Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discussion in the preceding section has emphasized how insights from the corporate-strategy literature may help in arriving at a sensible assessment of individual project cash flows , and that models need to be based upon theories about market success . |
| 2 | Whatever its size , it is this trapped space that has fascinated both artists and scientists . |
| 3 | For someone who is only 24 Charlie Swan has had a lot of falls and has broken both legs and arms as well as his nose . |
| 4 | Large scale farming has ripped out hedges and woods to make way for arable crops , leaving Harwell as an oasis in the middle of the fields . |
| 5 | It was hard to imagine Eleanor 's contrariness , since she rarely saw it , but even , Dorothea told herself , were she the dearest , most unselfish soul in the world , she is old , nevertheless , Alida has to carry heavily trays up and down stairs and see the food being left uneaten , to get up in the middle of night after night , to listen to the rambling memories , to put up with incoherence and with having to repeat everything because her mother did not remember . |
| 6 | He has stashed up reserves of arms , and can probably get more . |
| 7 | The seller has given up goods in exchange for an increase in his bank deposit . |
| 8 | The player has to smash up opponents . |
| 9 | The reader interprets this as " the echo died away " , but is aware that the sound has conjured up birds for the people . |
| 10 | Auspex Systems Inc has picked up distributors in Europe and the Pacific Rim including Storage Data Systems International in France , RacTech GmbH in Germany and Edata in Scandinavia . |
| 11 | OpenVision Inc , the unusual nine-month-old Pleasanton , California start-up with $25m in funding and a $12m revenue stream , which launched its unusual systems management concept at the end of last month ( CI No 2,158 ) , has picked up friends in high places . |
| 12 | WISH you were here can so easily become ‘ wish we 'd never gone ’ when you arrive home to find that burglars have emptied the tool shed , the pipes have burst and the dog has picked up fleas in the kennels . |
| 13 | DELL HAS COME UP TRUMPS AGAIN , THIS TIME WITH A NOTEBOOK COMPUTER THAT 'S CHOC-A-BLOC WITH USEFUL FEATURES . |
| 14 | She is full of praise for the invaluable public library system which has come up trumps in most of her researches . |
| 15 | Netherwood has carried out modifications to the kit and relaunched it as the Rotorway Exec 90 , currently selling for $35,000 including power plant . |
| 16 | They concede that municipal monopoly of schooling has let down generations but they come back with ideas that seem to me to be sensible and subtle but also politically popular . |
| 17 | As expected ( UX No 422 ) , Unix System Labs Inc will today announce a new release of its Tuxedo transaction processing system , to which USL has added further extensions for interoperability and distributed computing . |
| 18 | A round of modifications has speeded up Stars & Stripes for the fourth round of trials . |
| 19 | A whole new service industry — office design — has sprung up in the city , and the demand for furniture , secretaries and commercial space has pushed up prices . |
| 20 | Ransome kept her on the River Orwell just below Ipswich , at the peaceful little anchorage of Pin Mill where the National Trust has built up holdings of land . |
| 21 | This plant has shot up 21ins in 3 days . |
| 22 | Howard never realized — up to now he has seen only copies of the Night Watch and the Birth of Venus ; indeed of everything , from electron microscopes and openers to the muddle of plasticine , string , and electric flex in the toy drawer at home . |
| 23 | This is not a late development , since already Alfenus Varus can be found in the late Republic arguing that a legacy per damnationem in which the testator has written only damnas esto ought to be valid . |
| 24 | In addition , the International M&A Network has prepared further guidelines that address the particular circumstances of cross-border engagements ( see the handbook ) . |
| 25 | The cost of sourcing base components — usually paid for in US dollars — has risen dramatically thanks to the sterling crisis . |
| 26 | The wheel of fortune has turned up trumps and offers you a handsome payola today . |
| 27 | Brigade chairman says the force has turned down allowances for its services because the formation of the brigade was voluntary and they are proud to render their services to the people and the country . |
| 28 | Since Nepal 's borders were opened in the 1950s Hillary has noticed how attitudes among the Sherpas has changed . |
| 29 | But until the inventor has done both things [ product and gestalt ] nothing has any meaning . |
| 30 | ‘ Also with Kerrang spelling all c's as k's and all s's as z's , ’ Dave continued , ‘ the editor has to sort out problems with the typesetters who are always trying to correct our copy . |