Example sentences of "have [verb] in [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was one of the most ragged performances Oxford have given in recent memory with their captain , Smith , responsible for several mistakes . |
| 2 | By contrast , unit costs in higher education have fallen in real terms during the 1980s — by 37% in universities and 21% in polytechnics and colleges ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 11.16 ) . |
| 3 | Conveyancing fees have fallen in real terms in the last five years . |
| 4 | ‘ But I have heard in other parts of the country that people have been moved from the waiting lists because they would not get an appointment within the set time limit . |
| 5 | Since I mention native speakers ' feelings in this connection , and since I am elsewhere rather sceptical about appeals to native speakers ' feelings , I had better explain that in this case my evidence comes from the native speakers of English I have taught in practical classes on transcription over many years . |
| 6 | We pray especially for those that You have placed in close proximity to us ; our relatives ; our neighbours ; those we meet day by day . |
| 7 | A prime example of a class which is , in this sense , non-political is the peasantry in Western Europe , which Marx likened to a ‘ sack of potatoes ’ ; and it is notable that even when peasant revolutionary movements have developed in other parts of the world in the twentieth century , they have almost always been organized and led by urban politicians or urban-based political parties . |
| 8 | In some wooded areas which have developed in recent decades on open ground , such as abandoned heathlands , the opportunity is being taken to restore the now scarce and declining open habitat . |
| 9 | Value for money ( VFM ) audits have developed in recent years as a way of expanding the more traditional role of the auditor away from the more straightforward examination of the fairness of the financial statements of an organization . |
| 10 | Soviet cultural initiatives have traditionally been focused on Mexico , but in recent years Soviet musicians and dancers have toured in other parts of Latin America , often with spectacular success . |
| 11 | After an uncertain start they have responded in different ways to demands for a more active vocal part for the congregation . |
| 12 | Speaking in Perth yesterday at a press briefing on possible future strategies for the arable sector following the new set- aside regulations , a chemical manufacturer , Peter Botham of WBC Technology , gave warning that the increases which farmers have enjoyed in recent months in grain values were not without a cost . |
| 13 | In rural areas , despite soaring inflation , wages have been frozen by government decree since 1979 and have dropped in real terms by 69.3% between 1971–81 . |
| 14 | NHS dentists ’ incomes have dropped in real terms by 40pc over the past ten years and the most recent savage cuts proposed , leave many practitioners worried about possible bankruptcy . ’ |
| 15 | Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan has launched an appeal for a centre to rescue orphaned and injured Mediterranean monk seals , whose numbers have collapsed in recent years to the point where they are , according to the Prince , " one of the most forgotten creatures on earth " . |
| 16 | They have excelled in leading-edge technologies for military and computer applications . |
| 17 | However , he will have noted what some banks have said in recent days about their attitude to this matter . |
| 18 | So my answer to the question A is , I am not against a new settlement , of the right scale in the right location , but it is not a panacea , it is not an answer to all the questions , now it 's being offered in terms of a balanced strategy , I say that balanced strategy as put forward does not work , certainly beyond two thousand and six , and may grind to a halt well before two thousand and six if rates of development proceed er as they have done in certain years in the past , so it 's very important to look at that , can we just revisit the public acceptance of the new settlement , of course the public have accepted it and welcomed it , it has certain attractions , I support those attractions , however it 's easy for the public to accept that when measured against certain sites specific proposals that were put to them when they did not know where the new settlement would be , and still do not know , when new settlement locations are put forward it will be quite a different scenario . |
| 19 | I would be very grateful for any information on this fish , which I have seen in other shops as Shark Catfish . |
| 20 | I hope that there will be the same success in cutting waiting lists in Northern Ireland as we have seen in other parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | We have seen in various places in this book that flows often develop length scales quite different from the imposed ones . |
| 22 | As we have seen in previous items in this series , in the early days , photography was not a simple matter away from the studio . |
| 23 | As we have seen in previous items in this series , in the early days , photography was not a simple matter away from the studio . |
| 24 | And the designers have built in reassuring similarities to the products you know and love , such as the ‘ Lotus Classic ’ menu option in Lotus for Windows , which lets you go on using the familiar ‘ / ’ method to bring up menus , until you get used to the state-of-the-art stuff . |
| 25 | Tilly and Scott have argued in partial amplification of this that the traditional rural family defined women 's work situation and contributed to actually changing the work situation in urban areas . |
| 26 | Since that was written our interest rates have risen in real terms to an all-time peak . |
| 27 | Unit costs for maintained schools have risen in real terms throughout the 1980s — by 42% between 1979–80 and 1988–9 . |
| 28 | These four theories of the press have featured in numerous discussions about the role of the press . |
| 29 | Banks in Britain have suffered in recent times from the recession just like any other business . |
| 30 | " My teachers desire me to address this letter to you relative to my education , that you may form some idea what progress I have made in different studies since last Midsummer . |