Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not the kind of stuff some maudlin adult has deemed lovely for the kiddies but proper music , full of the sort of challenges which are really encouraging to meet , and robust enough to stand constant repetition . ’ |
| 2 | For the growing number of northern Europeans who wish to spend their expanding leisure time in warmer climates , public transport has replaced private for the weekly retreat to the country . |
| 3 | As such , an oppression of women that is not in any essentialist sense pre-given by the logic of capitalist development has become necessary for the ongoing reproduction of the mode of production in its present form . |
| 4 | Novell has become famous for the way it manages its relationships and believes that relationships are the way to conduct business . |
| 5 | The British extreme right has also been particularly plagued by schism , exacerbated in part by political failure , after it has become impossible for the party to hide inherent divisions and tensions among its leaders . |
| 6 | Advertising by manufacturers has become notorious for the extravagant but contractually ineffective commendation of goods . |
| 7 | No wonder that the thin 40kg ( 851 b ) Spectra has become universal for the plethora of medium-size stunters . |
| 8 | The woollen industry was important here in the Middle Ages but , in more recent years , Shepton Mallet has become well-known for the production of cider and perry . |
| 9 | This farming systems has proved self-sustainable for the past 2,000 years and has altered little except that summer ( wet season ) rice crops were once combined in the same fields with winter ( dry season ) legumes , whereas the winter crop is now wheat . |
| 10 | There the trail has gone cold for the moment . |
| 11 | If , however , you find that time has run short for the last answer , the best course is to reduce the answer to bare note form , using as many key headings as possible and abbreviating freely . |
| 12 | And he said yeah I said I could 've got two for the price of one . |
| 13 | Mrs Cresson 's appointment may have helped the Socialists somewhat but can not have done much for the Communists . |
| 14 | Straw Dogs managed to attract enough blood seekers to put it into the black at the box-office , but this disturbing tale of rural atrocities can scarcely have done much for the Cornish tourist industry . |
| 15 | I feel proud to have known him as Diane I would n't have missed that for the world . |
| 16 | ‘ At first , I was keen just to get round but having done that for the last three years , I am now seriously looking at winning the race . ’ |
| 17 | To this gloss on the idea that even a thief should have to screw his courage to the sticking-place , Johnson adds the argument that if all else he had written were lost , Shakespeare should have become immortal for the way in which he shows Macbeth ‘ distinguishing true from false fortitude in a line and a half ’ : In Johnson 's footsteps , these roads across Scotland 's shoulder become Shakespeare country . |
| 18 | ( c ) It must have become impracticable for the consumer to identify the actual producer ( s. 2(3) ( b ) ) . |
| 19 | Between 1629 and 1638 Grosvenor was imprisoned in the Fleet , having become liable for the debts of his brother-in-law , Peter Daniel esquire . |
| 20 | With infinite delicacy forget-me-nots and rosebuds , croci and oak leaves are chiselled out of native lime ( grown in the grounds of the palace itself ) and slotted into ancient floral compositions which , but for a discarded cigarette in the grace and favour flats above , could perhaps have remained undisturbed for the next 300 years . |
| 21 | By section 59(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1987 the event upon which a bank was deemed to have become insolvent for the purpose of compensation becoming payable was the making of the winding up order rather than the presentation of the petition . |
| 22 | Earlier , things had looked black for the visitors as Farnham moved into the lead after just 14 minutes . |
| 23 | It had looked promising for the tourists as openers David Boon and Mark Taylor batted confidently for the first hour to put on 38 . |
| 24 | The Board , he pointed out , had met monthly for the past two years , and controlled the work of the College . |
| 25 | I have n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing , but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the university and to sort of expand my contacts , and the Meeting House is one of those places which is open to the general public on Sundays for religious worship . |
| 26 | I had n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the University and to sort of expand my contacts . |
| 27 | He justified the appeal by claiming that the smugglers had done much for the town 's " smugglers cove " image and that the town would benefit from the resultant increase in tourist trade . |
| 28 | Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough . |
| 29 | He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today . |
| 30 | But Graham Robertson , McKenzie 's counsel , told the court yesterday that the report emphasised that his client came from a stable background in the west of Scotland and had felt lonely for the two years he had lived in Dunbar . |