Example sentences of "[pron] they have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ A company would be highly unlikely to get a journalist into court for the purpose of getting information about someone they had a claim against , ’ said Mr Michael , an American lawyer specialising in international media law .
2 Yeah , if I sell at a time when there 's still a recession on and you see somebody has to get my they had a visit perhaps that was somebody that actually bought a house , not she not
3 No child of that age should have to face something which they 've the intelligence to realize can affect their whole lives , even if they are too young to appreciate , mercifully , just how much .
4 Poles had fought both for and against Germany , and , partly because their state had not been involved in the war , Poles were ready — unlike the other participants in the war — to fight again , this time for something in which they had a stake .
5 They had been geared up to use so much physical energy that even when they were very old they had a dynamic force within their bodies for which they had no outlet .
6 They 'd come here to learn , but it seemed all they would ever learn was how to alter that which they had no possibility of understanding into something so familiar there was no point in their understanding it .
7 Just as in his rotation of Party officials to areas with which they had no connection and where they would have difficulty building up a power-base , so now Ceauşescu was transferring people into new places of work , forcing them to move from their old homes .
8 In 1917 they were ‘ caught up in great events over which they had no control . ’
9 Some practitioners whose practices were too small to qualify for the scheme felt bitter , excluded , and frustrated that their patients were being disadvantaged by a system over which they had no control .
10 Some of us are puzzled by this phenomenon , because it seems incompatible with another idea we cherish , which is that people must not be blamed for acts over which they had no control , nor held responsible for unfair gains when they have gained nothing themselves .
11 The Jewish bodies turned the offer down flat , arguing that it was immoral for them to accept a loan which they had no reason to believe they would be able to repay .
12 But yesterday as they gave the clenched fist salute of the Spanish republican army and planned another ceremony next year , they smiled a smile of inner satisfaction at having taken part in a fight which they had no doubts was well worth fighting .
13 The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain .
14 NO ADDRESSES Mr Pearson said he thought there were about another 200 premises for which they had no addresses .
15 yes because they , they fo forgot to take out the money which they could have , which erm , which would of come from privatization , which they had no intention of doing so they took that out .
16 Once new fields are delineated they come to be seen as natural , their boundaries appear to derive from logic , and a world in which they had no place becomes unimaginable .
17 On the conscious level it was the Other , the alien , the male world of work , in which they had no place .
18 Charles 's avoidance of battle denied the English their chance of victory , but he could not succeed in driving the English out of their strongholds around Calais and Bordeaux which they had the will and the resources to defend .
19 All that they wanted was the full recognition of their king 's sovereign rights in the duchy , a moderate enough approach in which they had the support of the papacy , now becoming increasingly aware of its obligation to help in the diplomatic negotiations between the two countries .
20 Sir Anthony concludes that the DTI did not adopt this tactic ‘ as a matter of urgency ’ because of the ‘ inadequate grasp within the Licensing Unit of the detail of their powers under the Act which they had the task of administering . ’
21 She says ‘ It was clear that the sister 's influence on learning extended beyond the actual teaching she did ; for she was able to initiate teaching and ( through her ward organisation ) place learners in situations in which they had an opportunity to learn ’ ( Fretwell , 1980 , p. 70 ) .
22 It was an acrimonious ride , during which they had an argument about Lowell 's sustenance and bedding .
23 Blackburn ( C.A. 1968 ) , Lord Denning said that while chief officers of police are answerable to law , there are many fields in which they have a discretion with which the law will not interfere .
24 If judges carry out their duty of assessing damages for non-economic loss in the money of the day at the date of the trial — and this is a rule of practice that judges are required to follow , not a guideline from which they have a discretion to depart if there are special circumstances that justify their doing so — there are two routes by which the judge 's task of arriving at the appropriate conventional rate of interest to be applied to the damages so assessed can be approached .
25 The last point means that individuals need only be given training in those areas in which they have a skill shortfall .
26 Given the culture in some countries , such as Germany , where banks readily give subsidised loans to industries in which they have a stake , it seems impossible to put an end to them .
27 According to their arguments , shareholdings have become too fragmented for individuals to exercise control over the companies in which they have a stake .
28 No , well the key point is the key point is that they they have to have a period during which they have a track record of running those separate businesses , so that bidders will know the basis on which their bidding , now if if the franchising director , it 's entirely his decision , decides that er he 's not getting competitive enough bids or good enough bids , then yes British Rail would carry on , and this was clear right from the outset , would carry on running that particular
29 Just imagine the abuse with which they would be showered by people who would tell them : ‘ Since it is easily possible for the economy to grow at 4 , 5 , 6 per cent or any other figure you like , the public are being cheated of the growth of public expenditure which they have a right to enjoy by this niggardly Government which is only counting on being able safely to increase public expenditure at a rate of 2 to 2and1/2 ; per cent . ’
30 It can be calculated that during 1979 , 18 000 women will attend clinics in England suffering from chlamydial infection , which they have no hope of getting diagnosed and therefore treated .
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