Example sentences of "it have in the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation will come down through the use of high interest rates , as it has in the past . |
| 2 | Actually , once the fund has footed a bill , it has in the past successfully pursued a polluter through the courts . |
| 3 | Against the rest of the sector and the market , that looks a good deal less attractive than it has in the past . |
| 4 | It has in the past been notorious that a pupil in an English school , having learned French for seven years , and having even passed at grade A at A level , may yet be unable to utter more than a few halting sentences , and be hardly able to follow a simple conversation with a native speaker . |
| 5 | Prior approval is not required ( except in SSSIs and National Parks in the UK , but then not from the Agriculture Department ) and in assessing schemes financially , MAFF has disregarded the fact that it has in the past contributed 50–70% of the scheme 's cost and that a high proportion of the profit to be earned is public money in the form of HLCAs . |
| 6 | It is extremely unlikely that there will be any difficulty — at a general election the returns to the writs will have identified the winners and , nowadays , the oath is unlikely to present any problems , although it has in the past . |
| 7 | If the sport grows over the next 10 years as quickly as it has in the past five , I could make a lot of money . ’ |
| 8 | These considerations hold out some hope that , while the problem of maintaining lead times will remain serious , it will remain a manageable problem , much as it has in the past . |
| 9 | Without the ERM , countries could competitively devalue their currencies : that would prove as inflationary in future as it has in the past , and it would give rise to the sort of trade frictions that plague the relationship between America and Japan , or worse . |
| 10 | Actually , it has in the past . ’ |
| 11 | But it can hardly be argued that either carbonate or coal measure deposition is going on around the world today in anything like the way it has in the past . |
| 12 | It has in the past happened that a client has been advised by the agent to amend an order , has entirely agreed with that advice , but has at the same time pointed out that his authority does not extend to giving a final decision , and this can be awkward . |
| 13 | While it may be exaggerating to say that the Scottish Office is anti-cycling , it has in the past done far less for us than the local authorities have , and despite changes of public opinion the Scottish Office still views cycling as a ( road safety ) problem instead of a solution to traffic congestion which is healthy ( cf. the BMA Report , ‘ Cycling : Towards Health and Safety ’ , 1992 ) , cheap , quick and pollution-free . |
| 14 | This would seem self-evident but it has in the past exercised the minds of many lawyers , in relation to the IMRO venture capital rules at least . |
| 15 | But I think we see that with the capital programme , that quite clearly you 're erm , having to take into account the fact that capital spend erm , can not be er maintained at the level it has in the past , and indeed I believe you are talking about this matter , er , later on this morning . |
| 16 | If our club can make a difference , and it has in the past , we will send a tape straightaway . ’ |
| 17 | Although parliamentary government did not cease to work , it no longer appeared to be working in the way that it had in the past . |