Example sentences of "[conj] have [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1982 and 1986 , 137 of the top 1,000 quoted companies in the UK in terms of market value in 1982 were acquired or had merged with other companies … |
| 2 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 3 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 4 | But while the Section d'Or represented the high point of the Cubist movement as it was presented to the public , and while the influence of Cubism daily became more powerful and widespread , many painters who had been Cubist , or had moved in Cubist circles , were already abandoning the style or using certain aspects of it as points of departure for developing completely new art forms . |
| 5 | Over 80 per cent of cases in one series were either suffering from or had suffered from other sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 6 | The alleged libel is contained in a letter written by the defendant to the editor of the ‘ Manchester Examiner and Times ’ , which charged , as alleged by the statement of claim , that bribery and corruption existed or had existed in three departments of the Manchester City Council , and that the plaintiffs were either parties thereto or culpably ignorant thereof , and that the said bribery and corruption prevailed to such an extent as to render necessary an inquiry by a parliamentary commission . |
| 7 | All rich , strange and remote , as if it had never happened or had happened to another person . |
| 8 | At our conference in November we had a roll call of five hundred and six G M B members who 'd ha who were either killed in work or had died from work-related disease since May nineteen seventy nine those who attended may recall the emotional er |
| 9 | Helmholtz generalized what others had suggested , or had established in one context . |
| 10 | Over the past few decades , the world 's demand for tin has fallen dramatically as packagers have reduced the thickness of the metal in tinplate or have turned to other materials for their containers , aluminium for instance . |
| 11 | Membership is open to serving and ex-Service men and women of all ranks who serve or have served in one of Her Majesty 's Air Forces . |
| 12 | From what you know or have heard about each one , can you say whether you are generally satisfied or not satisfied with the service that each one provides ? |
| 13 | For the five-part piece that follows , for which the livret suggests that both strings and winds played , the score does not reveal whether the oboe band would have played as a four-part ensemble or have expanded to five parts in order to double all the strings . |
| 14 | Most of us know , or have encountered in some way , an example of someone who speaks his mind , and does so with such gentleness and grace he rarely alienates anyone . |
| 15 | The remaining patients ( 23 ) have remained asymptomatic with respect to the biliary system or have died of unrelated causes at amedian of 13 months ( range 5–24 ) . |
| 16 | We write to express astonishment at the standard of writing that has featured in much of your pre-election coverage . |
| 17 | His answer , however , was infected with the same problem of vague wording that has featured in all his replies . |
| 18 | Will my right hon. Friend note that , in comparison with the Labour party , which has changed its mind many times , the Conservative party has been consistent since the 1960s — a policy that has led to greater union among the peoples of Europe ? |
| 19 | In our judgment it is this feature of the later history that has led to understandable confusion . |
| 20 | It is the realisation of this that has led to sensory methods of assessment being developed . |
| 21 | The historical progression that has led to this can , at the price of great oversimplification , be seen as follows . |
| 22 | Central Council is most grateful for the generous support that has led to this successful outcome . |
| 23 | ‘ Conveniently ’ would be a better word , and would refer , correctly , to the ugly cowardice that has led to this bloody mess . |
| 24 | For all the first-glance goriness that has led to several bans , Jim Rose 's surreal sideshow is too fantastical and funny to be taken seriously , says Craig McLean |
| 25 | Lawless prefers to concentrate on further shaping Mason 's career , encouraged by his quick-witted responses to tuition and the enthusiasm that has developed from greater recognition . |
| 26 | Through subsidies the state has established a vast ‘ social salary ’ to make life easier for workers and it takes a pride in the extensiveness of the welfare system that has developed from this . |
| 27 | The story enshrined the belief that has developed in recent years that people who place bolts are villains who have no place on British soil . |
| 28 | Before we have had the opportunity to vote on that policy , the autumn statement has informed us that the Government will not promote training or fill the training gap that has developed in recent years . |
| 29 | However , when considering income inequality , it is the income distribution among individuals that has emerged as most useful . |
| 30 | The new feature that has emerged from this study of the parallelistic couplet is not so much the identification of a particular relationship of the lines of the couplet ( greater precision ) as a movement towards a statement of relationships within the poetic couplet . |