Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] in the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're referring , of course , to his brother Edgar , with whom he has collaborated often in the past . |
| 2 | The Committee has done so in the past , but the Government have taken no notice . |
| 3 | Solvent can kill and has done so in the past . ’ |
| 4 | The company has promised much in the past but to date failed to perform up to the market 's expectations . |
| 5 | Bear in mind that when the chips are down , we tend to revert to what we feel comfortable with and what we think has worked effectively in the past . |
| 6 | We know that the process of thick sedimentation followed by isostatic readjustment has happened frequently in the past , both in truly geosynclinal areas and in Voigt 's " bordering troughs " ( Randtroge ) of the shelf regions . |
| 7 | If this state of affairs continues the state will be denied an important source of legitimation for its own authority — namely the promise ( which it has held out in the past ) of a steady increase in the level of material well-being enjoyed by the population as a whole ( Poggi , 1978 ; Winkler , 1975 ; Poulantzas , 1978 ; Habermas , 1971 , 1976 ) . |