Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] [art] [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 | Q I have decided to set up a 48″ x 18″ x 15″ fish only aquarium , with a view to changing a mixed fish/invert set-up and I am now contemplating which fish to buy . |
9 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
10 | As a corollary , AI-workers have tended to play down the importance of neurophysiological knowledge about the brain . |
11 | The bus , therefore , no longer goes along Summerfield terrace , with the result that 50 old-age pensioners have had to draw up a petition to try to persuade the public transport company to reinstate the two-way pattern . |
12 | Yesterday , Marchant boss Philip Marchant said : ‘ We have had to batten down the hatches . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | For the last year , charity shops have had to cut back the number of toys they sell drastically because of new legislation . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Contractors Bernhards Rugby Sports Services have agreed to carry out the repairs at no extra cost to the local authority , said a council spokesman . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | France and Italy have agreed to set up a sanctuary in which dolphins will be protected from drift-net fishing . |
20 | The world 's major airlines have agreed to set up a task force to develop international accounting guidelines ; it will liaise with the IASC . |
21 | Under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization , 90 countries have agreed to set up an emergency response system to deal with oil spillages . |
22 | Forty-one Japanese and US companies operating in Thailand have agreed to reduce drastically the amount of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) they use . |
23 | Fletcher said : ‘ If we want England sides to perform better overseas then we have got to sort out the itineraries . |
24 | There 's nothing wrong with the music , but the record industry have got to sort out the singles market before sales fall further . ’ |
25 | They have got to find out the rules and then fight by the rules . ’ |
26 | They have got to pin down the Turks for five-minute periods , which will exaggerate the sense of panic in their back four . |
27 | We have helped to bring about the formation of the International Tropical Timber Organisation — to regulate the industry and to set up sustainable management . |
28 | In the meantime , the Government have attempted to pull together a solution to the dilemma that arises as a result of the different views that are held by various groups . |
29 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
30 | 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 . |