Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] [art] past " in BNC.
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| 1 | No account is usually taken of the care which the dependant may be giving or have given in the past to the carer . |
| 2 | One method would be to program the computer to remember the kinds of qualities that humans have favoured in the past , and to exert continued selection of the same general kind in the future . |
| 3 | There is , however , continuing controversy about the extent to which reductions in mortality , especially in middle age and late life , have depended in the past and will depend in the future on collective measures to control the physical and social environment , or on voluntary , individualistic modifications in personal life-styles . |
| 4 | ‘ I need to know who your customers are , what orders they have placed in the past and why they no longer wish to trade with you . |
| 5 | Empirical studies have taken three forms : ( a ) controlled experiments , usually observing how selected persons respond to higher benefits ( negative taxes ) ; ( b ) questionnaires based on random samples , and ( c ) econometric studies using data on how people have responded in the past to tax changes . |
| 6 | Look back on the activities you have enjoyed in the past and select one to develop . |
| 7 | However , we have to acknowledge the considerable benefits that have accrued in the past because people have hunted — benefits to conservation in general , not to the individual animals being hunted . |
| 8 | Michael Howard , Secretary of State for Unemployment , in announcing employment action in Parliament , stated , this Government , have placed policies designed to lead to job creation and they will succeed in the future as they they have succeeded in the past . |
| 9 | I have noticed in the past , of course , that most conversations would make much better sense if you ran them backwards . |
| 10 | ‘ It is moving away from everything they have said in the past . |
| 11 | As I have said in the past , NALGO are welcome at those meetings . |
| 12 | But clearly , what you have said in the past has led us to believe that you think self help does not solve all the problems , the government now seems to be telling us |
| 13 | This can only be good for the G M B and it would hopefully bring on board some , if not all of the doubting Thomases , that have said in the past that we do nothing for them . |
| 14 | It is a place where people live and work , as they have done in the past and will do in the future . |
| 15 | The modification we have done in the past to vehicles ( particularly in windy areas ) is to screw to the door edge and footwell a strip of seat belt webbing which , when taught , stops the door touching the door post . |
| 16 | If done well , these can add an interesting chapter to the history of the building , as they have done in the past . |
| 17 | She has not used her wealth and prestige to act as a patron of the arts , as monarchs have done in the past and millionaires still do today . |
| 18 | If we wanted to , we could write a safer form of music , and we have done in the past — ballads like Beth , or other more pop-related , radio-friendly attractive material . |
| 19 | But history has shown that those in authority should take more notice of recommended accident prevention measures than they have done in the past . |
| 20 | It is clear from the last sentence in the quotation that Mrs Whitehouse does not view her position in the way some of her critics have done in the past , as reactionary or illiberal . |
| 21 | It reminds us that we are feeling anxious and in doing so increases our fear that the symptoms may get worse as they have done in the past . |
| 22 | They wanted from us an assurance that we would continue to provide the level of service that we have done in the past . |
| 23 | Tealtaoich said , ‘ You have always been on the side of justice , Trees ; come with us and fight with us and for us , as you have done in the past . ’ |
| 24 | It is hoped that members will continue to support the Trust as generously as they have done in the past , in the knowledge that by responding to information mailed to them they are making a contribution to the Trust 's work . |
| 25 | And quite clearly managing your affairs as you have done in the past within this context , becomes more difficult . |
| 26 | I have done in the past , not recently . |
| 27 | It will allow doctors to perform twice as many operations as they have done in the past . |
| 28 | ‘ I think we have done in the past , but the time has come to say enough is enough . ’ |
| 29 | We must acknowledge , as we have done in the past , the fact that a physically painful experience at an early age , in the interests of discipline , is of more lasting value than a stream of compassionate understanding showered on a delinquent at a later stage . |
| 30 | I certainly Mr Chairman welcome this paper erm and I know today that I think possibly the main reason being erm , I could be deemed also been through and through today responding to our local issue and that maybe due to May fever , I do n't know , erm , in really accepting acknowledging as I have done in the past your efforts , erm the county surveyor 's efforts for this part of Suffolk I do again bring to your attention and I do n't think is being critical in that the Barnet by bypass is part of a far bigger jigsaw and that jigsaw I say not |