Example sentences of "they have [verb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They have made malt for Kelloggs , for breweries and for chemists . |
| 2 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 3 | However I am pursuing that with the Property Services Department , who act for both the Council and the Board , and they have given authority for us to enter the land for the purpose of drilling bore-holes etc . |
| 4 | This suggests that the feeling of difficulty may be strongest with people whose incomes are stretched so tightly that they have to use credit for some needed purchases which they could not afford otherwise . |
| 5 | They have cleared land for vegetable patches and introduced exotic weeds , and , that bane of island wildlife , goats . |
| 6 | It is after they have lost control for the second or third time that the real difficulties appear . |
| 7 | All the same , they have to represent value for money , and while they might not score too highly under professional or even semi-professional scrutiny , they are certainly worth their asking price . |
| 8 | ‘ These are new schools and they have got money for projects they want and need . |
| 9 | Now whether that is that they are annoyed that there is n't childcare facilities , or whether they 're annoyed that they have to make dinner for their husbands , or whether they 're annoyed with what 's on television , or at the kind of newspapers that are coming in the door or whatever . |
| 10 | But like all armoured animals they have sacrificed flexibility for security and must now be content with a stiffly jointed existence . |
| 11 | But he believes that ‘ the report clearly indicates that , as far as taxpayers are concerned — and given the difficulties of operating in one of the most hostile parts of the planet — they have had value for money ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Normally clients wo n't get the feeling they have had value for money unless they have had a disaster and the lawyer has got them out of it , ’ said , one of the senior partners in Biggart Baillie Gifford 's company and commercial department . |