Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have argued for decades as to whether we are a result of our environment or our genetic inheritance , and there are always supporters for each extreme as well as for every position in between . |
| 2 | Rather there is an essential assumption of that basic face-to-face conversational context in which all humans acquire language , or as Lyons ( 1977a : 637-8 ) has put it rather more precisely : The grammaticalization and lexicalization of deixis is best understood in relation to what may be termed the canonical situation of utterance : this involves one-one , or one-many , signalling in the phonic medium along the vocal-auditory channel , with all the participants present in the same actual situation able to see one another and to perceive the associated non-vocal paralinguistic features of their utterances , and each assuming the role of sender and receiver in turn There is much in the structure of languages that can only be explained on the assumption that they have developed for communication in face-to-face interaction . |
| 3 | They congregate in favoured places such as Quendale Bay , Ronas Voe and north of Hascosay , as they have done for generations , and here they complete their moult into their smart summer dress , to replace the drab dark grey and white . |
| 4 | I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years . |
| 5 | On using the straws they often note and comment on the matchings they have made for colour and/or size . |
| 6 | Sometimes when fishkeepers are abroad they come across that wonderful fish they have desired for years . |
| 7 | They have existed for centuries , serving as shops , offices , workshops and homes in this bustling corner of the city . |
| 8 | Many people have found it has helped to make a pact with a friend who is also giving up ; or they have asked for sponsorship from their friends , fellow office workers or family ( their support will be invaluable ) . |
| 9 | They have asked for advice and exercised their right to reject it . |
| 10 | As we show on page 10 , brewers are refusing to pay for urgent repairs to their tenanted pubs which they have earmarked for conversion to leases because new leaseholders will have to carry that burden when they take over . |
| 11 | The terms of desire , fantasy and the unconscious as they have functioned for film theory seem to me to lose much of their explanatory power at the level of subjectivity and identification , and it may be , as Gillian Skirrow has suggested for video games , that television can be more adequately thought through a theory of object relations . |
| 12 | Milkings three times a day would necessitate living nearby and they have applied for permission to build a farmhouse and steadings . |
| 13 | I have always disagreed with those in the black community who , when they have applied for jobs and have not been successful , have blamed it on the colour of their skin . |
| 14 | call it , they have got for royalty because to call the queen Betty , she 's smiling but I wonder if she feels like smiling . |
| 15 | They are the ex-Communist bosses and party officials who are managing to fix up jobs for each other while pushing others out of jobs they have held for years and onto the streets . |
| 16 | They have worked for change within it by , for example , the formation of feminist groups of health workers and professionals , campaigns for more woman-centred services , promoting equal opportunity policies for employees and campaigns to protect abortion rights . |
| 17 | THE STONE ROSES have not signed to CBS Records , despite rumours currently doing the rounds in Manchester that they have signed for £5 million . |
| 18 | THE STONE ROSES have not signed to CBS Records , despite rumours currently doing the rounds in Manchester that they have signed for £5 million . |
| 19 | They have reported for example that fear of strangers may peak anywhere between 6 and 12 months ; that it varies in onset and intensity according to the child 's sex , its rank in the family , the number of people it meets regularly , its attachment to its mother and her responsiveness , and the age , size and sex of the stranger ; that it is different in the laboratory from at home . |
| 20 | Mr Macdonald claims the orders will deny traditional fishermen access to areas they have used for generations . |
| 21 | Sir , — I can not for one moment imagine that Ian McGeechan will ‘ feel hugely satisfied because his backs are beginning to fulfil some of the potential that they have shown for years ’ ( David Sole , 8 March ) after the disappointment of the 26-12 humiliation by England last Saturday . |
| 22 | They have appealed for help in finding his clothes and any information about his movements after leaving the dinner . |
| 23 | They have appealed for people who were with her on the night of October 22 to contact them . |
| 24 | Paula , who works herself and leaves her three daughters with a nanny , said : ‘ Most mothers , after they have paid for child care , travel and unexpected expenses , are earning negligible amounts . ’ |
| 25 | Ever since Kashmiri Muslim fundamentalists launched their armed struggle for independence in January 1990 , tens of thousands have fled the valley leaving homes they have occupied for generations . |
| 26 | He warned of the likelihood of a Balkan war , if the Serbian leadership attempted to extend " ethnic cleansing " to drive ethnic Albanians from " houses they have occupied for millennia " in Kosovo ; a peacekeeping force in Kosovo , he suggested , was the only way to prevent conflict spreading there . |