Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Bugs and men who study them have inspired great literature and pages and pages of nonsense But even the finest fiction has rarely improved on real life
2 The technology was invented in the early 1920s by Anton Flettner , a German naval engineer , and has since fallen into undeserved oblivion .
3 Of the 18 patients who were alive at short term follow up , one has since died of coronary disease ; a second patient with coronary disease died of carcinoma of the lung ; and four further surviving patients have angiographic evidence of disease .
4 More importantly , we shall also consider some of the most recent approaches that psychologists have adopted in their attempts to bridge the gap which has hitherto existed between psychological theory and educational practice .
5 A Supervisor of Broadcasting ( Mr John Grist , who has long experience at senior level in broadcasting and television ) has been appointed to work directly on behalf of the Committee and to give directions on its behalf when urgent action is required .
6 Although directors and officers ' liability insurance has been available in the UK since the 1930s , it has only come into wide use in the last few years .
7 Until fairly recently , tropical silviculture has largely relied on natural regeneration .
8 Since that time I think that there has been great progress towards reconciliation and this has largely flowed from common sense and from a better understanding of the facts .
9 I have been examining the exercise of critical thought , but the account up to now has largely concentrated on critical thinking by the individual student .
10 Sure , Paradox for Windows has just shipped to deafening applause .
11 The Act made provision for such an office , which has now been established and has already contributed to increased efficiency in the division .
12 Much of the finishing work has already transferred to Corporate Jet headquarters in Little Rock , Arkansas , and 269 redundancies have already been agreed for Broughton , causing workers to be worried about their long-term future .
13 The genetic fingerprint idea has already worked to great effect in America .
14 The genetic fingerprint idea has already worked to great effect in America .
15 One , the Abbey National , has already switched to limited liability status as a full bank .
16 USL has already signed with French Unix house Chorus Systemes SA for its Chorus/Mix micro-kernel that will form the basis of this release .
17 He added : ‘ Even if it rained between now and October more heavily than it has ever done in recorded time there would still be rivers , such as the Ver in Hertfordshire , that would not get enough water to enable them to flow properly .
18 American capitalism has always relied on international rivalry and the occasional war to create an artificial community of interest between the rich and the poor .
19 Smith has always struggled against top class spinners when he first meets them -but worked it out in the end .
20 Doing conventional things well has always met with parental approval .
21 The Salvadorean trade union movement has always suffered from brutal repression ; there has never been freedom to organize .
22 The world 's first industrial country has clearly fallen into relative decline on many measures of industrial competitiveness .
23 Industrialisation has clearly led to economic growth .
24 To make matters worse , the monopolistic character of the sector has been blatantly exploited by trade unions , though over the longer run this has probably resulted in major job losses since most of the industries are subject to competition in the form of alternative goods .
25 Assad has maintained a ruthless one-party regime based on the army , which he has repeatedly used against domestic opposition and to intervene in Lebanon , where Syria maintains 30,000 troops — a crippling economic burden .
26 Certainly Russia has openly intervened with military force to control its satellites like Hungary and Czechoslovakia when it thought they were stepping out of line and also supported the introduction of martial law in Poland to curb industrial unrest .
27 electrofusion techniques and AUTOMATIC butt fusion machines , has also led to increased output .
28 However , more important is the third meaning of impetus which has also to do with physical performance .
29 The increased scale of enterprises , combined with improvements in management methods and telecommunications , has also contributed to spatial separation of functions within the firm ( Goddard 1975 , 1978 ) .
30 Where this has been done and the company has also dispensed by elective resolution with the requirement to lay its accounts and reports before a general meeting , it will mean that in the single-member company no member meetings will be required .
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