Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kovalenko cast doubts on the ASEAN proposal for a neutral zone since he imagined it ‘ wrong to think that the ASEAN countries have already managed fully to break away from the influence of the imperialist powers and that they are free to pursue their own foreign policy ’ . |
| 2 | No wonder Italians have just voted massively to adopt the British system for three-quarters of their Senate seats ; the Chamber of Deputies will probably go much the same way . |
| 3 | ‘ The chickens have really come home to roost , after years of overproduction from publishers , ’ Mr Coward said . |
| 4 | Furthermore , despite their efforts at refuting " charges against " the humanity and sincerity of their approved authors ( and thereby by implication against themselves ) , scholars had never managed fully to provide any rational means for that complete assessment of personality which had been an object of all this effort . |
| 5 | It may even be possible that house prices have merely adjusted upwards to meet the extra spending power of those obtaining mortgages with tax relief attached . |
| 6 | Over the years two streams have perpetually flowed together to make up the story of this congregation . |
| 7 | When they had washed up they went into the sitting room — neither ‘ lounge ’ nor ‘ drawing room ’ seemed right to describe it — and listened to a concert on the wireless , for they had no television set and no grateful parishioners had yet clubbed together to provide one . |
| 8 | The Compact will quickly lose its credibility if the only jobs on offer are those which employers have traditionally found hard to fill . |
| 9 | Its activities have since increased substantially to include telecasting and communication training . |