Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | our estimate for price elasticity is four and one to nought point eight minus one is one point eight , notice though that its ratio has jumped considerably or has doubled and the dummy variable itself is very significant the T ratio ten the coefficient on that dummy variable tells us the effect of the war on textile consumption , right so on average textile consumption rose by point two er see what the units of measurement are we do n't actually have units of er ah so we 'll |
| 2 | Since then , the hierarchy has met more or less three times per year , but usually in secret sessions . |
| 3 | Again this contrasts with other research which has examined the labour market status of older workers , but which has sampled directly or indirectly among the unemployed ( Hill et al. |
| 4 | It is argued by Mr. Scrivener that the Home Secretary has acted unfairly or irrationally in treating discretionary and mandatory cases differently . |
| 5 | Historically , to prohibit cruelty to animals has amounted to prohibiting the infliction of unnecessary pain , or unjustified pain , especially when the pain is substantial and the human agent has acted wantonly or maliciously , and with intent . |
| 6 | The exercise of these powers can not be successfully challenged in the courts unless it can be shown that the Home Secretary has acted unreasonably or perversely . |
| 7 | We wish to thank everyone who has contributed directly or indirectly to the preparation of this document . |
| 8 | Floorboards , plaster , timber trim , including architraves and skirting boards , and other finishes ( including apparently impenetrable tiling ) must be removed from timber and masonry if the slightest suspicion exists that the fungus has reached beneath or behind them . |
| 9 | The learning has become more or less permanent . |
| 10 | Mr Jordan 's advice to any woman who thinks her doctor has behaved unprofessionally or asked her to do something humiliating is to refuse straightaway and report the incident . |
| 11 | About half of all married men engage in extra-marital sex at least once in their married lives — a statistic which has remained more or less constant for many decades . |
| 12 | Per capita alcohol consumption since 1979 has remained more or less flat ( Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 13 | However , some parcels can not be delivered , for example because the recipient has gone away or refuses to accept the parcel , in which case we will try to return it to you . |
| 14 | Only when he has run away or been hurt and stopped , can you allow that determination , that anger , to drain away . |
| 15 | He ca n't be dead — he has run away or is hiding somewhere . |
| 16 | If your horse is dehydrated , give the electrolytes for a couple of days and then only give them when the horse has worked hard or competed or you feel has sweated excessively . |
| 17 | The principle must be whether it is right to use public money to reward something that has happened anyway or to encourage something that might not happen if we do not use that public money . |
| 18 | In the last decade , as we have seen , conventional retail credit has kept more or less in line with changes in the volume of consumer spending ; there may even have been a slight decline . |
| 19 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 20 | But the distinction continues to matter to an innocent third party who has purchased directly or indirectly from the offender . |
| 21 | you 'd slept alright or not ? |
| 22 | We felt from this that there was , there was reasonable evidence to introduce this programme into our practice , and we , we looked at our patients erm at and , and we looked at all patients who 'd had moderately or well-differentiated transition cell carcinoma of the bladder at diagnosis , a non-invasive tumour , small , solitary , with a minimum follow up of one year . |
| 23 | We 'd known more or less since I 'd heard the words Jihad Islami in the Land of Grey and Pink , but they 'd never actually said it . |
| 24 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 25 | Yeah , I I ca n't think of any other things that you know that would have led to us sort of withdrawing our labour , e everything else could 've settled amicably or through discussions with the union . |
| 26 | Three of the meteorites were found on rocky terrain where they may have fallen directly or been deposited by melted ice . |
| 27 | Any growth which has occurred must either have come later or have involved other forms of temporary working , such as the imposition of a special " temporary " status on certain workers recruited on open-ended contracts — something which our case studies indicate might have been the case . |
| 28 | It seems probable that Kent imported material directly from the Frankish world ; Scandinavian imports to Kent may have come directly or were also channelled through Francia . |
| 29 | During those two periods my diary makes no mention of food , and I assume I must have eaten more or less normally . |
| 30 | Sometimes our bodies and minds seek excuses to experience griefs that we may have put aside or denied because we could n't face them at the time . |