Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The language that has developed to express these ideas is becoming increasingly more difficult for those outside the immediate discussion to understand . |
| 2 | This approach emphasises that abuse is rare simply because the idea of a fiduciary relationship ( a relationship where there is a special duty of trust and care ) , and the consequent fiduciary law that has developed to protect this sort of relationship , would neither have evolved nor survived until today . |
| 3 | The Office has stopped subsidising one-day energy surveys for industry and commerce and there is little accessible public information . |
| 4 | As a result the company has stopped accepting fresh landings of scallops |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In Johannesburg , in South Africa , the white-run council has voted to allow all races to live together in the city . |
| 8 | A meeting of the Chinese State Council has voted to impose severe measures on those who destroy wildlife . |
| 9 | Britain 's biggest teaching union , the NUT , has voted to boycott this year 's new curriculum schools tests . |
| 10 | And the team Allan Border is leading there are missionaries again of a sort : cricket on the island lives hand-to-mouth , and political upheaval has repelled touring international sides for five years . |
| 11 | Strangely , in writing off pop programmes as a lost cause , British TV seems to have ignored the example of MTV , which has come to define that genre across much of the world . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The importance of ensuring a high turnout amongst E C nationals surely warrants something more than the complacency and drift that has come to characterise this government 's whole policy towards the European community . |
| 14 | The time has come to kick fast food . |
| 15 | ‘ I think the time has come to call this assignment over , ’ she said quietly . |
| 16 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 17 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And I think the time has come to consider extra reward financially for your loyalty . |
| 20 | Art Deco has come to mean brilliant colours , curved upholstery and angular , geometric designs . |
| 21 | It was not even ‘ love of life ’ — that is more like it , but the phrase has come to mean many things that could ( happily ) not be predicated of her . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Latterly the word ‘ harpy ’ has come to mean any person who is cruel or merciless , or who hungrily tries to appropriate the food or belongings of a weaker person . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | And I affirm that the time has come to express this truth in the life of the Church , and that is not going to go away . |
| 26 | I affirm that the time has come to express this truth in the life of the Church . |
| 27 | ‘ There was a time when I planned to live for ever , but the time has come to change those plans . ’ |
| 28 | I have no idea why it has come to bear that name . |
| 29 | So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |