Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 " I 'd much rather have written instructions than a telephone call . "
2 Western science — like our medicine — is notoriously dismissive of anything that smacks of the spiritual life that our civilisation seems so carelessly to have thrown away.Yet if we are to survive for another thousand years , we desperately need to rediscover this aspect of being human ; not only as a reaction to the yuppie ‘ me first ’ generation of the Eighties but as the only means of re-establishing the synergy between man and planet.This requires a radical shift in our attitudes .
3 I could so easily have divided Charlie 's six per cent between Sal , Grace , and that awful Kitty , who had so obviously lied about her brother 's death .
4 Nothing in her life so far had prepared Laura for the shock she experienced at the sheer animal magnetism projected by the stranger .
5 All the experiments discussed so far have made use of a two-stage procedure — an initial phase of discrimination training intended to render the cues distinctive , followed by a test in which the nature of the task is changed but which still requires discrimination between these same cues .
6 He adds that only two computer companies so far have sent manufacturing groups out to see what Crec is doing — IBM Corp , and ICL Plc , which has really turned on to ergonomics and the environment since it bought Nokia Data AB .
7 Most of the studies discussed so far have used laboratory tasks , often ones in which the source of arousal is artificial and quite separate from the material to be remembered .
8 Convocation supports the Library through its continuing Library Appeal Fund and so far has raised £3000 .
9 But this is a game of high stakes — the theme park so far has cost £250 million — and , judging by the roller-coaster performance of the share price on the Paris Bourse , Euro Disney is by no means certain it has put its money on a winner .
10 As with most sports , triathlon can be expensive , and so far has cost Alastair between £3,000 and £4,000 a year in travelling and training costs .
11 But before doing so , it should be noted that although the discussion so far has treated procedure by writ or summons in the High Court as the relevant alternative to Ord. 53 procedure , this is not the only possible alternative .
12 Their contribution so far has emphasized reviews of human impacts often reflecting research in other disciplines rather than appropriate fundamental impact studies by physical geographers .
13 The discussion in this chapter so far has addressed cost reduction in general without trying to distinguish between the ability to become more efficient through productivity increases and the ability to improve the relationship between input and output prices .
14 I think so far we ve been as good as gold , and can only maybe have offended Scum supporters … which can only be good : - ) ) ) )
15 Yeah but no I mean Caroline down there have had lights up for about six weeks .
16 Ealhfrith 's personal religious predilections need not necessarily have borne undertones of political dissatisfaction but the differences on ecclesiastical matters between father and son , coming as they did at a time of profound change in Oswiu 's former position of influence in southern England , probably reflected a crisis of potentially serious dimensions .
17 The trainers not only have to develop skills but also the professional maturity which enables the interpreter to use those skills responsibly to a defined code in the professional context and to confront and absorb in a positive way the inevitable stresses that come with the job — working in situations which may involve death , birth , bereavement , trauma or abuse .
18 The poverty trap exists when a low paid worker receives a pay increase , but then , as a result of the higher income level attained , not only has to pay tax , but also loses various means-tested benefits previously received .
19 If the project is to be judged a success in the long term , it must be seen not only to have engaged children and staff in project schools in new ways of perceiving and using libraries , but also to have created a viable and dynamic framework for the further development and dissemination of good practice .
20 But the promotions appear not only to have brought resentment among officers who were passed over but also failed to overcome unrest at hardship caused by US sanctions .
21 Had there been a genuine sense of Arabism during the post-war period , Aziz went on , then the Gulf States would not only have cancelled Iraq 's debts , but would also have organized a comprehensive Iraqi reconstruction plan .
22 Richard Kersley of BZW , the Barclays Bank offshoot , said the Chancellor would not only have to increase interest rates but would also have to make other changes .
23 The long term campaign will not only have to face changes in the fund raising committee but is also likely to face changes in the school staff and the governing body .
24 Partial implementation of the system has already shown benefits : half the usual number of engineering changes on one new model ; on another , cost savings of $300m thanks to early suggestions from sections of the company that would not normally have seen designs until they had been fixed .
25 What people do n't seem to realise is that families outside still have to support prisoners .
26 Mrs thinks that that is best provided by two carers living in the house , each on duty for half the week , such carers being directly employed by the , by contrast Mrs says that an agency should provide a carer all the time from its available pool , she envisages that in practice three or four carers would share the work , they differ over the full number of hours care to be provided by hired carers , Mrs envisages seventeen hours a day in total , Mrs ten hours , again I emphasize that the artificiality of the working in precise number of hours , where you have somebody actually living in the house all the time and available to er carry out active care at any time , but of course carers are not always having to do things which might be described as active care .
27 There were days when the leaders of the band refused to let them light any kind of fire in case German patrols found them and yet they somehow still had to produce food that the men could eat .
28 And that meant that Downes could not possibly have killed Kemp before that time , and Downes was going to make absolutely certain — as he did — that he was never out of sight or out of touch with his group — except for the odd , brief visit to the loo — at any time that afternoon or early evening .
29 Oliver had reassured her that Sir Thomas could not possibly have committed suicide through anguish at her rejection and she was now prepared to enjoy the rest of the week immensely , even if it did involve a murder investigation .
30 It 's a question of giving them help in areas where they may not traditionally have had expertise .
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