Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] have [art] " in BNC.

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1 Only 40 per cent of this age group was reported as having a freezer in 1986 , and the majority was therefore less able to store perishable goods .
2 Andropulos , whom Grierson had reported as having a remarkable affinity for scotch , seemed relaxed to the point of garrulity .
3 Being mostly confined to Buckinghamshire , the handful of parsons reported as having no personal property serve as much as anything to highlight doubts about the approach to clerical assessments there .
4 ‘ This must therefore be considered as having a detrimental effect overall on the tourism market . ’
5 It should also be noted that patients physically unable to exercise test have a high 1-year mortality and should be considered as having a positive test .
6 A sufficient reason for this is that M may be an adjective or a verb , neither of which would normally be considered as having a referent .
7 This passage is interesting as it assumes that there would have been no right of recovery in any of the cases to which the section referred although had the Woolwich principle been applicable there would have been recovery , apart from the section , in some .
8 Other things being equal , there is a greater chance that the original decision will be upheld as having a rational basis , even if the interpretation is not the precise one which the court itself would have chosen .
9 This is quite understandable if the non-specified version of the infinitive 's support corresponds to a " generalized person " : since this person is the virtual sum of all persons ( first , second or third ) , if to snow is not explicitly referred to it , the infinitive is felt as having a possible reference to " me " or " you " , which corresponds exactly to the impression produced by the sentence above and explains why it does not make sense .
10 Only such a theory can generate rules which can be accepted as having the sort of ethical authority that is required for international law to be taken seriously as the ultimate arbiter of international relations .
11 Adultery therefore should be seen as having a symbolic quality , amounting to sexual conduct outrageous to the other .
12 Given this situation , the particular configuration of state , ideology , custom , kinship etc. , can be seen as having a significance previously underrated in determining the precise nature of a mode of production .
13 If we had proposed a separate profile component for knowledge about language , it might have been seen as having a weight ( in terms of content , teaching time and assessment ) which was disproportionate in relation to the English curriculum as a whole .
14 The ‘ societal reaction ’ that defines crime and deviance was also seen as having a profound effect on the criminals and deviants themselves .
15 On the basis that prevention is better than cure , retrospective methods of control should be seen as having a secondary , although not unimportant , role .
16 In all these versions the family is seen as having a direct relationship with the wider society , being that social form within which people are assigned a place in society and where they internalise the values of that place and which shapes sexual attitudes to conform to wider social needs .
17 Dreaming can on the other hand be seen as having a function in resolving emotional conflicts by a process of emotional integration .
18 Conversely , Home Office guidelines were only exceptionally ignored since ‘ They were seen as having a legitimacy stemming from the fact of representing the authoritative interpretation of the law by the elected government of the day ’ ( ibid.:211 ) .
19 She suggests that this was perhaps because women have traditionally been seen as having a passive relation to language which is similar to that of a simultaneous interpreter who translates the ideas of others but does not produce any of her own ( 32 ) .
20 They were more than the part-time special constables in the British tradition , in that they were seen as having a social role in the context of an individual 's responsibility to his or her community .
21 Giving a consistently high profile to the importance of regular attendance for all pupils was seen as having a spin–off effect on condoned truancy .
22 Scientific computing is seen as having a high priority within RBG .
23 Human beings are therefore seen as having a seventy million year old ‘ wiring ’ .
24 Futhermore , the spatial aspects of this culture are seen as having a special significance .
25 What we as farmers say to the contrary is often ignored because we are seen as having an interest to represent .
26 Indeed , the Stewart monarchy can be seen as having an unusually easy time , in comparison with the difficulties faced by others in imposing royal rule elsewhere in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries .
27 In a real sense , then , sociology can be seen as having an important ‘ critical ’ role to play in monitoring and assessing the impact of social policy , and in questioning accepted assumptions in these areas .
28 An extensive Cabinet reshuffle on Feb. 19 involved some 20 changes and numerous new appointments , and included the transfer of the Foreign Affairs Minister Habib Boulares , regarded as the most pro-Iraqi member of the government , to Defence ; the departure from the Cabinet of Hamouda Ben Slama , who as Minister of Youth and Sports had been seen as having an " affinity " with Islamists ; and the appointment of Habib Ben Yahia , a US-educated career diplomat and former ambassador to the UN , to take over Foreign Affairs .
29 The same object may reflect different wavelengths at different times yet be seen as having the same colour .
30 Those perceived to be ‘ university material ’ were directed to high status choices , academic subjects , and those not seen as having the potential for higher education , despite having the same raw marks , were encouraged to opt for a more ‘ realistic ’ course .
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