Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enormous expansion of higher education since 1960 has arguably provided a further extension of opportunity , but it has not succeeded in developing parity of esteem with universities for institutions supposed to be concentrating on vocational and technical education — an aspect which , once again , has invited numerous international comparisons [ Postan , 1967 ; Robbins , 1963 ] . |
| 2 | Redford , looking craggy and bemused , has thankfully jettisoned the po-faced sermonising of such bloomers as Havana and returned to what he does best : sprinkling an intelligent script with finely tuned , anarchic quips and exhibiting twinkling vulnerability to the ladies . |
| 3 | The Architect and Building News of 10 January 1936 reported : Mr Oliver Hill 's romantic modernism has rarely found a happier destination than this charmingly picturesque house in the woods near Virginia Water . |
| 4 | Knight , 30 , may not have enjoyed the success Grobbelaar has , but his career has rarely had a dull moment since he signed as a 14-year-old schoolboy when Ian St John was manager . |
| 5 | It produces items in almost every conceivable quality , size and design , and has skilfully adapted a wide range of Persian workshop and village compositions to the requirements of Western furnishing tastes . |
| 6 | There is no doubt that the middle-class exodus from the towns to the countryside has vastly improved the physical fabric of the housing in rural areas . |
| 7 | Individual differences are obviously a consequence of the particular past experience of each person who has thereby acquired a unique set of skills based on a natural endowment which was also unique . |
| 8 | She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby . |
| 9 | He has since lost the Australian , French and US Open championships . |
| 10 | I did , however , discuss such a marvel with Sir John Harrington , the Queen 's nephew , who has since devised an ingenious system to build a water closet so that privies and latrines can be cleaned by pulling a chain and releasing water . |
| 11 | But the 32-year-old son of the late Graham Hill has since landed the sought-after No 2 spot alongside Alain Prost at Canon Williams Renault . |
| 12 | San Antonio has since joined the small number of US museums which are now active on the antiquities market . |
| 13 | The engine has since visited the Great Show at Harrogate during July , and is now back at the NRM . |
| 14 | In a recent review of rural leisure and recreation research Owens ( 1984 ) has commented on not only how participation in rural leisure and recreation grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s , but how it was also accompanied by a surge of interest in applied research which has since spawned an enormous literature . |
| 15 | In 1987 he had declined an offer to direct the National Gallery in London , opting instead to lead the Kimbell where he has since conducted an exemplary acquisitions campaign ; also , he has close ties with Mr Mellon , having served as CEO of the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art , established by the philanthropist at Yale University . |
| 16 | It has since leased a further three aircraft from GPA . |
| 17 | BHC has since adopted the same skirt design for the latest version of the smaller SR.N6 , raising its payload from 10 to more than 17 tonnes . |
| 18 | The stock dove almost disappeared from some areas , but , like other species that were hard-hit at the same time , it has since made a good recovery . |
| 19 | The company has since made a remarkable recovery by clearing out its middle management ranks and replacing them with semi-autonomous work teams . |
| 20 | Mrs Brown , 35 , has since made a full recovery but was unable to attend the ceremony because she has moved away from the area . |
| 21 | In spite of her angry and tearful protests Charles insisted on giving the token to the woman who had haunted their courtship and has since cast a long shadow across their married life . |
| 22 | He has since completed a splendid four-timer when making all to take the Group Two Richmond Stakes at Goodwood last week . |
| 23 | Finally , I should like to express my gratitude to my partner , John Stacey , a lawyer of considerable intellect who , while bearing no responsibility for the contents of this work , first introduced me to commercial conveyancing and has since played no little part in my continuing education in the subject . |
| 24 | The EC is a topical example of regional cooperation , which was initially a free trade area and has since evolved a European Monetary System , combining different inflation rates with relatively stable real exchange rates . |
| 25 | When de Lattre had visited Washington in September 1951 it was this theme , ‘ the ability of communist China to invade Indo-China and South-East Asia ’ that the State Department had chosen to stress in their briefing for President Truman and their up-beat assessment of the General who had transformed ‘ an army beset with defeatism into a force which has since won every major engagement against the communist forces ’ . |
| 26 | Piper , 26 , has been beaten only once in his 18-fight career , when he strayed 7lb above the super-middleweight limit and conceded an additional 10lb to Manchester 's Karl Thompson , who has since won the British cruiserweight title . |
| 27 | He has since died a sad death at Saigon , choked in his own vomit after a bout of energetic drinking . |
| 28 | ICI has since published an environmental policy document with these four objectives as its cornerstones . |
| 29 | Rees has since proved a reliable deputy for Simon Tracey . |
| 30 | But the underlying theme was that expressed by a Japanese , Zenko Suzuki , in 1982 — a theme that has since proved an undeniable stimulus to politicians and rhetoricians in need of a new and very positive cause . |