Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 You ca n't we 've only got two lights here
2 There is a roughly similar development in 2010 , so the pattern may derive in part from Clarke , who has presumably imbibed some elements of oriental mysticism from his long sojourn in Ceylon .
3 The ambiguity present in O'Connell has arguably aided catholic nationalists over the years in the justification of their policies .
4 My Department has vigorously pursued reported delays with the authorities concerned .
5 The Keyhole KH-11 I , which has vastly improved visual sensors , is said to have the ability to see objects only six inches long on the ground and to be able to read number plates on cars driving along Russian streets or identify one mullah from another in Iran by measuring the size of their beards .
6 The new scale of architecture has since posed insuperable problems ; and the earlier view that town planning could provide a protective shield of refinement over new development and so avoid the brash , the banal and the ugly , was not to be .
7 He has since discovered 60 others and is convinced there are many more .
8 Harford , who moved to Chelsea last summer and has since scored 10 goals , is now backing United to become the first Premier League champions .
9 The Front has since received many messages of support from both Tamils and Sinhalese .
10 Miklosko has since made rapid strides with the help of his son , who quickly became fluent at school in Loughton , Essex .
11 She has since returned 11 times to continue her research on the long-term environmental effects of the US/Vietnam war , and last year published the book The regreening of Vietnam ( The Women 's Press , £17.95hb ) .
12 The London Stock Exchange has since introduced new rules which require an appropriate disclosure to be publically made .
13 The work aspect was never important — the breeders continued to concentrate on beef and the policy has since paid great dividends .
14 Mrs Thatcher has successfully defied both beliefs .
15 It regards itself as the guardian of the water environment and has successfully prosecuted thirty polluters so far , with many cases still pending .
16 However , there are two people I would particularly like to thank ; Fiona Stead for her professionalism , understanding and support , from our initial meeting to the handover period , and Laura Goodwin [ both from Office Cleaning Thornton Heath ] , who with her team has successfully brought these premises up to standard , their efforts have not gone unnoticed ! ’
17 Is my hon. Friend aware that with the help and advice of the income generation unit , a business man in my constituency has successfully installed private telephones in hospitals in the north-east , paid for by advertising ?
18 In all cases the strife has fundamentally weakened central governments , diverting both energy and money away from development issues to the domestic conflicts which assume overwhelming importance .
19 It has slowly dissolved some rocks , especially the limestones .
20 Dolores Hayden has brilliantly documented these campaigns ( amongst other things , for kitchenless houses ) and described the seemingly bizarre utopias that an earlier group of American feminists — less blinded than we are by shiny domestic technology-designed at the turn of this century ( Hayden , 1981 ) .
21 But if rationalism and empiricism have a tendency to blot out God , we must recognise that the Enlightenment 's supreme beguilement which has so bewitched modern men and women is a false understanding of human beings .
22 The problem , which has long troubled white consciences , has come to the fore now because of a decision by the High Court that in one case aborigines have a legal claim to lands where they hunted before the white man came .
23 Morocco 's King Hassan has long entertained Israeli leaders in secret ; last week , for the first time , an Israeli minister visited Morocco openly to attend a regional environment conference .
24 The Brasserie , which they had hoped would equal L'Auberge 's trade , has only averaged 60 covers per day , and L'Auberge itself has fallen off from 90 in 1984 to 75 in 1985 .
25 The Training Department of the Ministry of Labour has only organized three courses for women in the last decade and , as one study concludes , " there is little interest in job training schemes for women " .
26 In total , taking both seasons together , he has had 13 top-10 finishes from 27 starts and has only missed three cuts .
27 the coach to the breeders ' evening that 's what I mentioned before , we paid for the refreshments and the rent show secretary has only claimed two pounds which is a scandal really she 's probably paid twenty out , twenty pounds
28 Among their other talismans is a little Buddha to which the Buddhist Society of Great Britain have apparently taken exception , although the Cross of Lourdes has only attracted five letters of complaint to the magazine since it first was advertised nine months ago .
29 Johnston has only started four games this season — although he has hit the target twice .
30 ‘ He has only had nine hurdles races and to win five in a row is obviously something special . ’
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