Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] have [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The emission standards were set without regard to the constraints of technological or economic feasibility that had previously influenced policy-making .
2 As the responsibility of the Department of Employment , TVEI represents a determined government effort , practically by-passing the government department that has traditionally exercised responsibility for the schools and the school curriculum , to effect a swift and decisive orientation of the curriculum towards what is considered to be of immediate relevance to the skills and know-how required by a technological society .
3 Inside the boat-house quite a lot of the space was taken up by a flat , barge-type boat that had obviously brought builder 's supplies .
4 The Thurston Upper School pupil is a member of the Stowmarket Kyokushinkai Club and has only taken part in the sport for the past three years , progressing from third to runner-up to national champion at his last championships as a junior .
5 Apart from the loss of its columns it is in fine condition and has richly decorated doorway ( 139 ) and , inside , a barrel vaulted , coffered ceiling , its caissons finely enriched with flowers and heads .
6 The reference to income tax at the basic rate not being charged in respect of income that has already borne tax at the basic rate is designed to ensure that there is no double taxation where the overseas entity receives income which has already borne UK tax .
7 At last , pulling herself together , she went to give Joanna and Helen a watered-down version of the scene that had just taken place — watered-down because , for some subconscious reason , she felt that Dawn 's story was not quite believable .
8 For the 1960s had also seen the beginnings of the stylistic pluralism that has increasingly characterised music in the last quarter of the 20th century .
9 In conclusion , it seems that the increasing incidence of audit committees has not yet brought about any significant improvement in perceptions of corporate accountability and has not restored confidence in financial reporting .
10 The Duchess of York is reported to be receiving psychiatric help and has therefore fallen victim of the classic dilemma .
11 Mackenzie Walcott lamented ‘ it is almost inconceivable the waste that has mercilessly made havoc of the ancient Memorials that gave renown to Stamford ’ .
12 The point is that if there were only one planet that had ever borne life , then it would have to be our planet , for the very good reason that ‘ we ’ are here discussing the question !
13 The subjects showed latent inhibition , developing the CR ( the response of approaching the site or food delivery when the light came on ) less readily than a control group that had not received pre-exposure ( Fig. 3.1 , lower panel ) .
14 In the bright , clear sunlight of the morning that followed the governor 's reception , the three-mile highway linking Saigon with Cholon was aswarm with almost every form of land transport that had ever served mankind .
15 The talented Spaniard has just opened a pizza parlour in the town and has not played football before .
16 Mark Flannagan , formerly Director of ASH Workplace Services , has been promoted to this post and has not had time to snatch a wink of sleep since .
17 Direct Line Insurance is a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland plc and has already saved money for hundreds of thousands of policy holders who buy direct .
18 Moldavia , also a part of the Kievan state , was however a Latin rather than a Slavic community and had originally constituted part of the Roman province of Dacia .
19 Robert Chalmers meets the man who helped Pink Floyd to fame but has never scaled music 's financial heights
20 While substantial general support for the dependency approach was accumulated , most scholars now acknowledge that the dependentistas were never able to explain satisfactorily the economic growth and social and industrial development that had clearly taken place in some Third World countries .
21 He relied upon the great development that has recently taken place in the law of judicial review whereby the courts have asserted a general jurisdiction to review the decisions of tribunals and inferior courts .
22 That is why the market is so worried by the budget deficit and a Labour agenda that has fatally confused government spending with economic recovery .
23 In practice , a number of RACs had anticipated this request and had already begun work on the development of schemes that were consistent with the report 's recommendations .
24 For example , some authorities have selected inappropriate areas , have not fully appreciated local business trends and opportunities , have undertaken little publicity and have not encouraged participation by companies in the implementation of the programme ( Meyer , 1986 ) .
25 ( h ) Leaving aside the Court of Appeal decision in Lawrence , the overlap occurs where the accused obtains the property by deception but has not obtained ownership at the moment of the appropriation .
26 Perhaps , among the 75 per cent who may have heard of the CAB but have never sought assistance , there are many who would come to a bureau if they could .
27 This may have been the collection that has finally established medium to good pieces of this period as part of the mainstream of serious American furniture collecting .
28 She closed her eyes , and leant precariously against the carved statuette that had once spouted water until Justin or one of the others had shoved something into it .
29 The stout , hump-backed surgeon — circumspect , but perky and confident ; Morse — looking distinctly weary , his jowls semi-shaven by an electric razor that had seemingly passed peak efficiency , and yet somehow , somewhere underneath , a man on the side of the angels .
30 The third man , Mark Seaton , was rescued from the river and has already given evidence at the trial of 5 companies at Bristol Crown Court .
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