Example sentences of "this [noun sg] have already [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This process had already begun with a mass mobilization in a literacy campaign which brought the illiteracy rate down from 50.2 per cent to 12.9 per cent by 1981 ( see page 245 ) .
2 This group had already trekked from Pochala on the Ethiopian border ; some of the boys had been living a transitory existence for four years .
3 This point had already occurred to Loretta , who was doing some rapid calculations .
4 Oily fish is a topic this page has already covered in a previous issue , so you 'll know that a regular meal of oily fish — herring , mackerel , trout and the like — can actually halve your risk of having a heart attack .
5 This subject has already explored in a series of articles for this magazine throughout 1991 .
6 Since all the parties to this dispute had already agreed to Article 14 of the Montreal Convention , the Security Council had no lawful authority to adopt any resolution that failed to call for the arbitration of this dispute .
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