Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul 's family in Swindon have given up hope of an early release . |
| 2 | ‘ I have given up hope of racing in the first round at Snetterton , later this month , ’ he admitted . |
| 3 | It was a more acute problem by the time of 2 Peter : chapter 3 of that Letter is specifically directed towards those who have given up hope in the Return of Christ . |
| 4 | These have given up part of their holdings to provide GSR with its shareholding . |
| 5 | BANBRIDGE Council has been told that anglers have given up fishing at Loughbrickland Lake because the fish stock has been completely destroyed by cormorants . |
| 6 | Your Committee have given further consideration to the date of the Annual General Meeting of the Society and now recommend that it be held on 4 May 1990 at 7.30 pm at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 7 | [ I have given further consideration to your counter proposal to my initial fee proposal and believe it does provide an acceptable basis . ] |
| 8 | The accountant will try to ensure that the band have given enough thought to how long this money is likely to last , and how best to use it until the next payment or earnings are due . |
| 9 | During the 1980s we have witnessed further development of provision in special needs . |
| 10 | Following our report in the September issue on the accident which befell the British Makrong Chhish Expedition , this year 's Nick Escourt Award winner , we have received further information from Geoff Tyson , father of David Tyson — one of the climbers who died . |
| 11 | THE 12 Community governments have speeded up implementation of rules to create their barrier-free market but are still far behind schedule , the Commission said yesterday . |
| 12 | THE 12 Community governments have speeded up implementation of rules to create their barrier-free market but are still far behind schedule , the Commission said yesterday . |
| 13 | More recently , however Crowner and Hull ( 1991 ) have carried out work on this application . |
| 14 | Recent work south of the town has revealed an apparently defended pre-Roman site , while concerted watching briefs and limited excavations have added further information about the town 's history and its cemeteries . |
| 15 | President Bush 's proposals for the future of US wetlands [ see ED 49/50 ] have met further criticism from a group of environmental scientists , who complain that the plans open up millions of acres of previously-protected wetlands to development , counter to Bush 's election promise that there would be " no net loss " of wetlands . |
| 16 | There have been a number of other reformulations and reinterpretations that have done less violence to Mannheim 's legacy than did the early sociological and philosophical responses . |
| 17 | To qualify , an industry must in the previous three months have seen both value of production and number of its new employees fall by more than 5% from the previous year . |
| 18 | In 2 we have looked at how the formal system operates between as well as within sentences ; in 3 we have seen how knowledge of the world ( about cats and gates , for example ) or of the culture ( about social roles and relationships ) enables people to make their language function as they intend and to understand how others do the same to them . |
| 19 | This applies where two companies have used identical or similar marks for at least five years or more in all honesty and have built up goodwill in ignorance of the use of the mark by the other company . |
| 20 | The police operation codenamed Lightbulb was targeted at drug pushers who have built up trade worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and who attract dealers from all over the North-west . |
| 21 | Experiments on the effects of various gastrointestinal polypeptide hormones and drugs on colonic motility have sought further clarification of normal motility patterns or effective treatments for motility disorders . |
| 22 | Am I right , for any of these er nominations , you have to set aside part of the pension you would normally receive so that you actually receive a lower pension because you are making this provision . |
| 23 | Pupils who have had perhaps difficulty in studying at home can stay in our school library until quarter to six . |
| 24 | My explanations of this foible have become increasingly baroque of late : I find myself announcing everything from a rare eye disease to undying homage to the early Auden . |
| 25 | Many observers have noted how administration in new states consumed the bulk of revenue at the expense of investment and development ( Dumont 1966 ; First 1970 ; Bretton 1973 ; Amin 1973 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ My family has always helped me out , but it 's getting hard , especially as I have to give up work for four months . ’ |
| 27 | Previous investigations have demonstrated how provision of emotionally relevant information can influence the way people interpret their own behaviour and in turn whether they respond emotionally or non-emotionally to a given situation . |
| 28 | A recent study by the University of Michigan suggests that 90% of the parts in Japanese cars built in America come either direct from Japan or from Japanese manufacturers which have set up shop in the United States . |
| 29 | TONY BARRY and Joe Watson have woken up house from its drug-induced stupor , given dance music back its structure and neatly picked up a thread left dangling behind by Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding . |
| 30 | In hot desert areas investigations of fossil dunes in India , Africa and Australia together with changes in the extent of pluvial lakes in Africa , the Middle East , and North America ( Goudie , 1983 ) have provided further insight into the chronology of Quaternary environments . |