Example sentences of "[conj] they have be [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twelve select committees established by the Commons in December 1979 seem to have attracted enough criticism from the executive to suggest that they have been asking some pertinent questions , but their overall impact on policy has so far been slight . |
| 2 | So Iraq has now formally asked the Turks to shorten the cut-off period but the Turks reply that they have been releasing more water down the river and the Iraquis should have been able to build up stocks . |
| 3 | XYZ Foods are well-known for their pioneering work in the field of slimming foods and they have been researching this pack for the last year . |
| 4 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |
| 5 | But BBC officials are waking up to the fact that , while they have been allocated both of Britain 's channels for high-power satellite broadcasts , the kind that could be received direct into people 's homes , they have no monopoly on low-power transmissions from satellites , the kind that could be picked up by central receiving stations — and transmitted via cable to homes . |
| 6 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 7 | It is what people do with them after they have been issued that 's the problem . |
| 8 | As they have been fighting each other on much of it , any agreement to stop must represent progress . |