Example sentences of "have [vb pp] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I very much hope that the work that we are already doing will lead to initiatives being taken by those countries as a result of the guidance that we have given at local government , as well as national , level . |
| 2 | Loaded down with non-performing assets , the banks have balked at new lending , which grew by just 1.1% over the 12 months to April , its slowest ever . |
| 3 | Both Peking and East Berlin have witnessed at first hand just how dangerous the forces unleashed by Mikhail Gorbachev can be . |
| 4 | Recent studies which have looked at this issue report that people talk in terms of some blend of love and duty , affection and obligation ( Ungerson , 1987 ; Lewis and Meredith , 1988 ) . |
| 5 | Most studies , however , have looked at short term ingestion of isolated dietary fibres compared with elemental diets and some have measured the effects of post starvation recovery . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr and Mrs Gould are now in the Colony ’ proclaimed the Hobart Town Courier , ‘ to which they have come at great expense and sacrifice of comfort , purely with the view of making this work [ Birds of Australia ] still more valuable by taking their drawings from living specimens . |
| 7 | I have written at great length to my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary . |
| 8 | NEIL Kinnock and the party he leads are looking better than they have done at any time since he took office in 1983 . |
| 9 | All was cleared up later when the hotel manager came to investigate but our sympathies must go to the hapless Security Gorilla , as recent photographic evidence proves that mistaking Bob Dylan for a tramp with salubrious lodgings in Cardboard City is something even hardened celeb watchers like ourselves have done at some point or another . |
| 10 | I am also aware of the work put in to securing a new Glasgow Office — thanks to you and your colleagues for all that you have done at local level . |
| 11 | The wall running up to the skyline beyond Middle Washfold points the way to the summit of Ingleborough and is the route usually followed by Three Peaks walkers , but others not committed to this arduous marathon , especially if inspired by what they have seen at Great Douk and Middle Washfold , may wish to linger on the easy ground below the steepening slopes . |
| 12 | ‘ I have seen at first hand her effect on people young and old . |
| 13 | How many people did you in your er in your time on the flats , how many people do you think , have visited at some time ? |
| 14 | This desertion and decay could , of course , have occurred at any period . |
| 15 | You therefore get an increasing tangle of bureaucratic instructions which seek to legislate for an endless series of unlikely events which have occurred at some time in the organization 's past . |
| 16 | The most I have played at one time is probably seven hours and it becomes agonising , it tightens your arm up terribly . ’ |
| 17 | In a letter of 1867 to a friend on the death of the latter 's brother he writes : " You have experienced at first hand … why our Schopenhauer exalts suffering and sorrow as a glorious fate , as the deuteros pious [ second way ] to the negation of the will … , |
| 18 | It will be a very low level of inflation , lower than we have known at any time in recent years , and steady sustainable growth leading to secure jobs , sustaining the Conservative party in government for many years . |
| 19 | We have dealt at some length with these important , if abortive , proposals because they throw a great deal of light on the complexities surrounding the financial control and management of public sector higher education and because they have influenced the subsequent debate concerning the need for some form of central control . |
| 20 | We have dealt at some length with Haycocks I and its aftermath because of the relative importance of full-time teachers to the further education colleges . |
| 21 | I have dealt at some length with the arrangements for mandatory support because they have been in the limelight recently and because they are the direct responsibility of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 22 | Mr Deputy Speaker , er i you will have observed that the two front benches have spoken at incredible length and you have had to reprimand them , or certainly the opposition for er going away from the subject matter and do you not er believe that it would have been far better to allow some back benchers to get . |
| 23 | Then he would ask the class if anyone had an answer , and before they had a chance to reply he would add " Mahaddie and I have arrived at this conclusion " . |
| 24 | Reading the old files , it is interesting to note how many well-known Institute figures have served at one time or another on the TAC . |
| 25 | Earlier types have run at high power , even when manoeuvring at slow speed , to keep the skirt inflated . |
| 26 | Many laboratories have cooperated at short notice and are analysing large numbers of samples . |
| 27 | shop stewards , officials , MPs and the community have worked at hundred mile an hour going to wherever necessary in order to save ship building on Tyneside and Swan Hunters . |
| 28 | Both have worked at International House , London , and Liz is one of the chief examiners of RSA Dip TEFL . |
| 29 | Both have worked at International House , London , and Liz was one of the chief examiners for the RSA Dip . |
| 30 | ‘ People have baulked at technology-based training because you have to pay a lot up front before you start getting the benefits of the system , ’ says Stephen Weil , marketing manager of CD-I Training , ‘ CD-I takes the hardware cost out of the equation . |