Example sentences of "have [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite an increasing amount of intermarriage , few Koreans have wished to take up the option of naturalization , difficult enough to achieve in itself . |
| 2 | Teachers have to struggle to break down a pupil 's conceptions of what is ‘ beautiful ’ , ‘ lovely ’ and nice to watch in order to release the real potential . |
| 3 | Herbert also penned the verses which have come to sum up the general fate of such investigations : |
| 4 | But he is confident that some announcements will be made by year-end on those who have decided to take up the offer . |
| 5 | B U choose the Merry Widow because their last show White Horse was so successful the B U Musical Society have decided to take on the ambitious task of tackling the Merry Widow for their next production . |
| 6 | None of their three sons Roy , Robert and Clive have decided to carry on the family tradition . |
| 7 | Q I have decided to set up a 48″ x 18″ x 15″ fish only aquarium , with a view to changing a mixed fish/invert set-up and I am now contemplating which fish to buy . |
| 8 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
| 9 | As a corollary , AI-workers have tended to play down the importance of neurophysiological knowledge about the brain . |
| 10 | Write briefly how you , as a receptionist , would deal with the situation where guests complain that their room has not been cleaned and they have had to wait over a half an hour for room service . |
| 11 | The bus , therefore , no longer goes along Summerfield terrace , with the result that 50 old-age pensioners have had to draw up a petition to try to persuade the public transport company to reinstate the two-way pattern . |
| 12 | Yesterday , Marchant boss Philip Marchant said : ‘ We have had to batten down the hatches . |
| 13 | Of course we have had to give up the strict ordering of the series in horizontal segments , but the |
| 14 | Electric fish have , at least twice independently , hit upon this ingenious method of navigation , but they have had to pay a price : they have had to give up the normal , highly efficient , fish method of swimming , throwing the whole body into serpentine waves . |
| 15 | I have had to pull up the Minister when he has visited Teesside and talked about companies in Tyneside which are of no interest to people on Teesside . |
| 16 | Plateless bolt-on necks are the order of the day , and the Koreans have had to work out a strange method of extending the neck an extra step past the end of the fingerboard to try to keep the Rickenbacker look ( you might be able to spot this feature on the black one , between the neck and middle pickups ) . |
| 17 | For the last year , charity shops have had to cut back the number of toys they sell drastically because of new legislation . |
| 18 | hames Water have promised to buy up the affected land and properties at their current value and are keeping that offer open until plans are finalised . |
| 19 | In return for the aid , the Bulgarian authorities have agreed to close down the plant 's four 440-megawatt pressurized water reactors , which lack containment facilities to enclose them in case of an accident , as soon as financially possible , perhaps by 1998 . |
| 20 | Ministers have agreed to carry out a fundamental review of the way dentists are paid in order to avoid a repeat of the crisis . |
| 21 | Contractors Bernhards Rugby Sports Services have agreed to carry out the repairs at no extra cost to the local authority , said a council spokesman . |
| 22 | Sun — which admits its latest strategy is similar to the route trodden by MIPS Computer Systems Inc that now has half a dozen semiconductor companies selling its R series RISC designs — says it is just awaiting clearance to announce the names of several firms that have agreed to take on the Sparc . |
| 23 | Ministers from six European countries , including Britain , have agreed to set up a high speed network by 1998 although there are doubts that Britaincan meet the timetable because of delays over the Channel tunnel . |
| 24 | The world 's major airlines have agreed to set up a task force to develop international accounting guidelines ; it will liaise with the IASC . |
| 25 | A communiqué issued at the end of the talks said that " Iran and Iraq and the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) have agreed to set up a joint commission to review the resumption of the exchange of prisoners of war " . |
| 26 | France and Italy have agreed to set up a sanctuary in which dolphins will be protected from drift-net fishing . |
| 27 | Commonwealth leaders meeting in Cyprus have agreed to set up a special mission to lobby key capitals holding out on agreement on the GATT trade negotiations . |
| 28 | Under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization , 90 countries have agreed to set up an emergency response system to deal with oil spillages . |
| 29 | This was necessary to me as part of my approach to socialism , for before you can be sure whether you are genuinely in favour of socialism , you have got to decide whether things at present are tolerable or not tolerable , and you have got to take up a definite attitude on the terribly difficult question of class … |
| 30 | There 's nothing wrong with the music , but the record industry have got to sort out the singles market before sales fall further . ’ |