Example sentences of "have [verb] their [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | SOUTH AFRICA have withdrawn their bid to stage the next cricket World Cup , said Ali Bacher , managing director of the United Cricket Board of South Africa today . |
| 2 | Deliberately low-key , they have let their music do the talking for over years . |
| 3 | DARLINGTON councillors have re-affirmed their decision to ask the Government for a re-examination of the town 's status as an intermediate development area . |
| 4 | These proprietors retain the potential to exercise political power : indeed , they have used their ownership to chart the political direction of their newspapers , but they have stopped well short of using their newspapers to make demands of the political system in the manner of the press barons of the 1930s . |
| 5 | Yet , given their potential influence , few outstanding sportsmen have used their position to challenge the notion of the legitimacy of sport as a way out and a method of social mobility , and few have pointed out that blacks ' continued domination of sport is more a reflection of limitations in other areas of a society permeated with racism than of blacks ' talent . |
| 6 | The Government have declared their intention to computerise the national collection of criminal records currently held at the national identification bureau . |
| 7 | Dave Carlson , head of information systems at Kmart since 1982 , thinks that retailers have taken their time confronting the managerial implications of this . |
| 8 | The other alleged threat to democracy has been a threat to local democracy , as LEAs have lost their power to control the secular curriculum in their schools . |