Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the courts have had to evolve various canons of construction which , even more unfortunately , have fluctuated from time to time , thus over-ruling earlier decisions and defeating the legitimate expectations of investors who purchased preference shares in reliance on the construction adopted earlier . |
| 2 | In a typically grandiose gesture , CEGB chairman Sir Walter Marshall said on television that if the inquiry rejected the board 's case on safety grounds , he would resign ‘ because it meant that the technical advice I have given to government in past years has been proved to be incorrect ’ . |
| 3 | But first , it is worth briefly summarising the evidence which our surveys have given about problems over credit use — as far as the relationship between borrower and lender is concerned . |
| 4 | During this period I have given readings and seminar papers at various academic centres , including the universities of Oxford , Durham , Edinburgh , Essex , Manchester , Lancaster , Newcastle , Sussex , and East Anglia , and have written a number of unpublished papers which I have given in seminars at other similar establishments . |
| 5 | There is also er as , as well as recognizing that there are some things that perhaps we might have er concluded , but because of the er nature of the definition have fallen outside inclusion of this report . |
| 6 | The shares plunged 18p to 266p on news that profits have fallen to £91m from £93.7m . |
| 7 | The moves , counter moves , rejections , romances and broken hearts are spun together effortlessly through the music and will strike a chord with any teenagers and ex-teenagers who have fallen in love on a Saturday night . |
| 8 | I have fallen in love with American names , The sharp names that never get fat , The snakeskin-titles of mining claims , The plumed war-bonnet of Medicine Hat , Tucson and Deadwood and Lost Mule Flat . |
| 9 | The British have fallen in love with this Mediterranean island because it has everything for a perfect holiday : sunny skies , glorious beaches , bustling resorts , friendly people , fascinating sights and beautiful countryside . |
| 10 | I have fallen in love with the classic straight/shiny/side-parted style . |
| 11 | Most experienced social workers and therapists have had clients who , confessedly or otherwise , have been sexually attracted towards and/or have fallen in love with them . |
| 12 | People have fallen in love for stranger reasons , but music has obviously played a central role in their marriage . |
| 13 | Every newspaper in Punjab and many outside have fallen in line with the code of conduct . |
| 14 | Profits have fallen from £322m for 1990 as the company , which operates textile , cleaning , security , distribution , plant , personnel , catering , joinery and facilities management businesses , rebuilds . |
| 15 | Add the two factors together , and the average mortgage payments of a first-time buyer have fallen from 30% of earnings in 1990 to 12% today — the lowest for more than 20 years ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 16 | I tell you , Minnie , I have fallen from favour of late and through no fault of my own , whereas my husband and son rest high in Mrs Browning 's estimation . |
| 17 | Prices have fallen from £700 per drive to under £300 in the past two years and could fall to perhaps £100 , forced down by competition from Asian producers . |
| 18 | More than 300 people have fallen from trains in the past 20 years . |
| 19 | Tea prices in London have fallen by 30% from a three-year peak in January . |
| 20 | Real wages in Australia have fallen by 5% over the past seven years ; in Britain they have risen by almost 20% . |
| 21 | Some fear this may have harmed the LME 's reputation , and could drive prices , which have fallen by 50% in two years , still lower . |
| 22 | According to a study commissioned by the owners , the profits of major-league clubs have fallen by 54% since 1989 . |
| 23 | " You have heard of course of the famous monasteries of St Antony 's and St Paul 's in the eastern desert , " the priest said . |
| 24 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 25 | You have heard in response to a direct question put by yourself to an expert for North Yorkshire County Council , that he regarded the village of Flaxton as making a contribution to the historic setting of York , that it had a greenbelt function . |
| 26 | State-owned French banks , such as Crédit Lyonnais , have relied on share-swaps with other state companies . |
| 27 | For example where he used production of ammonia , we have relied on production of CO 2 as the measurement of glutamine metabolism . |
| 28 | Neighbouring countries ' governments have intervened in favour of their own people . |
| 29 | The image of policing gleaned from police programmes on British and American television and in films is very much how Easton 's police see themselves , as others have commented with respect to police forces elsewhere ( Holdaway 1983 : 147 ; Hurd 1979 ; Klockars 1983 ; Morris and Heal 1981 ; Tuska 1979 ) . |
| 30 | THREE Sellafield bikers have roared to success in the recent Wirral 100 road races . |