Example sentences of "they have [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For years they have been receiving the same information in both printout and statement form — the Bank will benefit to the tune of £10,000 in tangible savings and £71,000 in productivity savings per annum . |
| 2 | For a number of years they have been producing the yachts in their range in both standard and Master versions , the latter being more luxuriously appointed and intended for private ownership . |
| 3 | Up to 400 Cuban military advisers are reported to be at fortified bases in northern Panama , where they have been training the the militia of the Dignity Battalions , the Washington Times said yesterday . |
| 4 | ‘ They have been tapping the money that Place and Egan left with them for safety . |
| 5 | As such they have been called the ‘ securities market line ’ . |
| 6 | He says that they have been using the shaft for dumping substances . |
| 7 | They have been learning the in professional golf every shot counts and that in order to win , brilliance has not only to be attained , it has to be sustained . |
| 8 | They have been given the names of ‘ the mouse-pounce ’ , ‘ the bird-swat ’ and ‘ the fish-scoop ’ . |
| 9 | The verses seem to be saying that the disciples understand because they have been given the secrets of the mystery of the kingdom but everybody else is taught in parables so that it will confuse them and prevent them coming into the kingdom . |
| 10 | Every sales consultant has covered the basics ; they have been given the tools for success ; the Super Sales Grit ingredient takes you to where no sales-person has previously thought to go . |
| 11 | Semi-nomadic tribes live on the fringes of the notorious Empty Quarter desert , where they have been given the task by Sultan Qaboos and the World Wildlife Fund of reintroducing the rare Arabian Oryx ( antelope ) to its natural habitat . |
| 12 | Whether conscious or not of their own envy , the people in the most difficulty are those who feel they have been born the wrong sex — suspicious , or even quite clear , that their parents desperately wanted them to be the boy or girl they were not . |
| 13 | They have been granted the tenancy of a 71-acre county council holding at Underbank , Gawsworth , near Macclesfield . |
| 14 | Lord Denning expressed the view that , in any event , in ascertaining where the base was , the contract terms were often of little help and ‘ you have to go by the conduct of the parties and the way they have been operating the contract ’ . |
| 15 | They have been misleading the public . ’ |
| 16 | Until now they have been spared the encounter with large ‘ megastores ’ , fast becoming commonplace in every major city . |
| 17 | They have been pressing the president to appeal to regional leaders for support , offering them more local powers under the new constitution . |
| 18 | However , as has been reported in International Crossroads , they have been awarded the 1993 World Cup Sevens , a decision which did not meet with general approval , and as there is a rebuilding programme at Murrayfield only 38,000 fans will be able to watch the tournament on each day . |
| 19 | Protagonists in the optical disc industry may have overlooked the fact that while they have been arguing the merits of their various platforms , hard disc storage has been growing ever larger . |
| 20 | They have been labelled the ‘ Egyptian ’ ( joined crucible ) and the ‘ Renaissance ’ or ‘ Cinquecento ’ ( separate crucible ) techniques . |
| 21 | There they have been exploiting the advantages of low pollution , the ability to stop and restart every few hours — sorry , every few yards — and electric cars may be introduced as much for their ability to produce low pollution , low noise , and as petrol becomes more expensive and electric cars become more widespread and better engineered and more efficient and cheaper , and more socially acceptable , then I think we will see electric cars . |