Example sentences of "the [noun] have [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was , the chantry duties of the guilds had been in steady decline since the early fifteenth century , so that by 1547 the majority had for many years been looked upon as burial societies . |
| 2 | The remainder have in many cases , however , devoted more resources to traditional means of advertising rather than adopted new media . |
| 3 | The rainstorm had to some extent penetrated the tree-cover . |
| 4 | Some argued that the case had been brought to an early end as there was little chance of the prosecution being successful , others suggesting that the case had in all but final verdict already been won . |
| 5 | They had not yet given their opinion to the present proposal — given outline permission by East Hampshire District council 's northern area planning sub-committee on March 24th — because the plans had at that stage only been submitted in outline . |
| 6 | Although the cable has by this stage disappeared , the cells in the mound still contain a great deal of filamentous actin in a disorganized arrangement ( Fig. 4 h ) . |
| 7 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 8 | If the animals had in any proper sense rights , we should no more be entitled to put them to death without a fair trial … than to torture them for our amusement . |
| 9 | The Revenue has for some time been concerned about what is done with the money . |
| 10 | The Council had by this stage resolved the issue of its degree classification , so that separate degrees with separate admission for honours and ordinary students were no longer to be offered . |
| 11 | His pleasure at the escape had for some reason given way now to even more sadness in the presence of the eagles that were still caged , as if the escape of one had intensified the sense of imprisonment of the others . |
| 12 | In our society the judges have in some aspects of their work a discretionary power to do justice so wide that they may be regarded as law-makers . |
| 13 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 14 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 15 | The rhynchosaurs had by that time became extinct . |
| 16 | They are concerned with what is perceived to be ‘ right ’ for individual old people and their supporters and what degree of professional responsibility and organisational accountability the workers have for such people . |
| 17 | Today , of course , corporate status carries no implication that the business has in some other way been favourably treated by the state , and so in this respect too the idea of privilege is now inappropriate . |
| 18 | Oddly , perhaps ominously , the war has in many respects gone better for Israel to date than for any other single party ( with the possible exception of CNN ) . ’ |
| 19 | The wheezing noise of the bellows had by this time excited the interest of some sentries on a large freighter moored nearby , but Maclean shouted out that they should mind their own business . |
| 20 | Against the $9.5 billion of deposit liabilities outstanding at the end of 1985 , the banks had at that time only about $1.5 billion of assets in the form of dinar credits . |
| 21 | 11.1 Save as provided in clause 11.2 no agent adviser or other person acting for the Landlord has at any time prior to the making of this agreement been authorised by the Landlord to make to the Tenant or to any agent adviser or other person acting for the Tenant any representation whatever ( whether written oral or implied ) in relation to the Site or the Premises or to any matter contained or referred to in this agreement |
| 22 | The Formosans had for many decades suffered from imperial Chinese indifference and neglect , and a substantial minority of the island 's non-Japanese inhabitants benefited from the new economic and educational policies and enjoyed rising living standards . |
| 23 | That the classical doctrine of the trinity has in this manner been departed from may be thought to be of no small consequence . |
| 24 | They have considered the subjects shown on the plan of an industrial system and decided what advantages the area has for each , as shown on the map . |
| 25 | Belief or the absence of belief that the owner had with such knowledge consented to the appropriation is relevant to the issue of dishonesty , not to the question whether or not there has been an appropriation . |
| 26 | He said , at p. 632 : ‘ Belief or the absence of belief that the owner had with such knowledge consented to the appropriation is relevant to the issue of dishonesty , not to the question whether or not there has been an appropriation . |
| 27 | In the years between Swann and Burnage the media had in any case had a field day . |
| 28 | The Principal had by this time become almost as fluorescent as the neon sign outside his academy , and we eyeballed one another in a spirit entirely lacking in camaraderie . |
| 29 | IN WITNESS whereof I the said MARIUS STEEN the Testator have to this my LAST WILL set my hand this fifteenth day of October One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-Three . |
| 30 | This then provides the background for the next comment made in the text , about the difficulty of proof : the case just discussed is a relatively easy one , since the testator has at any rate made it clear that the coheirs are intended to benefit under his will . |