Example sentences of "we have [be] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been lacking a wee bit of professionalism recently . |
| 2 | In the last year we have been developing an occasional series to respond to this demand — the Survivors ' Guide . |
| 3 | But can I just make the point that we have been investing a great deal in British Rail , and the idea that er all over the piece we 're talking about non-modernized railways simply not true . |
| 4 | Dear doctor , we have noticed that as a result of a press article , copy enclosed , that there 's been concern stressed by a number of general practitioners with regards the slowness of the social services controlled community care programme as an association on behalf of our residential and nursing home members we have been stating the same fact to social services who have basically denied the existence of any problem , although we hope that in the long term the social services will be able refine their system to be more efficient , as an interim measure we are offering you a direct line service . |
| 5 | We know we have been reading a novel but nevertheless we can believe that what the author has told us is true . |
| 6 | ‘ We have been monitoring the downward trend over the last 10 years , and our impression is that the decline is beginning to bottom out : there may have been 5m fewer loans last year , but the drop was 15m in 1991–92 . |
| 7 | In the above discussion we have been considering a word-oriented computer where each instruction occupies one word . |
| 8 | We have been denied the exhilarating late ‘ minuet ’ tempos of Haydn and Mozart … |
| 9 | We have been reversing the Labour Party 's neglect of the prison service in the 1970s . |
| 10 | Solid fuel is the heating fuel we have been using the longest . |
| 11 | So far we have been discussing the intentional aspect of language in our comparison of human with other animal communication . |
| 12 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 13 | This second stage is carried out in public speech to which we have been given the decoding key , and from our privileged perspective the success of the hypocrite has unfortunate consequences for the dupe . |
| 14 | To date we have been permitting an additional smoking break in the morning and again in the afternoon for smokers within the office as part of the agreement to have no smoking throughout the main parts of Chesser House . |
| 15 | aye , you see , that 's why so it meant that we have been going the last week in each month , er each second month |
| 16 | This year , we have been running the general SVQ at level I for around 36 students in S5 — and we 're very pleased with the way it 's gone . |
| 17 | Corden added : ‘ Tuesday 's result was very disappointing but we have been carrying a few injuries . |
| 18 | We reluctantly cancelled our holiday and we have been offered a full refund . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's all very well people telling us we are a really attractive side to watch , ’ he said , ‘ but we have been conceding the odd soft goal and that 's got to stop . |
| 20 | Answer guide : The point being illustrated here is that although we have been told the finite life of the machine and we are aware of the reasons for the loss in utility we still have to make estimates of when the machine will cease to be useful . |
| 21 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 22 | We have been allocated a flat and I hope we can live a normal life in spite of the past . |
| 23 | We , myself and Bill , although we have been doing the same thing for more than 20 years , could not really work together . |
| 24 | In fact we have been so good at it that we have been awarded the RCI Gold Star for the second year running . |
| 25 | So far we have been presupposing a single agent responding to a present situation and trying to guide his spontaneity by reason . |
| 26 | We have been shown a large number of the judges ' orders which are reproduced in Dugdale 's Origines Juridiciales , 3rd ed. ( 1680 ) , ch. 70–72 . |
| 27 | Says 24-year-old Alex : ‘ We have been having a great time in Blackpool and are all so excited about coming to Liverpool . |