Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] have [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , the explanation might lie in the study by Wagner ( 1984 ) , who stresses that researchers have usually focused upon PIMS data for an average four-year period . |
| 2 | Although timbers with high levels of latex , silica or high density are avoided there ; another plant in New Guinea can now utilize wood from up to 200 species , including dead and defective trees , so that yields have already increased by some 300% . |
| 3 | This is not to say that commuters have not moved into the rural areas of the North and West , for they clearly have , particularly where open countryside is within easy access of large cities , such as the Peak District for Sheffield and Manchester or the Mendips for Bristol and Bath . |
| 4 | On the question of Poland , Lenin accepted much of Rosa Luxemburg 's case that circumstances had qualitatively changed since the time of Marx — ‘ the restoration of Poland , prior to the fall of capitalism , is highly improbable , but it can not be asserted that it is absolutely impossible ’ . |
| 5 | The trouble is that governments have always intervened in energy , usually with a bias in favour of production . |
| 6 | Except in 1953 , when a party of 67 was seen , not more than about 25 birds have been seen in any year since 1947 , and it is of interest that influxes have not occurred in recent severe winters . |
| 7 | Add to these statistics that translations have now appeared in some 850 languages and it will be apparent that , except in a few notable cases , rarity is not often a factor to be reckoned with . |
| 8 | Global warming , unlike the sort of pollution that economists have traditionally thought about , does not arise in , and cause harm to , a single country . |
| 9 | It 's hard to believe that the man who used to play the bass in a sullen and studenty pop group called The Housemartins is the creator of this year 's most significant number one single , but the success of ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is a sing that things have truly changed for the better . |
| 10 | Although Dulles had often talked of ‘ liberating ’ Communist states , the West was powerless to help the Hungarians without provoking Armageddon . |
| 11 | Computer is sad that humans have not spoken for fifteen thousand years . ’ |
| 12 | But we noticed in chapter 1 that linguists have often lived by metaphors — the biological metaphor in the nineteenth century and the machine metaphor today . |
| 13 | This meant in practice that magistrates had less say in determining what happened to children in trouble while social workers gained more say . |
| 14 | There 's nothing new that women have n't tried on me at one time or another . |
| 15 | Parties no longer provided the signposts that citizens had earlier relied upon to guide them in their voting decisions . |
| 16 | In February 1991 , ANSTO confirmed that talks had not progressed beyond the preliminary stage . |
| 17 | Cash floats should be rechecked to ensure that cashiers have enough change for the evening business . |
| 18 | Studies have been conscious of the work in other disciplines such as the Metropolitan Meteorological Experiment ( METROMEX ) which is based in St Louis ( Chagnon , Huff , Schickedanz and Vogel , 1977 ) and has greatly increased knowledge of atmospheric processes within urban areas and investigations have also led towards applications of knowledge gained from the way in which a city generates its own climate so that Chandler ( 1976 ) in a review of urban climatology in relation to urban design suggested : |
| 19 | Throughout the 1860s Poles and Germans had probably existed in roughly equal numbers in the border districts . |
| 20 | GBW 's portfolio of quality brands , good international spread of business and continued investment in people and products have all contributed to sustaining business performance in difficult conditions . |
| 21 | Handicapped drivers and cyclists have also protested at their exclusion from the zone . |
| 22 | The problem of different definitions and codings has already arisen in the need to harmonise the 1991 SARs from Northern Ireland with those from Great Britain ( Middleton forthcoming ) . |
| 23 | You know what I 'm talking about , even if you and Manners have n't rolled in the hay . |
| 24 | Quantitive data , such as examination passes , tend to be the easiest to measure , and schools have rightly worried about the use to which these can be put when comparing one school with another . |
| 25 | A manager who wishes to resist change will pass the buck by saying that customary habits and methods have always worked in the past . |
| 26 | The reputation of the universities and polytechnics has hardly recovered to this day . |
| 27 | The Northern Regional Strategy Team had commented on the relatively small rate of owner-occupation and planners had long whinged about the impact of the shortage of ‘ executive housing ’ on industrial development . |
| 28 | Golden lads and lasses had just breakfasted on golden toast , a little blackened at the edge in some cases , spread with golden shred or golden syrup . |
| 29 | If enthusiasts had not travelled from the Private Greens , the Provincial Bowling Association and especially , the Northern Ireland Bowling Association there would have been a sepulchral atmosphere about the whole thing . |
| 30 | Sales of cigars and cigarillos have also decreased since 1978 ( 1,730 million in number to 1,450 million in 1986 ) and sales of pipe tobacco have continued to decline ( 2.8 million kilos manufactured weight in 1986 ) . |