Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am extremely grateful to the chairman of the Greater London Territorial , Auxiliary and Volunteer Association , Sir Greville Spratt , and to Brigadier Peter Bowser , the secretary , for all that they have done to lead the way in ensuring that the Government have been properly informed that the Territorial Army is adequately provided for in the future . |
| 2 | These troops have been fighting TITO up till 8 May , when an armistice was agreed on , and by a subterfuge , they have contrived to cross the Drau and accept internment in British prison camps . |
| 3 | But the council say they have pledged to keep the homes out of private ownership unless it is absolutely necessary . |
| 4 | Now they have decided to tell the world about their love . |
| 5 | Now , it seems , they have decided to mix the two . |
| 6 | These views have influenced both the type of data sociologists have collected and the methods they have employed to collect the data . |
| 7 | They have sought to damage the interests of people legitimately seeking political asylum , having fled from oppression , who if they returned to their own countries would face further oppression and possibly death . |
| 8 | Although a number of feminist authors have tended to view some of the 1960s legislation as ‘ liberalising ’ , they have sought to distinguish the identification of such a trend from any notion of ‘ liberation ’ . |
| 9 | The main difference between the design of Labov 's neighbourhood studies and the Belfast community studies is probably the extent to which they have endeavoured to adopt the major principle of this method — that the observer should be part of the setting being studied . |
| 10 | To help fashion the ‘ whole child ’ they have needed to know the whole child . |
| 11 | These intimations of universal and particular timeless and now reach readers whether or not they have learned to call the sections of Ulysses by the names of episodes , characters , or places taken from the Odyssey . |
| 12 | Then , if they have learned to associate the feeling with stalling , they will move forwards on the stick , making what they remember to be a normal stall recovery . |
| 13 | The result suggests that Florida scrub jays may indeed avoid mimics after they have learned to avoid the sickening model . |
| 14 | Mr Oak writes : ‘ I feel that members ’ attention should be brought to the following : ‘ The Durlia Club have not paid their rent since July 1990 ; they have failed to insure the building against fire , which is a serious breach of their lease ; they have failed to keep the building in reasonable repair following a fire in April 1991 . |
| 15 | ‘ It is a major disappointment that they have failed to take the necessary initiatives . ’ |
| 16 | How much better in the long run for companies , auditors and regulation generally if auditors would have the courage to make timely representations aimed at a general ruling , in these circumstances , assuming that they have failed to persuade the client not to proceed and that the grounds for an audit qualification are uncertain . |
| 17 | Those who are climbing the career ladder fast may use alcohol as a booster to help them to achieve , and those who recognize that they have failed to reach the top may also turn to alcohol , in an attempt to bolster their failing self-image . |
| 18 | They have failed to endorse the Australian move and are refusing to contribute to the compensation fund . |
| 19 | There is nothing more infuriating and destructive than having the discussion dominated by those who have not got a proper grasp of the subject because they have failed to read the material provided . |
| 20 | Mr Oak writes : ‘ I feel that members ’ attention should be brought to the following : ‘ The Durlia Club have not paid their rent since July 1990 ; they have failed to insure the building against fire , which is a serious breach of their lease ; they have failed to keep the building in reasonable repair following a fire in April 1991 . |
| 21 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 22 | But in seeking the right to renationalise the Scottish water industry , should that be privatised , they have failed to address the implications of that policy . |
| 23 | They feel that the new aid has failed , or that they have failed to find the magic touch in using it . |
| 24 | But they have helped to preserve the class system in Britain . |
| 25 | They have helped to defuse the arguments about teaching style and concentrate attention upon content and delivery . |
| 26 | For many years these traditions operated independently of each other but recently they have converged to give the field a much more integrated look . |
| 27 | They have got to let the Black people in South Africa have better conditions , but some of the Dutch people in the country are very determined . |
| 28 | Clearly these are important categories in that they have come to define the narrative expectations on which genres play , but it is important to recognize their limitations . |
| 29 | They have come to reinforce the message they left last time . |
| 30 | 2 As they have pondered on the growth of state intervention ( which they largely regard as undesirable ) so they have come to bemoan the absence of legal limitations on parliamentary sovereignty and competence which could hold that intervention in check . |