Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] have [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vitally for small manufacturers , the more parts they use from large manufacturers that have already gained Type Approval in another application , the cheaper the tests will be ; MIRA 's inspectors will be able to cross-check data they already hold for , say , a wheel , a light or a mirror , using their discretion as to whether they think its new role is fit and proper . |
| 2 | The headlights revealed only the worn flagstones of the farmyard , the archway into the byre on the ground floor of the house , the crumbling steps that had once given access to the living quarters above . |
| 3 | Landowners have bought old farms for use as holiday homes and have then claimed planning permission to house local workers , provide employment and manage the land . |
| 4 | We can witness all these in Worsley 's book in which he demonstrates that architectural draughtsmanship reached a point of perfection by 1837 , after which it degenerated into mere technical proficiency , when even bodies such as the Institute of British Architects condemned the use of colour and supplementary foreground activities that had previously made competition perspectives more attractive . |
| 5 | The strength of any particular syllable can be measured by counting up the number of times an s symbol occurs above it ; the levels in the sentence shown above can be diagrammed like this ( leaving out syllables that have never received stress at any level ) : |
| 6 | It extended society 's consideration for deprived children towards those groups that had previously excited anger rather than compassion and as such it was a progressive and humanitarian measure . |
| 7 | Just as we should not expect too much from those West German areas that have simply erected speed restriction signs without reinforcing the message with physical infrastructure , so design changes alone , though better than legal changes alone , are still inadequate . |
| 8 | Secondly , the companies that have already spent money on cleaning up are reluctant to see others let off the hook . |
| 9 | It is clear that the Banks are preoccupied with keeping staffing to a minimum ; have no regard for retaining Key Posts and have totally disregarded Relief Staff . |
| 10 | Ironically this transformation was in no small degree the consequence of the increasing technicality of the law to which the clerical judges themselves had so fertilely contributed by their advice , judgements and writings ; it had now become necessary to recruit judges from those who had served their apprenticeship pleading in the courts and had perhaps sought instruction from the law lectures and books which were then being provided . |
| 11 | In many cases green ferns , and particularly bracken , can darken during pressing , or you can deliberately look for ferns that have already changed colour . |
| 12 | This is an area where we can make much more progress and I 'm delighted to see the advances that have already taken place . |
| 13 | Patients in the sulphasalazine group had been maintained on the drug at a daily dose of 2 ( 2–3 ) g for 8.0 ( 1.7–2.1 ) years and had never received mesalazine . |
| 14 | Mr Cojuangco comes from one of the families that have long controlled business and political affairs in the Philippines , and to some extent still do . |
| 15 | But most of us still feel hard-pressed to keep up with those changes that have already taken place . |
| 16 | To put the point graphically , while Marx and his nineteenth-century comrades would have no great difficulty in recognizing the economic and the political spheres today , despite the major changes that have undoubtedly taken place in the last hundred years , in the cultural-ideological sphere the opportunities for hegemonic control on a global scale have changed out of all recognition . |
| 17 | Clearly worried by growing opposition to reforms that have drastically eroded living standards , Mr Yeltsin reshuffled his government last week in an attempt to shield some of the younger , more radical ministers he appointed last autumn from the wrath of the Congress . |
| 18 | Chris and Marion Collict 's son , Joel , has ear problems and has much reduced hearing . |
| 19 | In the last year I have been helping residents with a variety of local problems and have successfully applied pressure on Oxfordshire County Council to act on the problems caused by the gypsies at the end of the Abingdon Road , near the Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre . |
| 20 | They were caught in the storms that had earlier caused chaos for sailors in the area . |
| 21 | As Horton Davies , who has explored this subject deeply , wrote : ‘ More worshipful churches proved incentives to , if not a deeper , yet a better ordered and more dignified worship among congregations that had previously regarded worship as merely a preliminary to preaching . ’ |
| 22 | But that did not put a stop to the myths that have always surrounded Earth 's nearest neighbour |
| 23 | The department has major research activities in the pathological sciences and has closely co-ordinated research interests in Immunology , Molecular Biology , Virology and Microbiology , both in veterinary species ( especially the sheep , pig , cat and dog ) and as applied to human medicine . |
| 24 | Although Mexico was not an OPEC member in November 1984 it cut exports in line with OPEC reductions to help maintain prices and has generally taken care not to step out of line , though it has stated that it would act unilaterally to defend its market position . |
| 25 | A PRIVATE member 's bill to introduce payments for Crown servants who were exposed to radiation during nuclear weapons tests and have since contracted leukaemia and other cancers , and to the dependants of those who have died , was presented to the Commons by Mr Bob Clay ( Lab . |
| 26 | The discursive mode of Amalgamemnon is also plausible realistically in as much as the future and other unreal verb forms are commonly used in news broadcasts to describe scheduled events , to make meteorological and economic forecasts , and to speculate as to the possible consequences of events that have already taken place . |