Example sentences of "we have [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In a few hundreds , or at most thousands , of years we have gone from wolf to Pekinese , Bulldog , Chihuahua and Saint Bernard .
2 Would that we could as easily gather back all the things we have said in mistake over the years , gather them in and powder them down until not one trace of their original form is left .
3 For example where he used production of ammonia , we have relied on production of CO 2 as the measurement of glutamine metabolism .
4 With such a light loading the Vision 11 would have a sparkling performance in a broad range of wind speeds ; but its inverted vee form is a bit of a paradox after all we have stated in favour of the twist in a swept wing !
5 The same is true of the readings of position that we have examined in connection with ambiguity .
6 Perhaps one day he will even manage to destroy the pyramids we have built in defiance of his chaos .
7 In these practice runs the characters of the two canoeists contrasted : Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott , tall , good looking , and in his early thirties , meticulous over details with the mathematical approach of a navigator in facing the problems ; Roger Courtney , as we have seen in training off Arran , a heavily built man , something of the adventurer with the flair for improvisation in a tight corner .
8 Does he also agree that , where he has extended the competence of the institutions of the European Community , we shall increasingly see , as we have seen in relation to Sunday trading and British Aerospace , the emergence of two forms of law — first , British law , which we encourage the population to obey and honour , and , secondly , European law , which we try to avoid — and thus we shall succeed in undermining the rule of law here ?
9 As we have seen in detail in Chapters 2 and 3 , the budget is the financial plan against which financial out-turns must be compared to effect control .
10 The population projections that we have seen in front of us we h have discussed , are based upon what has happened in the county over the past eight years .
11 The enormous push we have seen in Hygiene over recent months , has indeed had an influence on our results .
12 As we have seen in respect of Fu Hao , a ruler 's association with jade extended to his immediate family .
13 Yet , as we have seen by reference to epistolary theory in the Renaissance , the Sonnets are I utterances which receive no replies .
14 Thus , as we have argued at length in a recent book , ‘ doubly disadvantaged ’ sections of the working class — the unemployed , women , black people , the retired , and the disabled — have especially acute educational needs .
15 We have argued from Scripture in this book that there is only one alternative source — Satan .
16 We have argued in favour of retirement relief , as land is merely one of several business assets and as such does not have to be part of a disposal for that disposal to constitute a significant part of the business .
17 We have argued in favour of the tenet which underlies ( vii ) , namely that it is possible to distinguish between what the writer chooses to talk about , and how he chooses to talk about it .
18 As the problem which prompted the question has been resolved by the Inland Revenue , will my hon. Friend pass on to its staff the thanks of many Members of Parliament for dealing with issues that we have raised on behalf of our constituents and say that we hope that the problems will continue to decline as tax rates come down rather than go up ?
19 We have moved from consensus to conflict in politics : have we moved in that direction , too , as regards our constitutional order , taking that to mean the broad principles underlying the way government is organised and power exercised ?
20 Hence we have moved from modernism in content to modernism in form .
21 However , we would emphasise again that many of the points we have made in relation to natural law and rights theories apply with equal force to arguments based on the rhetoric of the rule of law .
22 I attach a plan of the stand site which we have kept in reserve for NCC , now SNH .
23 May I borrow some space in your magazine to say a big thank you for all the good wishes we have received in connection with the Presidency of the Baptist Union of Scotland ?
24 We have printed below part of an induction programme designed for care staff by one local authority .
25 I am pleased to report that we have achieved on increase in profit in the year .
26 We have worked in alliance with the Gwent and Brecknock Wildlife Trusts and have kept in close touch with other voluntary and statutory bodies .
27 ‘ We have to maintain the high standards which we have set in order for growth to continue . ’
28 Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our friends , readers , supporters , we have accrued in excess of £90,000 ( a more precise figure will be published next issue ) .
29 We have got in touch with ( Vice President Hosni ) Murbarak by radio and Mr Sadat is expecting the Shah the day after tomorrow at two P.M. in Aswan " .
30 We have dealt with jargon in the sense of confused unintelligible language .
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