Example sentences of "have already [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been turning out bombs and shells since 1939 , and the Gulf war has already begun to embellish a colourful history . |
| 2 | The Commission has already proposed establishing a compensation fund for damage caused by waste . |
| 3 | Their party president , Mr Gerry Adams , has already refused to give a straight reply , hiding behind a mist of prevarication . |
| 4 | The US , which is responsible for 23 per cent of world CO 2 , against 13 per cent from the EC , has already refused to make a similar policy commitment . |
| 5 | Cook has already promised to take a 12.5 per cent stake in Owners via a tender offer , provided the Airtours bid failed . |
| 6 | The company has already had to win a hard-fought battle with Telecom to get access to international telephone lines — a must for the type of customers it hopes to attract . |
| 7 | The performance of modern gliders makes it much easier and more likely for a pilot to fly himself into a potential death trap unless he uses his imagination or has already learned to have a healthy respect for the elements . |
| 8 | She 'd already decided to invent a tummy bug to explain any awkward disappearances she might be forced to make . |
| 9 | The organisers had already begun to promise a strong local bill topped by the two biggest attractions in Manchester at the time , The Chameleons and , of course , The Smiths . |
| 10 | On the strength of the parcels sent back to him by his brothers-in-law , and what Gould described as his ‘ own exceedingly rich collection , perhaps the finest extant ’ , he had already begun to publish a volume entitled A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands . |
| 11 | Samuel Beeton had already begun to make a name for himself as a publisher and editor . |
| 12 | This came about through the fact that although Mondrian made use of the Cubist grid-system of Composition , he had already begun to develop a new form of painting which finally culminated during the war in the purely abstract idiom of De Stijl and Neo-Plasticism . |
| 13 | West Germany had already decided to impose a duty on carbon dioxide emissions , with the proceeds being invested in energy-efficient technology . |
| 14 | In fact , this decision was less revolutionary than it appeared : Bush has brought the deadline forward from 2000 , as laid down under the Montreal Protocol , to 1995 , but the EC had already decided to adopt a 1997 deadline and the US had been lagging behind world opinion . |
| 15 | Reports earlier in the month suggested that the government had already planned to impose a period of martial law . |
| 16 | Coincidentally , Sarah Vickerstaff had already arranged to teach a personnel management course in Novosibirsk at the end of February before ESRC had approved of the project . |
| 17 | But Mr Abu Sharif said on US television that Mr Bush had already agreed to use a satellite in the search , and thanked both the President and Mr Carter . |
| 18 | According to documents consigned by Sonnabend to the Supreme Court on 13 May , Halley had already agreed to hold a one-man show with them last May and all the works in it had already been sold to Sonnabend clients , as Halley well knew . |
| 19 | However Jim Swire , a leading member of the UK Families Flight 103 group , claimed that he had already managed to take a simulated bomb through Heathrow airport on a flight to New York , on May 18 , 1990 . |
| 20 | ‘ In fact , I 've already tried to raise a bank loan in order to do that very thing — but I had no luck . |
| 21 | In fact , you 've already got got a new book from er what 's that , Pickwick ? |
| 22 | Here is the reassurance which will be needed by those of you who have already begun to imagine a procession of sweaty limbs being uncovered in church to the discomfort of all . |
| 23 | Many of the changes we have already discussed reflect a changed role for women , which is important for everyone 's experience of contemporary Britain . |
| 24 | It was learnt yesterday county councillors have already considered ending a schools cleaning contract awarded to a private firm hired to look after Middlesbrough schools after the it notched up 22 default notices between last August and May 1 . |
| 25 | SUGAR , whose debut 45 ‘ Changes ’ is currently topping the NME Indie singles chart , release their LP ‘ Copper Blue ’ in two weeks — and have already finished writing a follow-up ! |
| 26 | Four republics — Russia , the Ukraine , Belorussia and Kazakhstan — have already agreed to negotiate a limited union treaty among themselves , which other republics can join if they wish . |