Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the world comes to depend more and more on telecommunications and computer networks , AT&T is striving ever harder to pre-empt or avoid the kinds of breakdowns that have plagued its long-distance network and caused chaos in parts of the US over the past couple of years . |
| 2 | The list of Scottish footballers who have frequented their local turf accountant is longer than the starting lineup for the Grand National , but when it comes to identifying the ante-post favourite one player stands out above the rest . |
| 3 | Some countries , such as France and Luxembourg , have revised their evidential rules to remove any unnecessary obstacles to the use of computer records . |
| 4 | We have revised our premium rates because of the continuing increase in the cost of theft claims — 1983 saw a 24% increase over 1982 and there has been a further 12% increase in the first half of 1984 . |
| 5 | Just days after the Ardtullagh mansion was put up for sale , at least a dozen prospective buyers have given its 13 rooms the once-over . |
| 6 | Ibanez have obviously not forgotten that once the ‘ made in Japan ’ tag was considered a stigma and have given their Korean counterparts a chance to bask in the glory they deserve . |
| 7 | Voters who have given their highest preferences to the weakest candidates are allowed to participate , perhaps decisively , in the contest between the strongest . |
| 8 | Green voters will ( it is suggested ) have given their second-preference votes to him , and thus secured his election . |
| 9 | Mrs Coates said : ‘ We have had a lot of support getting this set up , many local firms have contributed and a lot of people have given their free time . |
| 10 | She says delays from the Department of Social Security in paying out housing benefit have given her financial problems . |
| 11 | I have given my filth-preference vote to one of them , and together with other much-transferred votes it may determine his election . |
| 12 | We have given our sincere apologies to both families for the distress and anxiety which we have caused them . ’ |
| 13 | And you have given your Holy Spirit to dwell within us . |
| 14 | Since Freud wrote , some groups , such as the Quakers , have altered their sexual code towards a more liberal position , but there are still restrictions . |
| 15 | ‘ You sometimes walk into a ward and talk to a new Greek patient , and they burst into tears because they have heard their own language , ’ says Maria . |
| 16 | I have heard my own favourite , Alchemilla mollis a useful hardy gap-filler , described as just that by a fellow gardener . |
| 17 | Is it too much to ask that our current politicians , Tory or Labour , who have abetted our national decline and now seek to end our independence , soon might have to face new and eloquent voices who will fill the patriotic void in our political spectrum , and reflect the views of the British people more accurately ? |
| 18 | ( b ) That by assigning rights and powers to the community in accordance with the Treaty provisions member states have limited their sovereign rights in such a way as to make it impossible to withdraw unilaterally . |
| 19 | However , almost two-thirds have limited their sexual liaisons to single figures , with only 1 in 10 having had 20 or more sexual partners . |
| 20 | I have whittled my own shortlist down to four models : the Thorens TD166VI / UK with Rega arm ( £269 ) , Systemdeck IIX ( £248 ) , the Rational Audio Aura 01 ( around £195 including a Linn K5 cartridge ) and the Rega Planar 3 ( £250 ) . |
| 21 | YOUNG BOYS of Berne have dismissed their Swedish coach , Tord Grip , because of poor results . |
| 22 | Their leader , Peter Bancroft , 36 , said : ‘ We have been struggling with British Rail 's shortage of drivers for months and have christened our regular train home the ghost train . ’ |
| 23 | We have pressed our European colleagues to face up to the need for change . |
| 24 | There they stay for about a fortnight until they have completed their first moult and can fend for themselves . |
| 25 | The band , whose ‘ Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs ’ single stormed the Indie Top 20 in March , have completed their first album for the Creation label . |
| 26 | Parents usually keep their children at home for a couple of years after they have completed their six years of compulsory education . |
| 27 | Once they have completed their reproductive life they can live on past it as ‘ trainers ’ for novice predators . |
| 28 | Some countries have tried to slow down the exodus by insisting that players can not leave before a certain age , usually 28 , or until they have completed their national service . |
| 29 | Cetus , US and Chiron , US , the biotechnology companies , have completed their proposed merger following the sale of Cetus 's polymerase chain reaction business to Hoffman-La Roche ( Chem . |
| 30 | To date mathematics , language and science have completed their initial round of annual surveys . |