Example sentences of "[vb -s] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir John enjoyed the Thatcher party ; Sir Denys has suffered a Major hangover . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , strike partner While there has been no doubting the high regard Beardsley is held in around Everton , many had begun to question Mo Johnston , whose future at Goodison had been in doubt after two months in the cold , looks to have earned a temporary reprieve following his equaliser against Liverpool . |
| 3 | As with mangrove forests , they do not consist of a single species that happens to have exploited a particular niche , but of a whole group of species , not necessarily related to each other , each of which is adapted to the rich pickings . |
| 4 | The Povahs ' predicament appears to have become a common one , and of course there is sympathy , but one does wonder at the borrowings and the strategy upon which they were based . |
| 5 | Now Daniel , 10 , appears to have made a remarkable recovery with just chemotherapy treatment and cancer tablets . |
| 6 | ‘ Your ankle appears to have made a remarkable recovery , ’ he said caustically , switching the subject . |
| 7 | ‘ As I say , sir , my father appears to have made a full recovery and I believe he is still a person of considerable dependability . |
| 8 | Also whilst Women 's Studies , particularly in Higher Education , appears to have achieved a certain respectability and is flourishing , Black Studies is on the decline and receives little public support from those concerned about racism . |
| 9 | This betrayal appears to have provoked a large-scale opposition — as it were , an alternative ‘ fundamentalist ’ priesthood , militantly at odds with the established one which had prostituted itself to an illegitimate king . |
| 10 | Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 11 | Having won the Cabinet 's acceptance ofthe economic strategy , she has been more concerned with implementation and this appears to have given a greater role to her Policy Unit , members of ‘ think tanks ’ , and ad hoc groups of officials , advisers , and ministers . |
| 12 | If he appears to have produced a static image of Celtic society , as if the Roman impact was not yet to be observed , he must have known what he was doing . |
| 13 | Taxation appears to have taken a higher fraction of profits in the United States than in some other countries ( around one-half in the USA in 1960 as against about one-third in Japan ) . |
| 14 | But small or not , it appears to have left a nasty bite mark on her arm . |
| 15 | He appears to have occupied a middle position , holding that while Gentile Christians need not be circumcised or keep traditional Jewish festivals , they should respect Jewish food laws . |
| 16 | Most important of all , however , in creating a greater understanding of and attachment to the Protestant message was the regular use of the Elizabethan Prayer Book , which appears to have experienced a gradual increase in popularity as its ceremonies grew in familiarity over the course of the queen 's reign . |
| 17 | Now he appears to have performed a spectacular U-turn . |
| 18 | Behind the desk , the receptionist appears to have had a late night . |
| 19 | Though we can not imagine that Innocent wrote all these , he appears to have had a close relationship with his chancery . |
| 20 | Experience of the complexities of government in a society such as that of the new Soviet Union appears to have had a dramatic effect on his earlier Utopian vision of the conduct of governmental affairs ( Medvedev 1981 , p. 39 ) . |
| 21 | Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit . |
| 22 | ‘ Somebody seems to have scored a hundred runs and been the hero of the school . ’ |
| 23 | One brand new product that seems to have scored a huge hit at the recent MacWorld show is Adobe 's Illustrator . |
| 24 | No parish seems to have achieved a full choral response . |
| 25 | With the advent of punk music in 1977 I transferred my energies and enthusiasm from the military and spent a lot of time dressing up and putting Vaseline in my hair , much to the annoyance of my house master , a quiet Benedictine who wrote on my term report , ‘ Christian seems to have developed a nihilistic attraction for punk rock , which is strange for somebody who avoids violence even on the rugby field . |
| 26 | SPENNYMOOR-BASED Yvonne Bell seems to have discovered a top hurdler in Devlins Paddy . |
| 27 | Richard also seems to have felt a special devotion for the shrine of Bury St Edmund 's — he may well have been attracted by a cult which celebrated a king who died in the struggle against pagans . |
| 28 | Although Andrews was convinced that his minister had conspired against him , Brooke seems to have played a passive role in the 1943 crisis , refusing to lead a party revolt , and becoming prime minister almost by default . |
| 29 | Forrester seems to have played a lovely game , or so we are told by the Sunday tabloids . |
| 30 | The varied conditions over the week , biasing towards the lighter end , had given the sailors a good range without the Swedish walkover which seems to have become a regular feature of late . |