Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 7 ) Acts or omissions of the vendor after completion The exclusions will normally cover liabilities for claims arising due to the failure of the vendor to meet an obligation for which it is primarily liable or which have arisen due to any act or omission of the vendor occuring after completion . |
| 2 | If your marriage lacks sparkle , if you would like to know how to improve your relationship , or you have had serious problems but would like to save your marriage , the centre can be of help . |
| 3 | The changes in social security legislation will make it more difficult for young people estranged from their parents or who have suffered physical or sexual abuse to receive financial or practical help . |
| 4 | In the US , where we have applied corrective action to unprofitable lines , we continue to benefit from the successful introduction of rating increases . |
| 5 | We take it for granted , but it is important that the emergent nations of the Third World — themselves , many of them , deeply divided culturally , linguistically and genetically — should see what we have achieved , and where we have fallen short . |
| 6 | The " planned estimate " will be sent in all cases , even if you have a meter box outside your property or we have made other arrangements with you for access . |
| 7 | The Liberal Democrats had the highest share of the vote in several authorities where they have proven local government strength . |
| 8 | Possible Lower Palaeozoic sources will only be of interest where they have escaped premature maturation brought on by burial under thick Devonian cover , a factor very difficult to assess ahead of analytical work in areas where the Devonian has itself suffered erosion . |
| 9 | For example , in areas close to the sea the newcomers have been predominantly retired couples whose impact i n the local housing market has again caused resentment in those regions where they have become concentrated , such as Devon and Cornwall . |
| 10 | Where they have considered human reasons these have tended to be simplistic explanations of defence or relationships to field systems and land uses . |
| 11 | Although I have expected similar signs , our commissionings have on the whole been quiet affairs , at least until 1990 . |
| 12 | It is in terms of such a paradigm — broadly conceived , and preferred among the diverse methodological orientations that I discussed in the Introduction for its greater fruitfulness and explanatory potential — that I have analysed political movements , change and conflict throughout this book ; and in these final pages I should like to consider briefly the contribution it can make to understanding the present state of the world and its likely evolution in a medium-term future of two or three decades . |
| 13 | ‘ However , what upsets me is that I have heard unconfirmed rumours that some of the riders were threatening to pull out if I were put in the third row of the grid as was at first planned . |
| 14 | One of the greatest things that I have become aware of is that if you have eight people to dinner , one or two of them will be vegetarians . |
| 15 | But , having said this , I must admit that I have favoured familiar species or , at least , species that are relatives of familiar species . |
| 16 | These documents appear to be expanding in length daily , but the principal provisions tend to remain constant , and it is because of this that I have felt able to expound a series of amendments which I believe a commercial conveyancer should have in mind in considering the draft documentation . |
| 17 | I think that I have said sufficient to indicate , if not prove , that there are no major technical obstacles to realising Ecotopia . |
| 18 | But I know that I have done evil , and I hate myself more than you hate me . |
| 19 | The approach that I have called theoretical as opposed to practical must have as a major part of its aim not merely the passing on of facts and formulae but the inculcation of critical and speculative habit . |
| 20 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I want simply to tell you that work on your notes connected with the Big Glass is at last under way and that I have remained scholarly and impartial throughout what has not been an easy task , in view of what you say about me and especially about my family , and which you must have known would give offense . |
| 21 | If we speak of patterns and shapes in speech communities , we are again talking in metaphors , but this spatial metaphor is one that I have found congenial in speaking of linguistic history and the complexities of usage in live speech communities . |
| 22 | Changes , cyclic or otherwise , within the solar system or within our galaxy , would seem to be the easy and incontrovertible solution for everything that I have found remarkable in the stratigraphical record . |
| 23 | However , using any form of medication should be a last resort and it is only in the last four or five years that I have used herbal remedies ( for eighteen years before that I used no treatments ) as a lot of minor problems will heal themselves , provided that the tank is healthy and the water quality is good . |
| 24 | ‘ I can not comment any further , except to say that I have taken legal advice on this matter . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It is a natural drug that I have got used to . |
| 26 | It is so simple that I have known clever men misunderstand it completely , thinking that there must be more to it ! |
| 27 | Sally explains : ‘ I designed a cropped pin-stripe jacket which I thought I would sequin but it was too heavy , so I have put bright , luminous shiny pink and purple braiding on to a man 's pin-stripe suit material . |
| 28 | ‘ I also have to accept that maybe I 'm not that versatile , so I have to make sure that I 'm in the right situation to show myself off to my best advantage . |
| 29 | The advantage of buying in a local store in Europe is that although you have to pay local duty , it is likely to be much less than in the UK . |
| 30 | If you find that you have difficulty in cutting down on your intake , consult your doctor — it may be that you have become alcohol-dependent and are in need of special help to stop the problem developing into full-blown alcoholism . |