Example sentences of "[noun sg] already [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , my lord Moray already had an unmarried sister … ! |
| 2 | Yes , I 've got the card already stamped , but I do n't know where the post-box is . ’ |
| 3 | It includes aid already promised ; debt relief that will deliver no new cash ; bilaterally-negotiated grants and credits , many of them tied to trade with particular ‘ donors ’ ( one man 's export subsidy is another 's development assistance ) ; and a variety of loan facilities that may not be drawn and which are , in fact , conditional on further reform . |
| 4 | Its mandate already gives it a prominent role in this area . ’ |
| 5 | My Department already spends more than £4 million annually on monitoring air quality , particularly in London , and making the information available to the general public and the media . |
| 6 | Most damningly of all , Sir Anthony concludes that in 1985 the Department already knew that Barlow Clowes did not maintain proper records , that it had been trading without a licence and that investment watchdogs were worried about the group 's activities . |
| 7 | The energy management assistance scheme , which will come into place on 1 April , will grant-aid energy efficiency projects for smaller businesses — a new initiative to add to the many others that my Department already runs . |
| 8 | The London showroom already attracts buyers from the Far East , South Africa , Europe and the US . |
| 9 | The Scheme emphasised the right of defendants to choose their own solicitor , and required the duty solicitor to check whether the defendant already had one . |
| 10 | Abuse of possession which the defendant already has may take many forms , such as sale accompanied by delivery of the plaintiff 's goods or their documents of title to another , pawning them , or otherwise disposing of them . |
| 11 | Tomorrow , on a Buckinghamshire industrial estate , the pair renew hostilities with Ardiles fighting to protect his credibility and O'Neill 's managerial aptitude already drawing comparisons with his mentor , Brian Clough . |
| 12 | I was lending a hand in the store of one of my compatriots ; for which I received a miserly stipend and a corner of a room in the warehouse already occupied by two young Chinese . |
| 13 | ARC 's application has aroused strong local opposition in a neighbourhood already devastated by quarrying , so it is important that there should be no confusion as to the venue of the inquiry . |
| 14 | I had the club already going , was dealing with mainly young people , and as you will know young people 's taste tends to vary quite considerably and very quickly , so I might well be very successful for so long and then if suddenly taste changed and I had n't got the ability to change with the times I realized that it would be rather precarious , so I needed a second string to my bow . |
| 15 | But their price had its limits as the club already boasted a number of highly-priced internationals on its books . |
| 16 | Does n't bottle-wrack already seem to have a more discrete , ‘ organismy ’ feel to it ? |
| 17 | Nor do terrible exceptions offset the generally standardizing effect already achieved in 1914 by rising real wages , cheaper consumer goods , big stores and central markets . |
| 18 | References by Miller 's contemporaries to his Gardeners Dictionary already mentioned have shown how widely it was used and appreciated both in Britain and abroad during the eighteenth century . |
| 19 | Regional planning guidance already exists in the south-east and East Anglia . |
| 20 | She spun round to face him , her mouth already setting into an angry line . |
| 21 | When his hands cupped her swollen breasts she tilted her head back willingly , her mouth already open as he bent his dark head to hers . |
| 22 | Shelley paused , her mouth already opening to refuse . |
| 23 | Equally ghostly , beyond the hedge , was a grey horse already cropping the damp grass . |
| 24 | Another example of this is an extract already discussed above in the section on " mid-turn switches " . |
| 25 | Dot already knew about hospitals . |
| 26 | It has been designed to complement the in-house training programme already provided by Greene King . |
| 27 | Building on the work of the Japan Industrial Studies Programme already carried out at the Policy Studies Institute , the aim is to find out how Japanese managers , especially those in companies that are competing in the British market , see marketing and how they succeed in putting their strategies into effect . |
| 28 | Similarly , the idea of time is not extracted from any observation of actual coexistence and succession ; on the contrary , any significant references to coexistence and succession already presuppose an idea of time . |
| 29 | I want now to look at " The retreate " by Henry Vaughan and to examine a small number of its elements and terms in relation to the methodology already described . |
| 30 | The imperial system of government was well established by the time Barbarossa came to the throne , with the established chain of command already described . |