Example sentences of "have [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Parliament has intervened to give special protection to press reports of statements made on significant public occasions , and there are hints — no more — that in certain cases the courts may be prepared to extend protection of qualified privilege to media investigations of major public scandals . |
2 | ‘ Someone , ’ she announced , her voice suddenly strong again , ‘ someone has to try to prevent poor women from being beaten by great strong brutes . ’ |
3 | Perhaps the one piece of good news is that ‘ Kent R Allen , chief financial officer of the company , has resigned to pursue other interests ’ : put most diplomatically . |
4 | A meeting of the Chinese State Council has voted to impose severe measures on those who destroy wildlife . |
5 | It is , however , suggested that where a new basis for constitutionality has come to enjoy universal acknowledgment or sufficiently widespread acquiescence , the judge 's obligation to uphold the law points in the direction of endorsing charge rather than blindly ignoring it . |
6 | The time has come to kick fast food . |
7 | When the doctor confirms that it is important to provide care , or when too much anxiety is felt in leaving an elderly person alone , the time has come to consider alternative options . |
8 | And I think the time has come to consider extra reward financially for your loyalty . |
9 | Art Deco has come to mean brilliant colours , curved upholstery and angular , geometric designs . |
10 | The problem is that just like the ‘ moral treatments ’ of the nineteenth century , normalization has come to mean different things to different people , and professionals who have espoused the concept of ‘ normalization ’ often proselytize their views with a religious fervour which , though often motivating to fellow staff , can be alienating to those who are unfamiliar with the concept . |
11 | Thereafter confusion set in and , from scenes of events , groups of figures , etc. , presented on a very small scale , the term has come to mean elaborate pictures , much more ambitious than the historiations and sometimes extending to the whole of a large page . |
12 | A woman will say something like , ‘ Oh look , he 's got a cute butt ’ and some geek standing next to her , sensing that his chance has come to make serious waves in the world of sexual politics , will whine , ‘ You would n't like that if I said that about a girl . ’ |
13 | Since that time HIV has come to dominate gay life in this country . |
14 | Variable analysis is an inferential structure , a form of methodological reasoning , that has come to dominate social research . |
15 | The Vitara has grown to accommodate extra doors |
16 | What 's more , Vladimir Popovic , who took charge of Red Star last season , has quit to become national team manager of Peru . |
17 | SunSoft vice president of sales and marketing Bill Larson has moved to become vice president of SunSolutions , the Sun Tech unit responsible for groupware like Show Me . |
18 | Gould has threatened to take legal action and has written to the Prime Minister claiming his civil liberties were infringed . |
19 | THE Taoiseach , Albert Reynolds , has threatened to take disciplinary action against Fianna Fail backbenchers who criticise his Northern Ireland policy . |
20 | THE Wine and Spirit Association has threatened to take formal complaints of environmental health officers ( EHOs ) ‘ deemed to have abused their authority ’ to Government level . |
21 | The EC has threatened to impose economic sanctions on any Yugoslav republic that rejects its proposal , which calls for the break-up of Yugoslavia in its current form . |
22 | Some bright spark has decided to import top US comedy SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — good call , Garth , while the ubiquitous Jools Holland introduces homegrown music and comedy in THE HAPPENING . |
23 | FOLLOWING the completion of his assignment to co-ordinate the integration of Johnson Brothers into the Wedgwood Group management structure , managing director Robert Johnson , has decided to take early retirement from the Company . |
24 | FORMER Darlington goalkeeper Jeff Wealands , who went on to play for Hull City and Manchester United after leaving Feethams , has decided to quit senior football . |
25 | The government has decided to back private ownership . |
26 | ‘ I do n't know whether it 's coincidental , ’ he says , ‘ but there was a big article on the front of the Japanese equivalent of the Financial Times saying that the government has decided to improve financial reporting standards . |
27 | Sheila Newell is pregnant , goalkeeper Anne Hill has stepped down , Cathy Mitchell has gone to Pegasus and Irish international Caroline Craig has decided to play qualifying hockey . |
28 | The company has decided to remove editorial responsibilities from the deputy editor , Mr Richard Lambert , so that he can tackle the RSI outbreak . |
29 | An Oslo court has decided to begin public debt negotiations for Norsk Data A/S at the request of the company 's board : Norsk Data has found it difficult to reach an out-of-court refinancing settlement with creditors that would enable it to secure funds to provide a 25% cash payout to unsecured creditors . |
30 | Like many other organisations , the Institute has decided to introduce Direct Dialling Inwards ( DDI ) to provide its customers with a direct access to services and staff . |