Example sentences of "have [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 there was new legislation to restore these traditional colours to houses in the island and banning the use of unpainted aluminium for windows , gates and so on , which have been spoiling many of the traditional buildings . |
| 2 | Mothers have been warned that alcohol and tobacco — as well as various medicines and other chemicals — can injure a fetus . |
| 3 | As with the clearance of the forest of the British Isles since the last glaciation , those areas with the ‘ least resistance ’ , i.e. with shallow dry soils , have been cleared first . |
| 4 | We do n't want to find ourselves with any comic exposure unless all the parameters have been examined in-depth . ’ |
| 5 | In an effort to make life more interesting for our younger members of staff and our graduate element , I have been inviting past students back to lecture on any aspect of their current work . |
| 6 | Many valuable drugs have been recognized first as poisons . |
| 7 | Rival warlords Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed have been looting Western emergency aid supplies sent to the area . |
| 8 | This afternoon anxious council chiefs have been meeting MMI representatives to assess the implications of MMI freezing its business . |
| 9 | Although we have been seeking similar promotional competitions with northern theatres [ and we have n't given up yet ] we do not have the facilities to run a comprehensive programme of regional competitions . |
| 10 | The movement into private care has been accentuated by tight control of local authority expenditure at a time when numbers of people have been ‘ deinstitutionalised ’ from psychiatric and psycho-geriatric units , and when people from an ageing population have been seeking residential care for the first time . |
| 11 | The government-sponsored loan guarantees could be an alternative for some airlines which have been seeking foreign partners , the Times said . |
| 12 | Then she would at least have been able to ask if he was anything to do with Massingham Engineering — and thereby have been prepared this morning . |
| 13 | In the main , we have been exploring sensory perception and physical reality . |
| 14 | ‘ It can not be denied that in the face of recession , publishers have been exploring all possible avenues for book sales . ’ |
| 15 | They have been pestering other UN agencies , embassies and local traders , so far without success . |
| 16 | Restrictions on water use have been imposed this month in areas of the south and east of the country , which is experiencing the worst drought this century . |
| 17 | The Republic of Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1819 although its borders have been redrawn several times since . |
| 18 | The six men and six women have been questioned all day by detectives : |
| 19 | In such a case , notice that the average length of life , e , in a population is not , in general , equal to the average age at death because all the birth cohorts have been compounded irrespective of their sizes . |
| 20 | In recent years , telephone companies in Western Europe have been investing fabulous sums in replacing their old , analogue networks with digital ones . |
| 21 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 22 | Loans to small farmers have been increased 25 times over ; research and investment has gone into new seeds and fertilizers specially designed for the needs ( and the purses ) of the small farmer ; and maize prices have gone up by 129 per cent so as to provide an incentive . |
| 23 | Fifty thousand Palestinians have been through the prisons since the intifada began ; scores of Arab children have been shot dead . |
| 24 | Fifty thousand Palestinians have been through the prisons since the intifada began ; scores of Arab children have been shot dead . |
| 25 | Some have been shot dead at their office desks . |
| 26 | The S A S are already there and there are people that have been shot dead , unarmed people , civilians who 've been shot dead by the S A S. |
| 27 | Three protestors supporting President Gamsakhurdia have been shot dead by gunmen in Tblisi . |
| 28 | Four men suspected of IRA terrorism have been shot dead in an SAS ambush in Ulster . |
| 29 | Given the horrendous job losses that have been announced this month in the manufacturing sector , are these signs of the success of the Government 's economic policy ? |
| 30 | Since March 20th , when the Bank of Japan raised its discount rate by a further 1% ( to 5.25% ) , the banks have been warning corporate customers that loans will now cost more than 7% . |