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

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1 To satisfy Moore 's requirements an activity has somehow on the one hand really to somehow matter , and on the other hand not to do so on account of anything ordinarily thought of as of practical use .
2 Linda , has always in the seven years I 've known her , spent fortunes on clothes and make-up as you can see .
3 Erm but it has n't to the best of my knowledge it has not resulted in a rash of of developments and motorway intersections .
4 But the preponderance of evidence about the computer business shows that the IBM name no longer has its old magic … and it has n't for the past few years .
5 I put this on the agenda erm the phrase at the moment seems to be flagging things up and my concern is opposite Dave is the but as everybody I 'm sure is aware we 've got erm divisional A L O's based within as Crime Prevention Officers , the main concern for my particular area is Bill although based at has actually for the last three years built up a good working relationship and inspected staff from and .
6 Similarly , checks are made to see you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure .
7 Quiss cleared his throat and leaned forward towards the small figure , which shrank away without actually stepping back , " Right , " Quiss said , " the answer to the question is : You ca n't have both in the same universe , Got it ? "
8 " Yes , " nodded the attendant , " yes , I think I 've got it : " You ca n't have both in the same universe . "
9 And whilst we had no opportunities last year for canvassing or erm for getting members we we could have I I felt er put on more fund-raising events as we had a quiet year and we could have probably at the same time persuaded one or two people to actually join us .
10 So you 've had a sharp increase in our shareholders ' funds during the six months and a reduction in our net debt which may not be quite as er substantial as you expected but it is the combination of on the one hand the proceeds of Elsivir less some reinvestment which Frank mentioned , we put a little more money in B S B and the minority interests and we do have traditionally in the first half an adverse net movement of funds from operation about ninety five million and then we had thirty two million odd er of simply revaluation as a result of translating our dollar debt at er the one sixty as opposed to the year ending rate .
11 In the Republic of Ireland , the withdrawn of the pound sterling from the ERM had perhaps of the greatest impact .
12 As fate had a habit of doing , it had played what he termed a rather dirty trick for although Martin and his father before him had both found the running of the estate anything but easy as far as money was concerned , this young man would be better off than either of them , for Martin had only within the last year taken out two very large policies on his life , the second when he knew he was going to be married .
13 Members held raffles and donated cash until they had enough for the Olympic bar .
14 What you had down on the previous one was er schools and businesse Schools , businesses and something else , I think , that she 'd collected
15 Suddenly she felt a glowing warmth deep inside ; he could never betray her , could never sell what they had together for the cheap thrill of recounting an old , sordid story .
16 They looked along the Atlantic coast of North America for places in which to settle , and they might have been more successful in founding colonies if they had not at the same time been engaged in what they saw as a desperate struggle to save their religious and political liberties from Catholic Spain , although the Spanish would have said the war was to some extent intended to check the rather aggressive interpretation the English placed on the idea of the freedom of the seas .
17 Culturally , too , there were signs that Europe was beginning to be receptive again , as she had not since the sixteenth century .
18 No , just the same machine we had over on the other side , aye , it has n't changed at all .
19 Er it 's not due to my expertise at all , it 's just mainly due to the fact we do n't go to shows these days we 've always in the good old days when we used to go to shows we spent probably a hundred and thirty to two hundred pounds a year so we never had very much money as we do n't go to these shows and spend this money it is it is a it is accumulating each year .
20 The reason this figure was produced is erm because one of the comments we had back from the other induction courses er Gareth , the reason we had produced this video was erm structure you 've never shown it , so it 's not necessarily tongue in cheek but it is a strictly sales structure but it will give you a clearer idea of our guide what to do to the role plays this morning , Saturday and tomorrow .
21 With Batts and Speed we were extremely lucky … we now seem to have a glut which we had back in the early Revie days … the trouble is these days keeping them , with freedom of contract etc .
22 He had n't on the one occasion he 'd been there — in fact they 'd treated him rather badly , although he did n't like to admit as much .
23 I have right from the first .
24 However the facts are that the courts have not for the last 300 years recognised , nor have they acted upon , a logic which renders all questions of law jurisdictional .
25 Although there are in sections 24 and 25 some general defences ( i. e. available in relation to any offence under the Act ) , they have not in the odometer type of case always proved a reliable line of defence .
26 I do n't trust them and I have n't for the seven and a half years I 've been inside jail .
27 No I have n't in the last couple of days , she was around
28 Have either of the dead men been identified yet ? ’ another man asked , puffing on his cigarette .
29 These are lectures that are pitched directly at their level erm with the knowledge that they have round about the third year in schools , so that they can see some of the problems that physics tackles .
30 Government troops have never in the nine-year civil war cut so deeply into rebel territory during their annual dry-season offensive .
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