Example sentences of "they have [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many cases they have gone long periods before they have even made a profit . |
| 2 | And they have just completed a deal to buy the disused Grand Hotel on the Marine Promenade to give that a facelift . |
| 3 | They have just witnessed a performance as good as the one you gave on the catwalk . ’ |
| 4 | They have just passed a resolution banning Irish jokes , under the impression that jokes are the enemy of tolerance and affection . |
| 5 | They have been collecting goodies from all over the globe , with no trouble or expense spared , and have recently announced that they have just paid a world record price for a rather small amount of tea . |
| 6 | They have just finished a report for the Norwegian government on its atomic research centre . |
| 7 | They have also indicated a willingness to increase their contribution as the cost of Law Reports rises . |
| 8 | They have also involved a number of postgraduate architectural students who were engaged in designing a factory to manufacture the heat pumps , which would differ radically from factories in the past . |
| 9 | Together to-day , taking disaster by the throat and turning it into victory , they have surely earned a place of honour that will be secure as long as men talk , or read or think of horses . |
| 10 | ‘ Offenders will have to satisfy the courts they have successfully completed a course before their period of disqualification is reduced , ’ he said . |
| 11 | If they understand that , they have yet to devise a strategy to meet it . |
| 12 | The Greens , whose first MdBs were elected in 1983 , also field constituency candidates , but they have yet to win a constituency seat . |
| 13 | They have yet to establish a track record of resale value , and buyers looking for sound investments may prefer to play safe and buy equivalent Persian or Anatolian rugs . |
| 14 | Although they promote hard to American canoeists they have yet to make a start over here . |
| 15 | All incoming graduate students ( including non-ESRC funded students ) are expected to participate unless they have already completed a Master 's or equivalent coursework elsewhere which would allow them to claim exemption from some or all requirements . |
| 16 | They have already made a start on collating and indexing all the paraphernalia that has accumulated over the years . |
| 17 | They have already appointed a gates superintendent who will liaise with the show manager this year to ensure no one slips in without paying . |
| 18 | They have already appointed a gates ' superintendent for this year to ensure no one slips through the entrances without paying . |
| 19 | ‘ They have already had a bit of excitement , while the rest of the country has had to put up with the phoney war . ’ |
| 20 | They have already got a fan club . |
| 21 | Although they have only spent a matter of weeks together , a strong spiritual bond exists between them . |
| 22 | If they have then organize a date and time mutually acceptable with them to go in and sign on . |
| 23 | Nor are women prominent in senior positions in the professions although they have long had a place there in those areas concerned with women 's affairs which are most clearly associated with their assumed ‘ natural ’ role of caring for and serving others . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not going to name anyone in particular but you are all aware of those who have been to Australia this winter with the A team , and they have all got a chance of coming through this summer especially some of the young bowlers . ’ |
| 25 | They have always presented a problem for the application of natural justice . |
| 26 | They have always triggered a panic reaction in the North , which suspects that the US and Seoul are planning to invade under the guise of war games . |
| 27 | Who can honestly say they have never done a bit of work off-the-books or used the services of somebody who was doing so ? |
| 28 | We agree with MacGowan and Reeves that the half life may be inaccurate if it is calculated from only two values ; but perhaps that is why they have never seen a patient with normal renal function in whom the half life is as long as 7.6 hours , since in clinical practice two measurements are all one has to go on . |
| 29 | If they have never had a number they must go personally with proof of identity . |
| 30 | ‘ They have basically scared a lot of people , ’ said the head of one top London photographic agency . |