Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's something which has developed so quickly that it 's almost ahead of us ( as it were ) in terms of planning . |
| 2 | Unable to find work after leaving the army , which he joined at 16 , he has travelled as far as Holland in search of a job — but to no avail . |
| 3 | It has fallen most heavily and for the longest periods on the most vulnerable members of society , with a particular concentration on the young , and on unskilled or semi-skilled workers . |
| 4 | Although Britain 's output of services is almost three times its manufacturing output , recorded exports of services are only half those of manufactures — and in the past 30 years , Britain 's share of world trade in services has fallen slightly faster than its share in manufacturing . |
| 5 | A particular difficulty would seem to be that the proportion of left handed inverters found in the general population does not correspond to the proportion of sinistrals estimated on other grounds to have left hemisphere speech ( Searleman , Tweedy and Springer , 1979 ) although it must be admitted that the range of estimates of both proportions has varied quite widely and there is at least some overlap . |
| 6 | President Bush has enjoyed rising approval ratings , and communism 's appeal has collapsed as fast as communism . |
| 7 | Durham 's arrival in 1992 has come so smoothly that the wonder is that the gap following Glamorgan 's 1921 elevation was so long . |
| 8 | In most countries , the governmental and political concern with the environment has come somewhat later than that of scientists or concerned lay people : the early development of the Green Party in the Federal Republic of Germany is something of an exception . |
| 9 | Traffic has grown steadily rather than spectacularly during the twenty-nine years the preservation company has been operating . |
| 10 | Despite a pile of unread reprints now measuring 16 inches tall , I read this book because of the nagging suspicion that in a field that has grown as rapidly as vascular biology and medicine I might be missing more than my 16 inch stack suggested . |
| 11 | In the increasingly competitive environment since 1983 , this has crept slowly upwards and 100 per cent mortgages are now quite common . |
| 12 | My right hon. and learned Friend has said as clearly as possible that he regards the second London terminal at King 's Cross as an intrinsic part of the scheme . |
| 13 | Indeed , it is amazing that Sir Leon Brittan should still refer to these ‘ costs ’ long after Pöhl has said quite clearly that they are irrelevant : ‘ the repeated reference to alleged huge savings in transaction costs for the currencies of a single currency area are not in the least convincing ’ . |
| 14 | But Mr Major has said quite clearly that that process that dialogue between you and Gerry Adams has run it 's course . |
| 15 | The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives . |
| 16 | The Joint Working Party has felt very strongly that doctors may wish to spend only part of the training period working flexibly and that flexible training opportunities must be tailored to trainees ' needs . |
| 17 | Twice fought over , she has suffered as badly as any country in the world . |
| 18 | The evolution of the philosophy behind family planning during the last twenty years has moved rather quicker than that of soil conservation so that the present thinking and problems may indicate that in general terms , this critique of conservation policy is not new , but the transfer of ideas merely overdue . |
| 19 | The progressive dismantling of regional development policy since 1979 has moved more swiftly than steps aimed at deregulating the housing sector . |
| 20 | 1992 has revealed yet again that there is no shortage of transport problems to be tackled in providing support and aid to developing countries . |
| 21 | Whatever one 's opinion , he has missed remarkably little considering he has had to cope with such an endless barrage of fast bowling . |
| 22 | The person trying to commit suicide has decided either rationally or whilst under extreme duress that their life is no longer bearable and that they must end it . |
| 23 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 24 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 25 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has done extremely well and will continue to do so for many years to come . |
| 26 | Says his admiring boss Peter Reid : ‘ Mike has done really well since he came in . |
| 27 | An extensive programme of geological thin-sectioning of stone implements in various universities over the last 30 years has shown quite clearly that between 3000 and 1500 BC there were a number of heavily exploited sources of stone and flint which were used to make axes and other implements . |
| 28 | Now , 10 years into the programme , it has advanced much further and many of the problems that Elkington mentioned have been solved . |
| 29 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 30 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |