Example sentences of "to have [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is infuriating to have to mow an extra half width , or to find that you can not turn a corner without complicated manoeuvres . |
| 2 | Fortunately their late arrival did not seem to have aroused the usual hostile chorus of hushing , the majority of the audience consisting of French soldiers who were far from particular about such matters . |
| 3 | It is possibly true , and though the challenges presented to the Western bishops on the nature of the Church ( Donatism ) and about grace and free will ( Pelagianism ) were serious enough , theological debate rarely seems to have aroused the same passions in the West as it did in the East . |
| 4 | Shamir would have preferred to have formed a broad coalition government with Labour , but this became impossible for him in view of statements made by Labour Ministers suggesting that they supported contacts with the PLO , and in view of pressure from hardline Likud members such as Ariel Sharon to form a right-wing government . |
| 5 | A group of People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) officers was reported to have formed a secret group backing the reinstatement of the former party chief , Zhao Ziyang . |
| 6 | Many of the movements in the 1960s were reluctant to take this step , largely because of their hostility to the bureaucratic character of traditional parties , and they seem to have formed no clear idea of how the desired transformation of the economy , the political system and cultural patterns ( including education ) could actually be carried out in an effective way . |
| 7 | Four Eritrean groupings opposed to the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) transitional government in Asmara were reported on Sept. 28 to have formed the Eritrean National Pact Alliance ( ENPA ) , accusing the Front of seeking to establish a dictatorship . |
| 8 | In 1792 , however , Lewis was elected surveyor to Christ 's Hospital and in the following year he was appointed to the corresponding post at the Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals ; and from then on these institutional responsibilities appear to have formed the principal element in his career . |
| 9 | Thus the family , neighbourhood , or work-place groups of older and younger men and a sprinkling of women , which seem to have formed the basic unit of attendance between the wars and before , broke up . |
| 10 | In this connection it is perhaps significant that the boundary between the parish and Snodland was the old track or Ridgeway , now largely destroyed by chalk quarries , which , keeping to the highest and driest line over the downs is thought to have formed the main east-west route at this period , crossing the River Medway at Holborough as Mr Margery suggested . |
| 11 | A second example involves an argument by means of which the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahé claimed to have refuted the Copernican theory a few decades after the first publication of that theory . |
| 12 | But he is unlikely to have foreseen the next blow . |
| 13 | Owner Lachie Stewart aims to have re-built the 16th-century fortress he bought two years ago by December 1999 . |
| 14 | It is only necessary to reverse the meaning of the sentence to realize how difficult it would have been for Baldwin to have given a negative answer . |
| 15 | Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 16 | Again , during the American War of Independence , their colonel is said to have given a long speech under heavy fire about Spartan discipline and the efficient military system of the Lacedaemonians . |
| 17 | Having won the Cabinet 's acceptance ofthe economic strategy , she has been more concerned with implementation and this appears to have given a greater role to her Policy Unit , members of ‘ think tanks ’ , and ad hoc groups of officials , advisers , and ministers . |
| 18 | We must of course make full allowance for the disappearance of the most important historical sources of the third century B.C. Hieronymus of Cardia is likely to have given a precise account of the Celtic events of 280–275 B.C. Later Phylarchus continued the story . |
| 19 | The Peckham trucks are said to have given the better ride , but being built up from a number of separate parts , required more frequent maintenance than the Brill trucks , whose main component was a solid forging . |
| 20 | And , of course , every official New Zealand or British sitting in the stand claimed not to have witnessed a gross act of violence , right in front of their eyes . |
| 21 | Agencies then had to develop procedures for the implementation of PPB by the end of December 1965 By 1 April 1966 agencies were expected to have developed a comprehensive , multi-year programme and financial plan . |
| 22 | Controversy aside , the fact that Dykstra was called upon so often vouched for Rangers ' ascendancy but the Hateley/McCoist goal machine seemed to have developed a mechanical fault . |
| 23 | During their travels they appear to have developed a black variety which became extremely popular , perhaps because its natural nocturnal camouflage assisted it to become a more efficient mouser and ratter . |
| 24 | Despite this precaution it was found to have developed a brownish-orange rim as a result of atmospheric exposure . |
| 25 | China , the world 's third largest pesticide producer after the USA and USSR , claims to have developed a new crop spraying technique which reduces pollution and increases efficiency . |
| 26 | With the advent of punk music in 1977 I transferred my energies and enthusiasm from the military and spent a lot of time dressing up and putting Vaseline in my hair , much to the annoyance of my house master , a quiet Benedictine who wrote on my term report , ‘ Christian seems to have developed a nihilistic attraction for punk rock , which is strange for somebody who avoids violence even on the rugby field . |
| 27 | He was known to have developed a huge network of patronage , and was widely considered to be the most powerful of the opposition candidates . |
| 28 | A small US company claims to have developed a low-energy lightbulb with a lifetime of up to 14 years . |
| 29 | East Enders Gunshot are one of very few British rap crews to have developed a unique and unmistakable style . |
| 30 | Given its pattern of development , we consider elite theory 's methodological approach under two main headings : its claims to have developed a scientific research method and its focus on power and domination . |