Example sentences of "[subord] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turnover has increased since Big Bang , although has tended to fall in 1988 and 1989 relative to 1987 ( but it is still above Big Bang levels ) , and dealing spreads and dealing costs have tended to fall . |
| 2 | Even where the buildings are described in the Commission 's published series , An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of … , the researcher should write to ( or , better still , visit ) the Commission 's London offices for more information than has appeared on the printed pages . |
| 3 | But the authorities of the cat world do seem to have their eyes firmly fixed on possible dangers , and we can hope for a much greater restraint than has existed in the case of a number of breeds of dog . |
| 4 | That can not happen in the water industry , so there must be much more effective regulation than has existed in the past . |
| 5 | The study , carried out by researchers led by Steve Wilcox , of Cardiff University , shows that council housing transfers to other bodies have been taking place in England on a much larger scale than has happened so far in Scotland . |
| 6 | Secondly , frequent testing and the enormous pressure of parents and pupils to succeed will almost certainly have the effect of focusing attention on assessment targets , at the expense of other activities to an even greater degree than has occurred in the past . |
| 7 | This is a much greater incidence of penetration of limited liability than has occurred elsewhere in western Europe . |
| 8 | In less than one year certain people have received an increase more than has come to me in 11 years . |
| 9 | rather than having to move out the way |
| 10 | There 's nothing more frustrating than having to waste a couple of days — or more — of your precious summer break recovering from stomach upsets . |
| 11 | By using the tilt it is possible for a white water race , for example , to steer down a rapid whilst still using powerful forward strokes rather than having to use slower sweep strokes . |
| 12 | This time she contacted me again after just a week to say that , for the first time , she had been able to buy clothes for her children in a certain famous store rather than having to rely on ordering from a mail order firm . |
| 13 | An unemployed lift engineer 's mate , Darren Webb , 25 , of Colchester , also appreciated the opportunity to talk to people about the various training and job schemes available rather than having to rely on leaflets . |
| 14 | After all , the sentence is one of the building blocks of a piece of prose , so it makes sense to be able to work with whole sentences rather than having to highlight each word within one manually . |
| 15 | There is no charter provision for a general election so that the people can have their say at the ballot box at a set time , rather than having to hang on until the Government can find the most appropriate time to make a rush to the polls . |
| 16 | Rather than having made a fortune in tips tonight , she had actually come up ten dollars short . |
| 17 | Rather than having to push onwards all the time there is ample opportunity to absorb the history and geography , spend nights with the River Rats , Scotts Tennessee Artillery Company B of the Confederate Army and the jousting tents of ordinary American campers , be brushed by the cultures of Mark Twain , Elvis Presley , jazz , country and Cajun music , the Mormons and many more , to feed alligators from a boat , meet Delta pirogues and be blasted by phenomenal thunderstorms . |
| 18 | Novell Inc has upgraded NetWare Lite for MS-DOS and Windows 1.1 by improving Windows support : users can now run NetWare Lite and Windows concurrently , and can manage the network from within Windows , rather than having to exit to MS-DOS for their network management . |
| 19 | The Italian Minister was unable to promise more than having implemented one out of two by the end of the year . |
| 20 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 21 | It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage . |
| 22 | It is much better to attempt to prevent fears arising , rather than having to rectify them at a later stage . |
| 23 | There is , after all , nothing more time-consuming than having to teach children whose needs one does not understand . |
| 24 | Nearly all of Dad 's acquaintances were called ‘ Johnny ’ , this being much easier than having to remember every man 's christian name . |
| 25 | However , one aspect I did like is the way you can select merge codes from menu choices rather than having to remember the correct syntax yourself . |
| 26 | Nan continued , ‘ I wanted it to be clear from the start rather than having to ask every week . ’ |
| 27 | You can then concentrate much more effectively on dealing with the wound , rather than having to battle with your dog in order to help it . |
| 28 | This enabled the humblest of tradesmen to furnish all varieties of funeral , rather than having to turn down trade owing to the paucity of his stock . |
| 29 | 3 It hopes to allow , and induce , students to work at the pace best suited to them as individuals , rather than having to proceed at the standard class rate . |
| 30 | From 1988 , candidates will be able to take CGLI examinations on a modular basis , building up credits rather than having to sit the examination for the full certificate at one time . |