Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | By so doing they have sought to protect domestic employment , the balance of payments and so forth . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They have tended to have fierce debates leading to some kind of resolution . ’ |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ They have tried to lead normal lives since the girls disappeared , but they 've been under great stress and anxiety . ’ |
| 16 | This concern has been debated in Barnet where they have voted to outlaw one-off closures without discussion with their management committee . |
| 17 | I do not mean by this that they have had to invent new beliefs , but they do have to adopt the voluntary camaraderie of the sects . |