Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ultimately , rock'n'roll has to contend with carrying the burden of primitive music on its shoulders , the way Atlas carried the world on his shoulders . |
| 2 | The balance has tipped from viewing the problem entirely in terms of liability and expense to acknowledging that it also offers an opportunity … |
| 3 | The imposter then declares himself , and it is interesting to see if the judicial process has succeeded in ascertaining the truth of the matter . |
| 4 | He has succeeded in creating the atmosphere of a Mediterranean village , through the various architectural embellishments ; the old style Mallorcan houses , with their pastel-shaded façades , balconies , verandas , shutters and irregular roof-lines , suggest that the Anchorage Village has evolved over generations rather than just six years . |
| 5 | In Unix , it has succeeded in creating the impression that it has far more of the management , security and support capabilities in place than any of its competitors , and while this may not be entirely valid , time and again in the computer industry , winning the perception is nine tenths of the battle : in the 1970s , it was universally acknowledged among the cognoscenti that Burroughs Corp had by far the best mainframe architecture and operating software , but that did nothing to prevent the vast majority of its users migrating to IBM over time . |
| 6 | Although the change , introduced last year , to gross accounting has succeeded in highlighting the volume of activity which was previously reported in modest , net contribution figures , it should be appreciated that significant fluctuations will occur on the completion of major projects . |
| 7 | Oxfam NoLoGo has succeeded in making the concept of recycling fun and giving charity shops a completely new look . |
| 8 | Although the NPT has succeeded in retarding the spread of nuclear weapons , there is no doubt that the treaty will collapse unless significant progress is made towards nuclear disarmament by the nuclear powers . |
| 9 | The Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL ) in California has spent ten years running a US government-sponsored project , which has succeeded in reducing the price of solar cells by 15 times , increasing cell efficiency from 6 per cent to 15 per cent and extending their lifespan from ten to thirty years . |
| 10 | The recent political activities of Haringey Black Action has succeeded in raising the profile of Black lesbians and gay men . |
| 11 | Very few writers , in Cusick 's experience , do much in the way of scene setting , and so a lot has to come from reading the dialogue and forming impressions in the mind . |
| 12 | Historically , to prohibit cruelty to animals has amounted to prohibiting the infliction of unnecessary pain , or unjustified pain , especially when the pain is substantial and the human agent has acted wantonly or maliciously , and with intent . |
| 13 | One of the greatest difficulties Denis has faced over the years — and it has increased as the world has turned to harassing the smoker — has been how to keep awake through the after-dinner speeches without the benefit of a cigarette . |
| 14 | Rentokil would not have won the coveted Business Enterprise Award as company of the year had it not been for individuals playing their part , as our Chief Executive Clive Thompson reiterated ‘ this award is for the Rentokil people and the contribution this Company has made to improving the environment ’ . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress he has made in privatising the trust ports in Northern Ireland . |
| 16 | Soviet aid has helped in maintaining the population 's morale and the regime 's credibility and unity , while US aid to the to the mujahedin has done little to increase their unity , morale or fighting ability . |
| 17 | More recently , attention has shifted to considering the combination of FDI and world market share . |
| 18 | The new chairman of the Cricket Society ( membership now over 2000 ) is David Allsop , who succeeds Nigel Haygarth , who has retired after occupying the post since 1983 . |
| 19 | For the rest he has persisted in wearing the guise of a vassal before his overlord . |
| 20 | The inequalities in health debate has focused on identifying the extent to which socially generated variations in both health status and use of health services exist within and between populations . |
| 21 | The core of the model is a model of the UK monetary sector , and work on extending the model has focused in modelling the exchange rate , the wage-price mechanism and the public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 22 | Additionally some £10 billion per year is currently being received from North Sea taxes and duties , more than 100,000 jobs have been created and British industry has benefited by taking the lion 's share of the orders for North Sea supplies and services . |
| 23 | For the clarity of in dealing with the a particular contribution has laid in developing the relationship between the sector and Government |
| 24 | Douglas Scott , the region 's senior corporate advisor , said that so far the council has concentrated on upping the region 's profile in Brussels and honing its statistical case . |
| 25 | Although the government has assisted with organising the ECN , it will be managed by the Natural Environment Research Council and funding will be provided by nine sponsors . |
| 26 | Much effort has gone into refining the calculation of the limiting mass for a stable core with calculations being made in the framework of GR . |
| 27 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 28 | WHEN the first customers step through the main entrance of Safeway 's new multi-million pound store at Stewartfield in East Kilbride , the last thing on their minds will be the work which has gone into bringing the building to completion . |
| 29 | In recent years , a lot of work has gone into improving the quality of care that patients receive from the health service . |
| 30 | In recent years , a lot of work has gone into improving the quality of care that patients receive from the health service . |