Example sentences of "we have [verb] [conj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Analysing the figures , we have discovered that those outlets which offer cooked food have actually increased their sales of all beverages , including liquor , whereas those which either do not sell food or provide only snacks such as crisps and sandwiches have shown significant decreases in liquor sales . |
| 2 | A legal problem has arisen here in respect of defendants who ‘ could not care less ’ whether the woman was not consenting : we have seen that such men can be convicted of rape in cases where they achieve penetration , but there is a problem in convicting them of attempted rape where they fail to achieve penetration but clearly intended to do so . |
| 3 | We have seen that all forms of medical care utilization increases with age . |
| 4 | We have seen that each system was forced to delay making a decision about the identity of a stretch of sound . |
| 5 | We have seen that most people with IBS do not consult doctors and those who do may have reasons other than the symptoms themselves . |
| 6 | Several times , in bars , glancing up from our Bud or our Molson or our Miller , we have seen that same shot on the mounted TV : like a eugenic cross between swordfish and stingray , the helicopter twirls upward from the ocean and crouches grimly on the deck of the aircraft-carrier , ready to fight . |
| 7 | However , we have seen that this approach can be criticized on the grounds that the discourse structure of the interview is still present and that attempts to obscure the nature of the speech event are likely to lead in practice to confusion and difficulty . |
| 8 | In the north we have seen that this village planning may have taken place in the eleventh and twelfth centuries . |
| 9 | We have seen that this strategy had addressed the relation between certain population habits ( what Farr had defined as the vital statistics of marriage and divorce , fertility and fecundity ) and the nation 's economic prosperity , health and happiness . |
| 10 | We have seen that this information is really only useful if it can be obtained accurately and consistently across writers . |
| 11 | But use self-control in relation to nuts ( it 's a good idea to buy them in shells ) and take care with dried fruit we have observed that some slimmers make frequent sorties into the pantry to nibble a handful of dried fruit . |
| 12 | Our questionnaire form clearly insists that rates quoted must include VAT and landing fees , though we have noticed that some clubs do manage accidentally-on-purpose to leave these out . |
| 13 | We have argued that such institutions should be public ( though not ruling out the possibility of a role , even an important role , for private actions , as an additional deterrent to abuses of market power ) ; that there should be a single investigating institution with powers to identify and to investigate cases , and to propose remedies , within a clearly stated framework of rules and guidelines ; that firms should be given an opportunity to make representations as to why the competition policy presumptions should not apply in a particular case ; and that there should be a competition tribunal with the task of reviewing and monitoring the recommendations of the competition policy institution . |
| 14 | Finally , while we certainly agree that the policy of the law in regard to the formalities for the creation and transmission of interests in land should be upheld , we have to acknowledge that that policy has been substantially modified by the developments to which we have referred … |
| 15 | Instead we have to recognise that all practices are dependent on each other and are interdefined . |
| 16 | We may talk of such categories as ‘ professionals ’ , ‘ managers ’ , ‘ technicians ’ , ‘ foremen ’ and ‘ manual workers ’ ( and sub-gradations of these ) , but we have to recognise that these terms do not have homogeneous referents , and the degree of real social distinctiveness and cohesiveness of these categories may be highly variable . |
| 17 | By mutagenesis we have shown that this residue constitutes part of the DNA-PK recognition site and is required for DNA-PK phosphorylation of the Jun-Core protein . |
| 18 | We have shown that these word matches occur so frequently that competing hypotheses can not be pursued and compared over the length of the entire utterance . |
| 19 | In terms of a common form of theism , we have suggested that those world religions we have examined are all fundamentally monotheistic — they believe in one God . |
| 20 | While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ? |
| 21 | If we accept that as a precondition of change , we have to accept that those changes must come about democratically . |
| 22 | As we have seen , it is hard to draw the line between a conscious human being and a conscious machine likewise , we have to accept that any entity possessed of consciousness is in reality a living organism — whatever its physical characteristics . |
| 23 | In a country in which education up to the age of 16 has become universal and compulsory , and education up to the age of 19 an option for everyone , we have to recognize that this education must be designed to meet pupils ' needs . |
| 24 | Of course there are naturally occurring fish which are monochrome orange , white or yellow — in the African Rift Lakes , for example — and we have to assume that these fish gain some advantage , and certainly no disadvantage , from their coloration . |
| 25 | We have to assume that this point is in some sense typical . |
| 26 | Since we have postulated that all programs are syntactically correct , we can infer that none of unc appears free in P' . |
| 27 | Whilst originally described as a universal buffer for restriction enzymes , we have found that all modification enzymes required for cDNA synthesis have close to 100% activity in 0.5 KGB buffer . |
| 28 | We have found that these roles are not always as clearly divided as may appear at first sight . |
| 29 | The cards are now larger than in previous years and we have found that this size proved very popular . |
| 30 | We have found that this sort of discussion requires a certain amount of structure , but a great deal of flexibility , and is best carried out in environments other than our normal working environment . |