Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite an increasing amount of intermarriage , few Koreans have wished to take up the option of naturalization , difficult enough to achieve in itself . |
| 2 | But in the century since we have come to understand better the structure of natural language , and have made some conceptual progress in the philosophy of language . |
| 3 | All but two of the closed institutions in Rhode Island have applied to join either the FDIC 's scheme or a parallel one run by the National Credit Union Administration . |
| 4 | Disney have applied to produce both the opening and closing ceremonies of the tournament . |
| 5 | Over the past chapters , I have sought to show how the combination of broken homes , disturbed domestic backgrounds and lack of a full understanding of the needs and implications of formal education create a family environment unsuited to the requirements of black youth in British education . |
| 6 | But he is confident that some announcements will be made by year-end on those who have decided to take up the offer . |
| 7 | None of their three sons Roy , Robert and Clive have decided to carry on the family tradition . |
| 8 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
| 9 | As a corollary , AI-workers have tended to play down the importance of neurophysiological knowledge about the brain . |
| 10 | Yesterday , Marchant boss Philip Marchant said : ‘ We have had to batten down the hatches . |
| 11 | I have had to pull up the Minister when he has visited Teesside and talked about companies in Tyneside which are of no interest to people on Teesside . |
| 12 | For the last year , charity shops have had to cut back the number of toys they sell drastically because of new legislation . |
| 13 | So far , however , the crofters in the Western Isles have preferred to purchase only the house sites and pass on their rights to their families , although in other areas where the land is better there has been greater interest in purchasing whole crofts . |
| 14 | In return for the aid , the Bulgarian authorities have agreed to close down the plant 's four 440-megawatt pressurized water reactors , which lack containment facilities to enclose them in case of an accident , as soon as financially possible , perhaps by 1998 . |
| 15 | Contractors Bernhards Rugby Sports Services have agreed to carry out the repairs at no extra cost to the local authority , said a council spokesman . |
| 16 | Sun — which admits its latest strategy is similar to the route trodden by MIPS Computer Systems Inc that now has half a dozen semiconductor companies selling its R series RISC designs — says it is just awaiting clearance to announce the names of several firms that have agreed to take on the Sparc . |
| 17 | Forty-one Japanese and US companies operating in Thailand have agreed to reduce drastically the amount of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) they use . |
| 18 | Fletcher said : ‘ If we want England sides to perform better overseas then we have got to sort out the itineraries . |
| 19 | There 's nothing wrong with the music , but the record industry have got to sort out the singles market before sales fall further . ’ |
| 20 | They have got to find out the rules and then fight by the rules . ’ |
| 21 | They have got to pin down the Turks for five-minute periods , which will exaggerate the sense of panic in their back four . |
| 22 | We have helped to bring about the formation of the International Tropical Timber Organisation — to regulate the industry and to set up sustainable management . |
| 23 | ‘ Italian security chiefs .. have pledged to lock up the yobs in Sardinia 's notorious Buoncamino Prison and leave them there until AFTER the World Cup ends . ’ |
| 24 | And for Christians the Enlightenment has meant that the world of phenomena and , later , the materialistic world have combined to force out the reality of the spiritual realm . |
| 25 | Bureaucratic and institutional practices in public life , and idiosyncratic and private beliefs in private life have combined to push out the communitarian and personal dimensions of dying , death itself , and bereavement . |
| 26 | Linfield and Glentoran supporters clubs have combined to rig out the teams with 1st Newtownabbey Blues and Castlereagh Glens supplying the kits . |
| 27 | Both the Holgate School and Solihull SFC have started to scan regularly the software pages as both libraries have a policy to provide information on and , where appropriate , software materials in the library . |
| 28 | Patterson and his colleagues ( 1975 ) have worked extensively with aggressive children and their families and have tried to explain how the interaction becomes progressively more violent . |
| 29 | ‘ We are emerging from just about as difficult a period as I can remember in over 37 years in the business , but we are emerging with capital ratios still among the strongest of any of the world 's banks — ready and willing to lend for any viable purpose , and desperate for the chance to show both personal and corporate customers that the personal , flexible , friendly service which we have tried to give in the past and which I hope has given us the privilege of enjoying your company tonight — that same service is still very much on offer today . ’ |
| 30 | Some countries have tried to slow down the exodus by insisting that players can not leave before a certain age , usually 28 , or until they have completed their national service . |