Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maxim that life should not be extended at the cost of worsening it has an obvious appeal : it is also a gross over-simplification . |
| 2 | Add to this the impending introduction of the reforms to community care and the prospect of a tight year of NHS spending in 1993–4 and you could forgive Virginia Bottomley for wishing she had a different portfolio . |
| 3 | The people were cheated into believing they had the highest standard of living in Europe . |
| 4 | As results get worse , I still manage to bluff the board into believing I have a long-term strategy that will see us pulling away from the bottom within weeks . |
| 5 | Shildon said : ‘ If MacQuillan had lived , Eliot could have used the information to persuade people to change their minds about letting him have a free hand with the Post . |
| 6 | Doctors who are aware of food intolerance and experienced in diagnosing it have a different statistical outlook . |
| 7 | But in terms of turnover in staff I would I would be fairly confident in saying we have the lowest one of the lowest if not the lowest in any direct sales operation . |
| 8 | By shaving they have an aerodynamic advantage because the absence of hair helps them to go faster . |