Example sentences of "they have [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been a different story if they 'd had to find the key money for the flat themselves . |
| 2 | Patients were instructed to fill in the two diaries for 14 days , but were not told that the computer automatically records date of data entry , nor were they given instructions of what to do should they have forgotten to make the daily entry . |
| 3 | this was on , in the morning , in the afternoon they said his leg would deteriorate , they 've got to take the whole leg off so he said we 'll give it another go and see what happens , course by this time he said the operation has n't |
| 4 | In the period between albums , they 've managed to harness the raw power and aggression of their songs to greater effect live . |
| 5 | They had to die to make the future safe . |
| 6 | If they had wanted to complete the Royal Marines course that proved too tough for Prince Edward , their chance would have been slightly better — one in two . |
| 7 | After that they had begun to encounter the behavioural problems which had been occurring in Reykjavik and which are so depressingly familiar to us all . |
| 8 | In the USA , at the beginning of the century , the universities were also closer to seminaries , but by the 1870s they had begun to adopt the German model too , following the lead given by the new Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , the first to emphasize research in alliance with teaching . |
| 9 | He began to feel extremely glad that they had agreed to help the exiled Court . |
| 10 | The main difference between the design of Labov 's neighbourhood studies and the Belfast community studies is probably the extent to which they have endeavoured to adopt the major principle of this method — that the observer should be part of the setting being studied . |
| 11 | To help fashion the ‘ whole child ’ they have needed to know the whole child . |
| 12 | The result suggests that Florida scrub jays may indeed avoid mimics after they have learned to avoid the sickening model . |
| 13 | ‘ It is a major disappointment that they have failed to take the necessary initiatives . ’ |
| 14 | They have failed to endorse the Australian move and are refusing to contribute to the compensation fund . |
| 15 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 16 | They feel that the new aid has failed , or that they have failed to find the magic touch in using it . |
| 17 | They have got to let the Black people in South Africa have better conditions , but some of the Dutch people in the country are very determined . |
| 18 | Clearly these are important categories in that they have come to define the narrative expectations on which genres play , but it is important to recognize their limitations . |
| 19 | For most point to point is a good day out … an afternoon of country sport … the competition is keen … the racing hard and winning isn ’ t the be all and end all … for some horses and riders though this game is the first hurdle … a fence they have to jump to make the big time |
| 20 | While exhorting the judiciary to use custodial sentences only for the really wicked , who commit serious offences , they have refused to compromise the supposed independence of the judiciary by interfering directly in the judicial process . |
| 21 | Another problem that has beset the RMCs is that , instead of being financed from special , earmarked central or regional funds , they have had to derive the necessary resources from the parent institutions . |
| 22 | Other occupations have adopted the professional rhetoric and even if they have done so in order to enhance their status and monopoly or guild power , they have had to accept the concomitant constraints on self-interested behaviour . |
| 23 | The greater the length of time that they have had to consider the full implications of what was proposed at Maastricht , the stronger have been their reservations . |