Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This tradition happily has been continued by his successors whose duties have included presiding at the Annual General Meeting , an unpredictable , lively affair where it has been known for election to the Board to be determined by the toss of a coin ! |
2 | In Barbados ( and other places such as Jamaica and Antigua ) , the wickets are fast and so the bowlers have traditionally bowled fast , while the batsmen have looked to attack at every opportunity , to hit the ball as hard and as gleefully as possible . |
3 | Now that Hearts have decided to remain at a re-developed Tynecastle , Gulliver has resigned from the board . |
4 | Solent Stars , last in the Carlsberg League but unhappy with its organisation , have decided to withdraw at the end of the season . |
5 | Now , the happy couple have decided to marry at the Ipswich Register Office on August 14 . |
6 | In that context I have had to look at the definition of a specific issue order which is contained in section 8(1) of the Act and I know , from talking to those who have been concerned with this Act and are familiar with it , that they have no doubt at all as to what that definition means . |
7 | So far 11 clubs have agreed to meet at the Nelson Pub in Brownlees on February 20 . |
8 | To make money in engineering contracting you have got to work at the blue chip end of the market , people who want a top class value-for-money service and are prepared to pay a reasonable price for it . |
9 | A hundred and thirty staff at a factory destroyed by fire have volunteered to work at the company 's plant in France . |
10 | Over the past 18 months the MCofS have attempted to arrive at the compromise statement on the contentious issue of bolting in Scotland . |
11 | We have attempted to look at the three critical institutions of the corporate state and to examine their legitimacy in Christian terms . |
12 | I have continued to stay at the Abbey of Holy Rood involved in the matter assigned to me . |
13 | You can be truly successful this year , especially if you have learned to diversify at the same time as pursuing the well-beaten track to your objectives . |
14 | And even in this conformity the detectives are moving away from the uniform policeman 's concept of correct dress , for they are wearing ‘ civvy ’ clothing like those despised outsiders they have learned to keep at a distance . |
15 | They include the characteristics , background and attitudes of the people involved , the effects of socialization in the tenure type and the ways in which successive post-war governments and parties have encouraged owning at the expense of renting . |
16 | Plenty of other good bands around the country have tried to grab at the coat-tails the Manchester scene and failed as a result . |
17 | Plenty of other good bands around the country have tried to grab at the coat-tails the Manchester scene and failed as a result . |
18 | In this chapter , I have tried to assess the provisions of WFP in the light of the financial management agenda that existed at the end of 1988. 1 have endeavoured to look at the principles behind its proposals , rather than the detailed systems requirements necessary to make them work . |
19 | They have been created because we have chosen to look at a situation in a certain way or we have chosen to treat as a problem something which is merely a change . |
20 | For my GCSE Open Study I have chosen to look at the theme of obsessional love in ‘ The Collector ’ by John Fowles and ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald . |