Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth of the matter is that we have seen a substantial reduction in direct tax rates , a substantial improvement in standards of living and , as a result of the reduction in tax rates , an improvement in the tax base , which has enabled us not only to achieve increased public spending on a large scale in our key priority areas , especially health , but to achieve a reduction in direct income tax and , overall , considerably to improve our public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 2 | ‘ But this attack has hit him hard enough to call you back at once . |
| 3 | Blend Six that you 've been trying out here is pretty much my baby , although everything really is a team effort , but that 's why Jason has sent me out here to deal with it . ’ |
| 4 | I assumed he 'd found us somewhere else to live while it was being rebuilt . |
| 5 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 6 | you would have done it early enough to say , oh well , we can invite somebody else . |
| 7 | They would n't have had it long enough to clear their own ground rent . |
| 8 | ‘ Like your party trick with the neutrino collectors and the hymetusite : we could n't have scaled it up enough to solve Earth 's energy shortfall , but it could have supported us here whilst we searched for the long-term solution — the high-mass elements in Lucifer 's core . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They said it looks OK but they 've towed it off somewhere to search for clues . |
| 10 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |