Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] have [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This research aims to monitor the continuing but tentative humanitarian , parliamentary and economic contacts between the regimes to detect any changes in their positions , and to gauge what impact their contacts are having upon their domestic politics .
2 Car production and trade figures released today , highlight the difficulties that British manufacturers are having in selling their products overseas .
3 The second half is a useful elementary review of the impact computers are having in fields such as business , education , health and the arts .
4 He was staring at her , amazed at the reaction her words were having on him ; it was , in a way , as if she were suffering an agony similar to his own .
5 Surere stopped , to see what effect his words were having on Huy .
6 Hundreds of flooded cellars are having to be pumped clear before many shops and business premises can reopen .
7 The Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ‘ Unified Unix ’ effort is now thought to be part of a much broader set of strategic discussions that the two companies are having on how best they can collaborate on a wide range of technologies , today 's edition of our sister paper Unigram.X reports .
8 BUSINESSMEN are having to ‘ slum it ’ in aircraft economy class seats because of company cutbacks and some are very unhappy about it , according to a survey by travel company Wagons-Lits .
9 Not only have batteries and chargers become the focus of power-tool research and development , but smaller and more efficient motors are having to be produced
10 We want to find out exactly what impact these films are having on tourism . ’
11 I can see fits being had by party .
12 Göring 's popularity in particular suffered as it became evident that , whatever successes German troops were having in distant parts , as head of the Luftwaffe , he was unable to guarantee the protection of the homeland .
13 But in order to see the seriousness and urgency of things , we need now to invade teachers ' privacy , and to explore the effects that these trying conditions are having on their emotional lives .
14 Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp 's ‘ Unified Unix ’ effort is thought to be part of a much broader set of strategic discussions the two firms are having on how best they can collaborate on a wide range of technologies .
15 But George , calmly , will impress on him how he is part of a team and the profound effect his actions are having on the success of the club .
16 Research programmes were being stretched out in time and slowed down , and experiments were having to be cancelled as priorities were reassessed .
17 Many good buys were had among bulk lots of books , including Yorkshire and Kent annuals .
18 I must have a look round later , maybe look in at the big house , and see what Shimi Lovat and his officers were having for dinner .
19 It was an amazing thing really when I when I look back and think about the decoration side of it because , those fireplaces were had to be seen to be believed because they were , if the wind was in the wrong , you we , the room was full of smoke .
20 Again there was little chance to recognize the effect this considerable list of bereavements was having on her as she continued to take tranquillizers and look after her young children , often singlehanded .
21 The discussion of military issues was postponed until February , but delegates did agree the military oaths for servicemen in the CIS strategic forces , and in the armed forces which seven states were to have in common ( i.e. not Ukraine , Byelarus , Azerbaijan , Moldova ) .
22 New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer 's speech to the United Nations General Assembly that month called for a global ban , and spelt out the effect that drift-netters were having on the fragile fishing-based economies of the South Pacific .
23 Ca n't we collate our knowledge so that not so many tests are having to be done on all these animals ?
24 Environmentalists now say that a completely new transport policy is essential to curb the effects vehicles are having on our planet .
25 In many ways , Sussex escaped the wholesale rearrangements of life and customs which the Norse invasions were to have on the northern shires .
26 Whatever fame future choreographers were to have in the commercial theatre , not one could claim such an instantaneous reaction .
27 There is general concern about the impact cuts in training budgets are having on quality and the entry to employment . ’
28 The RDS is fighting to resist the effect that these campaigns are having on public opinion .
29 Hortensia paused to observe the effect these remarks were having on the two titchy ones .
30 At the same time , cutbacks in services , and the sharp increase in family poverty ( families with children replaced pensioners as the main component of the lowest income group ) meant that need and demand were increasing , just when services were having to be rationed .
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