Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ I just want to congratulate and thank everyone in this room tonight for all they have done to bring this moment to reality . ’ |
| 2 | The two countries now have the right to dump such material after 2007 , but they have undertaken to give serious consideration to finding land-based alternatives in the meantime and will only be able to dump after consultation with the other signatory states and in accordance with the " no-harm " principle . |
| 3 | The museum director , Mr Murata , states that since French paintings have become so expensive today it is no longer possible for a museum to build a satisfactory collection of them , and therefore they have decided to collect British works , focusing on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists . |
| 4 | Finally , there will be a few situations in which local authorities have been almost entirely the innovators , in which they have sought to promote local acts through Parliament or in which they have interpreted general powers given to them in quite novel ways . |
| 5 | By so doing they have sought to protect domestic employment , the balance of payments and so forth . |
| 6 | Instead of all this fake indignation , when will he own up to the fact that most of the local authorities , including my own of Knowsley , have empty properties because they are being held for improvement under schemes in which the Government are involved after 13 years in which they have neglected to fund local authority and other housing stock ? |
| 7 | THE South African government and the opposition African National Congress yesterday sought to defend against ferocious attack the agreement they have reached to share governmental power until the end of the century . |
| 8 | I am delighted therefore to add my congratulations to those honoured by the British Safety Council for the practical steps they have taken to create safer places of work . ’ |
| 9 | There are arguments here , as there are in relation to mistake , that the law should impose a duty on men to consider consent , and therefore should treat them as reckless if they have failed to give any thought to the matter . |
| 10 | They have failed to meet this obligation . ’ |
| 11 | I can only assume this is the reason they have failed to make any progress in hunting down our missing grandstand . |
| 12 | By doing this , ‘ they have helped to set one area and one group of workers against another in the struggle to obtain a higher share of the inadequate number of jobs available . ’ |
| 13 | Not only have Down and Donegal shown the way over the past couple of years but they have helped to generate tremendous interest in gaelic football . |
| 14 | The idea that the superpowers are vital to the success of the peace process is based upon the influence they exert on the regional contestants , but in reality they have helped to perpetuate regional conflict and global competition in the area , with the encouragement of local clients . |
| 15 | They have got to put this row to bed , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Most important , because this is the biggest part of the budget-rescue operation , Greeks are being told they have got to pay more tax . |
| 17 | The emphasis of many previous studies has been on the ‘ breakdown of democratic regimes ’ rather than their achievement and consolidation ; and they have tended to highlight economic constraints or global influences rather than national political choices and strategies . |
| 18 | I think what 's very striking about the report which the students ' union have recently published and are circulating around the university , is the extent to which they have tended to define sexual harassment as being as much or at least as much a problem between students , a problem of behaviour between students and a problem of the sort of atmosphere in the colleges in terms of how that affects how peoples lives feel and and how they are how their behaviour what sort of behaviour is acceptable . |
| 19 | They have tended to have fierce debates leading to some kind of resolution . ’ |
| 20 | 7.9.4 to produce to the Tenant on demand written confirmation from the insurers that they have agreed to waive all rights of subrogation against the Tenant ] ] It is essential that covenants of this nature should be included except where insurance is to be in the joint names of the landlord and tenant . |
| 21 | 7.9.4 to produce to the Tenant on demand written confirmation from the insurers that they have agreed to waive all rights of subrogation against the Tenant any undertenant and its or their mortgagees |
| 22 | This does not mean that victims are consciously playing this game , but rather that they have learnt to live this way , not realising there is any better alternative . |
| 23 | The good news is that they have managed to install all services — water , sewage , electricity and oil — on their major project developing Light Vessel . |
| 24 | Is not the success story of the present Government 's policy the fact that they have managed to turn British Steel into a profit-making industry ? |
| 25 | The Chancellor and the Prime Minister are patting themselves on the back for the fact that they have managed to reduce British inflation rates to something like the German levels , but there is a difference between the two . |
| 26 | We have had commitments from Home Secretaries and Ministers of State at the Dispatch Box , in Committee and in the Select Committee on Home Affairs , when they have promised to do various things , but they still have not done them . |
| 27 | ‘ They have tried to lead normal lives since the girls disappeared , but they 've been under great stress and anxiety . ’ |
| 28 | Officials say that they have tried to keep any disturbance to a minimum by limiting the closures to Sundays only . |
| 29 | This concern has been debated in Barnet where they have voted to outlaw one-off closures without discussion with their management committee . |
| 30 | In cast terms , the eight per cent that had to be found had the monetary value of £2 million and the agreement was that the top 15 executives had to fund half of it — the reasoning being that it is the senior people who will motivate the company and when they have had to put that amount in themselves , it concentrates the mind . |