Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ultimately , rock'n'roll has to contend with carrying the burden of primitive music on its shoulders , the way Atlas carried the world on his shoulders .
2 Over the past two years the debate has veered between consolidating the remains as a war memorial and reconstructing the church ( see The Art Newspaper No. 9 , June 1991 , p.14 ) .
3 Does the Secretary of State accept that the answer that he has given on paying the guaranteed minimum pension to the Maxwell pensioners is wholly inadequate ?
4 For relatively large volumes of antibodies , industry has relied on raising the hybrids in ascites ( fluid in the peritoneal cavity ) in mice , rather than in tissue culture .
5 The balance has tipped from viewing the problem entirely in terms of liability and expense to acknowledging that it also offers an opportunity …
6 J. D. North has succeeded in reconstructing the St Albans escapement from the purely verbal description given in the surviving manuscript .
7 The imposter then declares himself , and it is interesting to see if the judicial process has succeeded in ascertaining the truth of the matter .
8 In Unix , it has succeeded in creating the impression that it has far more of the management , security and support capabilities in place than any of its competitors , and while this may not be entirely valid , time and again in the computer industry , winning the perception is nine tenths of the battle : in the 1970s , it was universally acknowledged among the cognoscenti that Burroughs Corp had by far the best mainframe architecture and operating software , but that did nothing to prevent the vast majority of its users migrating to IBM over time .
9 He has succeeded in creating the atmosphere of a Mediterranean village , through the various architectural embellishments ; the old style Mallorcan houses , with their pastel-shaded façades , balconies , verandas , shutters and irregular roof-lines , suggest that the Anchorage Village has evolved over generations rather than just six years .
10 A detailed exploration of the area has succeeded in locating the headquarters of the rebel leader who led the revolt of 66-70AD and who fought alongside the Masada rebels for several years .
11 Henry James was followed by the Benson brothers , E. F. Benson the novelist and A. C , for years Master of Oxford 's Magdalen College — I wonder if anyone has succeeded in editing the twenty-six volumes of autobiography he left .
12 In the event , minor engineering work to the existing twin-catalyst 6.7-litre pushrod V8 has succeeded in achieving the desired results .
13 Although the change , introduced last year , to gross accounting has succeeded in highlighting the volume of activity which was previously reported in modest , net contribution figures , it should be appreciated that significant fluctuations will occur on the completion of major projects .
14 Oxfam NoLoGo has succeeded in making the concept of recycling fun and giving charity shops a completely new look .
15 Since it began using the gas phase process in 1979 , ICI has been at the forefront of process control and development and has succeeded in covering the whole product range with this new technology .
16 Although the NPT has succeeded in retarding the spread of nuclear weapons , there is no doubt that the treaty will collapse unless significant progress is made towards nuclear disarmament by the nuclear powers .
17 Can Sandra Bernhard ( FACE 48 ) seriously believe that , because it is she who is stripping for Playboy and not some ‘ subservient bimbo ’ , she has succeeded in subverting the soft-porn medium ?
18 The Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL ) in California has spent ten years running a US government-sponsored project , which has succeeded in reducing the price of solar cells by 15 times , increasing cell efficiency from 6 per cent to 15 per cent and extending their lifespan from ten to thirty years .
19 The recent political activities of Haringey Black Action has succeeded in raising the profile of Black lesbians and gay men .
20 Although so far no one has succeeded in interpreting the Etruscan language we can fully appreciate their sculpture , painting and craftsmanship .
21 The government has responded by increasing the military presence in the area , while the " Mindanao Defenders " , an irregular civilian paramilitary force of a type common in the Philippines , is beginning to intimidate the protestors .
22 Mutation has to work by modifying the existing processes of embryonic development .
23 Much of the data on the health effects of radiation has come from studying the surviving victims of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs , where the Japanese people 's exposure to radiation was of an extremely large dose in a matter of seconds .
24 These employ close to two-thirds of IBM 's 300,000 strong workforce : remember that Dell Computer Corp 's success has come from engineering the best , lowest-cost distribution strategy , not to a better product .
25 Very few writers , in Cusick 's experience , do much in the way of scene setting , and so a lot has to come from reading the dialogue and forming impressions in the mind .
26 Historically , to prohibit cruelty to animals has amounted to prohibiting the infliction of unnecessary pain , or unjustified pain , especially when the pain is substantial and the human agent has acted wantonly or maliciously , and with intent .
27 Even Roxburgh had to admit that over the last year , during which Ferguson has flirted with letting the latter trait get the better of the former , has brought the player an ‘ awareness of the tough , competitive business he is in . ’
28 One of the greatest difficulties Denis has faced over the years — and it has increased as the world has turned to harassing the smoker — has been how to keep awake through the after-dinner speeches without the benefit of a cigarette .
29 He is succeeded by Russell Planitzer , the company 's chairman and the leader of the buyout group that has struggled since acquiring the former parent , Prime Computer Inc in 1989 .
30 President , I would take this opportunity on behalf of the region to condra sorry , congratulate Nigel on the excellent work that he has done since becoming the National Health and Safety Officer .
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