Example sentences of "have [vb pp] in a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The context in which they arose was that of the capitalist world economy and imperialism ; hence there has also been , in many of these movements a substantial socialist influence , and in some countries , notably in China , nationalist movements have culminated in a social revolution .
2 ‘ At least , ’ said Penny Warlock , ‘ you can say you have taught in a good school .
3 In the 13 World Cups since 1930 , the world 's best players have gathered in an ever-expanding display of skill and enthusiasm for the game .
4 Three prestigious French and British galleries have collaborated in a mixed loan and selling exhibition of works by Barbizon artists .
5 Greater peace could be found on a boating pond in Regent 's Park than at the populated end of poor Loch Morar in summer , with speed boats raping its once enigmatic waters and queues of cars waiting for senior citizens in their caravans to unblock the single track road where they have parked in a passing place to brew up a cuppa .
6 If I add that the majority of Cubists were formerly considered to be Fauves , I can demonstrate how far these young artists have come in a short time and the logic of their vision .
7 For example , questions of relevance only to married women can be prefaced by a general question about marital status followed by an instruction for those who have answered in a particular way to move to the relevant subset .
8 This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering .
9 As we have seen in a previous chapter , he argued that such an illusory growth could in fact mask a real decline in values and use-values .
10 There is a deep sense of untimeliness about the death of a child and whereas , as we have seen in an earlier chapter , it is possible to look on some deaths as timely and part of the natural rhythm of life , when a child is involved this does not seem to be so .
11 Food : As we have seen in an earlier chapter , our physical condition has a great influence on our minds and our emotions — the reverse also being true .
12 As we have seen in an earlier chapter , by gentleman or noble person Spenser is thinking of a distinctive class of person , but his desire to fashion gentlemen nevertheless might be seen as directed at individual development .
13 Between the extremes stand the work of Ewan and Fiona McLachlan whose designs have featured in a recent RIBA Forty under 40 exhibition .
14 Henry Fonda was apparently heard to say of his son , ‘ That little bastard … he and some other punks have produced a movie out of nothing and have made more money from that piece of crap than I have made in a whole lifetime in Hollywood . ’
15 Wendy , who is also a keep fit specialist , is overwhelmed by her new pupils ' enthusiasm and thrilled at the progress they have made in a short time .
16 Both of Ambrose 's ( 1986 ) mechanisms of capital accumulation have operated in a straightforward fashion .
17 Often people become accustomed to odours especially those arising from works which have operated in a particular vicinity for a long time .
18 And at the last three meetings the bookmakers have operated in a confined square which certainly has n't been the answer to congestion problems .
19 As with settlements , changes of status have occurred in a poorly-documented period — the tenth to twelfth centuries .
20 Staff members have acted in an advisory capacity on such projects as sites for dams , reservoirs , power stations , underground storage , major sewage schemes , new towns and buildings of all kinds , quarries , tunnels and routes for major roads and pipe lines .
21 I have slept in a full set of thermal underwear , but the cold gets to me as soon as I leave the bag .
22 We have landed in a blind alley . ’
23 In my case , and I am sure I am not alone in this , I can picture in my mind 's eye every summit I have reached in a long life without confusion of identity .
24 Firstly , because SMS 201–995 is a potent inhibitor of gastric acid secretion and , secondly , because we have found in a separate pilot experiment that 24 hour intragastric pH profiles during single omeprazole treatment and treatment combined with SMS 201–995 did not differ in two subjects studied ( data not shown ) .
25 ‘ The energy and excitement that music videos have caused in a young audience has to be consumated into musical film . ’
26 Two brothers have appeared in an Irish court in connection with the Swindon body in the loft murder .
27 Mr Edward Pearce , the political pundit whose views have appeared in an impressive number of different newspapers over the past few years , has been pondering the curse of the accountant for the benefit of Guardian readers .
28 Another kind of formal link between sentences is the substitution of words like do or so for a word or group of words which have appeared in an earlier sentence .
29 Both have run in a previous Grand National , Brown Windsor finishing a remote fourth when favourite two years ago , and Docklands Express a first-fence faller 12 months ago .
30 Like in confession when I tell Father McCormack that I have sinned in a personal manner — I do n't tell him I 'm having it off , do I ?
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