Example sentences of "have [be] [adj] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The common law and equity , both of them in essence systems of private law , are fields where , subject to the increasing intrusion of statute law , society has been content to allow the judges to formulate and develop the law . |
| 2 | It makes sense for this alternative establishment to be pro-European , not only because it is in tune with the music Jacques Delors is making , but because it sees Brussels as a counterpoise to London.This is why it has been pointless to question the sincerity of Kinnock 's conversion to Europe . |
| 3 | Since 1974 the ‘ local ombudsman ’ has been available to supplement the role of local councillors in dealing with complaints made by citizens in relation to local government services , while more recently certain statutory requirements have been emplaced to give other , slightly more formal , remedies . |
| 4 | This stands in marked contrast to the emphasis on parental responsibility in recent child-care law developments , although it must be acknowledged that in extending parental rights in education the government has been keen to stress the duty of parents to involve themselves in their child 's schooling in various ( often ‘ consumerist ’ ) ways . |
| 5 | It is not surprising that , as a major part of public expenditure , the finances of the Welfare State should have received attention from a government , which has been keen to reduce the rate of growth of public expenditure and to limit the role of the state . |
| 6 | There appears to be no room for the bill in the present legislative session , but the government has been keen to maintain the momentum of its proposals for reform to the laws . |
| 7 | It has been iced to resemble the cover of the guide . |
| 8 | Note that it has been necessary to enclose the camera behind a glass screen to cut down its noise . |
| 9 | Aid has been necessary to sustain the NHS . |
| 10 | However , this improvement has been insufficient to offset the decline in other areas . |
| 11 | At the end of the book the two ‘ heroes ’ are dead but Bentley , who has been obliged to watch the hanging of Jesse Broad on the day of his fifteenth birthday , is left to come to terms with his life and his position . |
| 12 | Thus although the Bank of England has been obliged to restore the amount of cash it had withdrawn from the system , there has been an equal and opposite decrease in bills plus money at call held by the banks . |
| 13 | However , this model is simple enough for one to be able to make numerous predictions from it , and hence it has been easy to submit the model to experimental tests . |
| 14 | This has always constituted something of an Achilles Heel : it has been impossible to prove the value of development activity in most cases . |
| 15 | Having invented the phrase ‘ Sea Use Planning ’ she has been delighted to note the emergence of departments of Sea Use Planning at some ( not U. K. ! ) universities . |
| 16 | To date , such experiments have failed under dual pressure — from the Marxist-based Left , which has been unwilling to concede the fight for its class interests , and from the Right , which has continually threatened to halt the reform process . |
| 17 | The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Brian Fall KCMG to be HM Ambassador to the Russian Federation in succession to Sir Roderic Braithwaite KCMG , who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service . |
| 18 | By producing precisely controlled changes in the concentrations of nutrients or salts in the blood it has been possible to explore the role of factors like blood glucose level or cellular dehydration in eating and drinking ( LeMagnen 1985 ; Rolls and Rolls 1982 ) . |
| 19 | It is the recognition of this principle and its implications which is particularly characteristic of Labov 's approach to data : ‘ for the section of speech being examined all occurrences of a given variant are noted , and where it has been possible to define the variables as a closed set of variants , all non-occurrences in the relevant environments ’ ( Labov 1982a : 30 ) . |
| 20 | Recall the requirements of this principle ( cf. 6.1 ) that ‘ all occurrences of a given variant are noted , and where it has been possible to define the variable as a closed set of variants , all non-occurrences of the variant in the relevant circumstances ’ ( Labov 1982a : 30 ) . |
| 21 | That is why it has been possible to locate the roots of pleasure in the synapses — and why it has been possible to find the roots of withdrawal there , too . |
| 22 | As a result , it has been possible to interpret the experience of history as justifying or reinforcing an attachment to empirical problem-solving and to the virtues of cooperation and trust . |
| 23 | The reason why it has been possible to maintain the semblance of continuity since Adenauer is that the soubriquet is still ‘ Europe ’ . |
| 24 | Moreover , by relating this information to data on spreading rates , the directions of relative plate motions derived from the analysis of earthquakes , and palaeomagnetic evidence of continental palaeolatitudes , it has been possible to establish the direction and speed of present-day plate motions and what is probably a fairly accurate history of movements over the past 200 Ma or so ( Fig. 2.16 ) . |
| 25 | By analysing the evidence of many hoards it has been possible to establish the dating of the annual moneyers with a fair degree of accuracy , to within about five to ten years , although the process is by no means complete and new hoards continue to suggest revisions . |
| 26 | That is why it has been possible to locate the roots of pleasure in the synapses — and why it has been possible to find the roots of withdrawal there , too . |
| 27 | Moreover , the attention the association has paid to cinema has offered a space in which it has been possible to raise the issue of the production and distribution of narrative and dramatic works in African languages . |
| 28 | Thus it has been possible to study the behaviour of the basin basement using a measure derived from the basement formations . |
| 29 | In recent years it has been possible to study the mechanisms involved in the regulation postprandial gall bladder motility in detail because of the development of sensitive and specific radioimmunoassays for measurement of CCK and the availability of ultrasonography and cholescintigraphy as non-invasive methods to measure human gall bladder motility . |
| 30 | The British Museum acquired some of these pieces knowingly , as examples of modern fakes , and by examining the pieces in the scanning electron microscope ( see glossary ) using microanalysis and digital-mapping techniques it has been possible to plot the concentration of the cadmium over the soldered surfaces . |