Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Gentlemen , we have all drunk too much at times and seen others in their cups .
2 Evans , Stroud and White have all pleaded not guilty to attempted murder .
3 Evans , Stroud and White have all pleaded not guilty to attempted murder .
4 We have perhaps conceded too much to ‘ pension find socialism ’ : although workers ' savings are very important it remains true that income ( and hence saving ) is highly unequally distributed .
5 However , such strategies have perhaps become less important for the very high income earners who , in recent years , have enjoyed a large reduction in the taxes they have had to pay following the reduction in the high rates of income tax since 1979 : for example , in real terms , those earning over £400 per week take home on average an extra £55 more in 1986 then they did in 1979 .
6 In towns and cities across Scotland , people have lately grown increasingly conscious of the homeless : often young , often pitiful , often begging for money in a style once thought of as the very antithesis of the British way .
7 ‘ I have lately become very aware of the spiritual side of life , ’ Brian tells the NME just before his head explodes trying to make a follow-up .
8 You have already seen why some of these factors are important .
9 Tory Euro-sceptics have already put down hundreds of amendments to the Bill , which could produce a similar confidence vote like last night 's day after day .
10 I have not heard so much of this recently .
11 We should not ignore collectivism , however , because it is so often used by the state in Japan to mobilize the support of those who have not benefited as much from the economic miracle , or by company leaders to exhort yet more effort from employees .
12 ‘ The pitch has held together reasonably well and the conditions have not changed that much from the first day .
13 Perhaps I have just become too comfortable with the cheering notion that women are far too busy getting on with their careers and their lives to crucify themselves worrying about ragged cuticles or the size of their ankles .
14 The reflectors , the mean here is at thirteen the average is thirteen they 're all slightly higher , so eighteen to twenty would be a very strong whereas the others have just come out fifteen to seventeen which is strong , you 've actually come out fairly strong there , because the highest score for anything is twenty .
15 But I have always felt rather uncomfortable in her presence .
16 That would lead , of course , to a portable notion of mind , one that many have always found independently attractive on theological grounds .
17 Since the Revolution in 1974 , women have gradually become more involved in the decision-making processes , and no longer are they confined to the teaching and nursing professions .
18 I have had lots of tanks almost from the beginning , and have probably worked out most of my fantasies regarding sizes from 15″ × 10″ × 10″ up to 48″ × 18″ × 18″ — the only problem has been that I always want to keep more species than I have room for .
19 TV presenter Carol Vorderman , who created the videos , said : ‘ Spelling and good grammar have both become increasingly important for schoolchildren preparing to apply for jobs — and the same applies to adults in the present job market . ’
20 They have also pleaded not guilty to causing the explosion and possessing explosives with intent to endanger life .
21 I have also argued that much of the work in Out of the Frame , actually remains within it , both literally and metaphorically .
22 Placings were the most popular method of issue over 1985–89 , although the average size at £6m was considerably smaller than offers for sale and tenders at £62.3 and £32.8 million respectively , reflecting the fact that smaller companies tend to go for placings as they tend to be cheaper ( see Table 11.2 ) and placings have also become more popular as a result of the requirements for the size of company using a placing being relaxed after Big Bang .
23 Is he aware that that has not been the case in large parts of the national health service , where food , cleaning and laundry services have been put out to competitive tender , and where , as a result , standards have often fallen far short of what they ought to be ?
24 Uncertainties of planning , finance and building , along with flagging enthusiasm , have often proved too much for local initiatives .
25 The convincing wins over the Scots saw Australia take its winning sequence to a record eight tests in succession and the Wallabies have now lost only one of the last 13 internationals .
26 But they have now lost only one of their last six games .
27 But that looks all set to change , for all the undoubted benefits of leasing have now become widely available to the man in the street .
28 THE Bears suffered their second defeat of the season in Scotland and have now won just one of their opening three Second Division Gold Cup matches .
29 The Glasgow club have now won only one of their last 13 league matches and look to be in free fall from the top flight unless they can break up this losing streak .
30 They have now won only one in 10 games after leading the division with games in hand in February .
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