
| 17 | Ian Walker , prosecuting , told Darlington magistrates the man had been followed by a member of staff and had been seen to drop a bag containing the jeans . |
| 18 | He had drunk three glasses of home-made wine and had been trying to watch a film on television , but was unable to get interested in it . |
| 19 | That he had a thumb in many pies was undeniable : he served as sheriff in both Surrey and Sussex and had been appointed to head a commission examining the revenues of the confiscated estates of George Duke of Clarence , the king 's brother . |
| 20 | By the end of the first year the members felt sufficiently established to start collecting books and money for the library and had been asked to send a copy of their rules to Oban where it was hoped to form a similar society . |
| 21 | " The Boy and the Monkey " , and had been asked to write a court report about the trial in that story . |
| 22 | Both men were from Cabinda and had been expected to play a crucial role during the September election campaign in capturing support among non-Ovimbundu ethnic groups particularly in the north . |
| 23 | You have recently been appointed as a salesperson for the industrial division and have been asked to visit a new potential client with a view to selling him briefcases . |
| 24 | In Costa Rica , three species of different genera of ferns were examined and have been found to carry a fauna as rich as that on angiosperms ; damage was just as great . |
| 25 | The fenoderee possess phenomenal strength and are favoured by farmers for helping with heavy agricultural tasks , in particular they are famous for their skill and thoroughness in harvesting crops , and have been known to thresh a barnful of corn in one night . |
| 26 | Organisational culture has become a fashionable concept but has been forced to bear a heavier weight than it can sustain in explanations of organisational performance ( as the recently declining fortunes of some of the companies studied by Peters and Waterman illustrate ) . |
| 27 | With regard to the fifteen inch speaker , Larry Hartke has stated that it offers no real performance advantages over Hartke 's renowned tens , but has been introduced to satisfy a specific demand . |
| 28 | The client was not able to sign a green form to obtain advice as she was not in receipt of income support but has been advised to make a claim for income support since she is not receiving the maintenance . |