Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Council house building has all but stopped , while sales have stripped out the better stock . |
| 2 | Pollution and the removal of riverside hedges have played their part ; but above all , dredging and drainage have ironed out the varied bed conditions of gravel and silt to which the larvae of these and many other insects were so minutely adapted . |
| 3 | Finally , King et al , have pointed out a trophic effect of the dietary nitrogen value on mucosal growth , triggering off an increase in villus height . |
| 4 | If this is to happen , however , it will be necessary for those who do the work to pay heed to other researchers who have pointed out a major flaw in much readability research . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , reviews of the whole gamut of recreational traffic models in rural areas , including trip generation models , distribution models , direct demand modelling , traffic assignment models , system simulation ( Miles and Smith , 1977 ) , and gravity models ( Baxter and Ewing , 1981 ) have pointed out the following deficiencies which still need to be remedied by further research on : |
| 6 | Theologically-minded critics have pointed out the Christian precedents to Wordsworth 's view of Nature . |
| 7 | Ask if they have carried out a similar job for someone else and whether you can contact the customer to check if the job was satisfactory . |
| 8 | ‘ Nuclear Electric have carried out a similar study , which also showed Deferred Safestore as the best option . |
| 9 | If it is suggested that you are not sufficiently flexible to adapt to the reshaped structure that is envisaged , you may be able to challenge that view if your past record shows a steady upward progression and if you have carried out a wide range of tasks without serious mishaps . |
| 10 | We have carried out a few water changes , but our water is still dark green . |
| 11 | Representatives from St Peter 's have carried out a detailed inspection . |
| 12 | Poachers have carried out a sustained assault on tigers in the Indian reserve of Ranthambhor , 140 miles south of Delhi . |
| 13 | Responsibility for the bomb has been claimed by the IRA and the police have carried out a full investigation . |
| 14 | We have carried out an internal hospital inquiry into the incidents , but that is a confidential inquiry at this stage . ’ |
| 15 | Spokesman Tony Ward said the BAF were ‘ sad for Jason Livingston , ’ but added : ‘ We have carried out the right procedures and we would fight any court case to the bitter end to defend our position . ’ |
| 16 | Only recently , Indian organisations such as the Shuar Federation have persuaded the government to grant legal titles to communal Indian land holdings , and in some cases this has been possible only after foreign volunteers have carried out the necessary land surveys . |
| 17 | While the public may be cynical about electoral promises , governments of whatever complexion customarily take pains to demonstrate that they have carried out the main proposals embodied in their manifesto , as well as other commitments or ‘ pledges ’ given at election time . |
| 18 | In San Salvador , children have picked up a catchy radio tune about the Condor brand of condoms and can be heard singing in the streets : " Condor is your friend , — always take him with you ! " |
| 19 | In an improbable , but typical , detour in a review of a book about corsets , she asks : ‘ How has it come about that feminists have picked up the masculine notion that those women who are n't self-confessed feminists do n't known what they 're doing , half the time ? ’ |
| 20 | They have picked up the wrong book and are probably in the wrong bookstore . |
| 21 | But however different these patterns may be , key ideas will be repeated in each , and by the time you have written down the key words referring to your topic from half a dozen texts , you will be halfway to having the skeleton articulated . |
| 22 | Just as you have written off the 1991 vintage in France , a sample appears on the doorstep to confound you . |
| 23 | AN Asian family who have built up a thriving business in one of Scotland 's jobless blackspots are being kicked out of Britain . |
| 24 | If you have difficult or embarrassing questions to ask — about an unfavourable response to a reference , for example — leave it until the latter part of the interview when you have built up a reasonable rapport with the interviewee . |
| 25 | As one of the few African bands to make a lasting impression on the shores of the UK , the Bhundu Boys have built up a strong following . |
| 26 | Although they have worked as a duo since 1987 and have built up a great following throughout these islands and abroad , their respective musical experiences go back much further . |
| 27 | We have built up a great deal of knowledge about the historical side of the palaces but that has not been presented to the public . ’ |
| 28 | Although he can not escape from the linearity of language ( see 7.2 , 7.5.3 ) , James does the next best thing , which is to fasten our attention initially on the most immediate feature of Pemberton 's predicament : his uncomfortable sense of indecision , and then to expatiate on it so that by the time we have threaded our way through two paragraphs , we have built up a sensitive grasp of the coexisting intricacies and ironies of that predicament ( the ironies will concern us in section C below ) . |
| 29 | These schemes have been designed for the elderly who have built up a significant amount of equity in their homes , but who have no means ( or no desire ) to service a new loan . |
| 30 | The domestic minerals industry and the planning authorities have built up a co-operative atmosphere over the years . |