Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 he had declined an offer to direct the National Gallery in London , opting instead to lead the Kimbell where he has since conducted an exemplary acquisitions campaign ; also , he has close ties with Mr Mellon , having served as CEO of the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art , established by the philanthropist at Yale University . |
| 2 | The establishment has successfully monopolised the major positions within the state and the social institutions allied to the state , and it has exercised a pervasive influence over those outside its own ranks . |
| 3 | And while he has successfully offended the doctrinaire Protestants , he does not seem to have pleased the Pope . |
| 4 | But what has most disturbed the professional archaeologists is the increasing decentralisation of decision-making in their field , reducing the CSRA to figurehead status . |
| 5 | Mr Mayor I think we , we owe a debt of gratitude to councillor this evening because the sort of motions he 's been putting forward has effectively united the progressive forces . |
| 6 | The extent to which such rights might justifiably embrace ideas unrelated to government or public affairs , ideas of no value at all , or cloaked in images of a sexual or violent nature , has long exercised the finest minds not only in American jurisprudence , but in Europe and the Commonwealth as well . |
| 7 | What to do — of anything — about the Italian Connection is a problem that has long perplexed the top administrators : some see it as a cancer at the heart of rugby ; others as a storm in a teacup of no consequence to what they see as larger and more insidious threat to amateurism in England and the rest of the ‘ Big Eight ’ . |
| 8 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 9 | The economic downturn has only intensified the self-rejuvenating qualities of élites and multiplied the ways in which others are shut out . |
| 10 | Parliament has thus recognised the unsatisfactory results of the common law privilege against self-incrimination and has been willing to abrogate or modify that privilege . |
| 11 | The ideology of enterprise culture has finally permeated the remaining institutions of British cultural life . |
| 12 | This was true even before the current wave of feminism ( Virginia Woolf in 1929 and Simone de Beauvoir in 1949 both marvelled at the huge volume of material on the subject ) ; contemporary feminism has just made the political implications easier to see . |
| 13 | Bowled over by their demo , Weatherall offered his remixing services and has just put the finishing touches to their delicious debut LP ‘ Breakdown ’ . |
| 14 | This project has already demonstrated the positive benefits of working with both parish councils and the farming community . |
| 15 | Jacob has already sent the three droves for his brother on ahead . |
| 16 | Mr John Prescott , Labour 's transport spokesman , has warned that the Department of Transport has already built the big increases into future planning requirements . |
| 17 | Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team . |
| 18 | Dr Kavanagh , Patrick 's Sacred Keeper , has already published The Complete Poems , first in America and then , in 1984 , in Ireland through the Goldsmith Press , whose proprietor is the Kildare poet Desmond Egan . |
| 19 | Sophisticated DNA testing , or genetic fingerprinting , has already linked the 2 rapes of a 14 year old girl and a 19 year old woman . |
| 20 | Sophisticated DNA testing , or genetic fingerprinting , has already linked the 2 rapes of a 14 year old girl and a 19 year old woman . |
| 21 | Because we must remember that Iraq has already had an eight years war and they 're used to a war , they used to withstanding a war and it was the only reason that Britain survived in the last world war because it could withstand attack , and wait and wait until they were ready to counter attack . |
| 22 | Paddy Ashdown has already committed the Liberal Democrats to vote with the Government . |
| 23 | Diploma Plc , holding company for a portfolio of electronic and construction products businesses , reporting pre-tax profits up 225% at £8.1m , says that industry may be broadly much weaker following a long and debilitating recession , but Diploma has maintained a good level of investment in people as well as plant , and has generally considered the recent years as an opportunity . |
| 24 | Do you suppose that Artai has ever examined the old maps ? ’ |
| 25 | And anyone who has ever seen the devastating effects of alcohol addiction on the alcoholic , his or her friends and family will understand only too well the dramatic and destructive influence it can have on the lives of all concerned . |
| 26 | Being surrounded by a supportive network of friends has always given the Happy Mondays the edge in the bullshit world of the music industry . |
| 27 | He has always appreciated the finer things in life and can often be seen lunching at London 's Savoy Grill . |
| 28 | Other Truka activists have received death threats and the community has repeatedly alerted the federal authorities , who , under Brazilian law , have responsibility for indigenous affairs . |
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