Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun pl] have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , integration is difficult unless the national culture supports integration ( e.g. Japan ) or the groups have previously worked to improve their effectiveness as groups . |
| 2 | By comparison , badger aroma is much less pungent and less acrid , though it can be quite strong in the vicinity of the sett , where the occupants have repeatedly marked both the ground and each other . |
| 3 | A traveller who has come from a nearby town , where the Romans have already given out their orders ( low to equal status ) . |
| 4 | Given the economic significance of such groups , it may be surprising that neither Parliament nor the courts have yet got to grips with the problems they present . |
| 5 | They have suggested that the changes have simply meant that women are freer to be sexually exploited by men , and that greater sexual activity does not mean better sex . |
| 6 | Now , however , it is refusing to confirm that the trials have actually gone ahead , saying only that ‘ It 's taken longer than we anticipated ’ . |
| 7 | It is partly because of that false economics that the Conservatives have never had a regional policy . |
| 8 | It is not so much that the Conservatives have deliberately introduced racist policies as that they have ignored the harmful impact of their policies on ethnic minorities . |
| 9 | And the temptation is to look at that list and say wonderful I can start phoning prospects that the doctors have already lined up for me . |
| 10 | I I 'm er ah I like to think that the youngsters have actually got some input into the report , I think it 's important |
| 11 | On behalf of the father and the grandmother it is pointed out that the justices have specifically found that they have no doubt as to the care the grandparents could give the children and the second question raised by this appeal depends on that finding . |
| 12 | Assuming , on facts such as those in Bartlett , that the directors have sufficiently researched a project , it is not evident how a court could determine whether the expected profits justify the risks involved , and this is likely to be the case with respect to much business decision making . |
| 13 | I should make clear that this analysis is not predicated upon the assumption that the courts have always attempted to apply the jurisdictional/non-jurisdictional distinction according to some logical criteria . |
| 14 | In general , it seems that the courts have now started to take a more robust approach . |
| 15 | The snow is much worse as I finally move out , and the only consolation for the time it has taken is being alone , and arriving late so that the others have already begun on the tent and wood collecting . |
| 16 | On balance , it is probably fair to say that the odds have now moved slightly in its favour . |
| 17 | In literature teaching the emphasis is on shared experience rather than the conveying of information ; a lecture is supposed to provide knowledge , elucidation , or interpretation of texts on the assumption that the auditors have already read them . |
| 18 | I get the impression that the Tories have already conceded defeat . |
| 19 | There is a letter from the school showing that the children have apparently settled in well to a Church of England primary school . |
| 20 | ‘ This is the only home that the children have ever known , ’ he had told her irritably when she 'd tentatively raised the question . |
| 21 | Tim Duffy , European manager of US-based videoconferencing supplier Picturetel , believes that the links have now improved to the point where the service is acceptable to several European countries and the US : ‘ Most products we sell today go on to ISDN . |
| 22 | One has the impression that the politicians have half-heartedly picked it up so as not to be left behind in the citizenship fashion-parade , or maybe because they have been prodded into rendering some kind of lip-service by their convinced academics . |
| 23 | Some Opposition Members might claim that the negotiations have already ended . |
| 24 | The fact that the polytechnics have largely grown out of a technical college tradition , geared to different ends , means that they have practical problems of a kind unfamiliar to the universities today . |
| 25 | At this time Klaus announced that he would stand for the post of Czech ( rather than federal ) Prime Minister , a move described by the Independent of June 19 as the " clearest possible sign that the Czechs have finally given up on the federation which they had fought for " . |
| 26 | There are no substantial differences between the parties , although the Conservatives have usually had a slightly lower proportion than the Labour Party or the Alliance . |
| 27 | Although the Sandinistas have repeatedly pledged democratic elections in February , Mr Arias was said to be fearful that a failure to disarm , relocate or disband the contras could provoke a Sandinista cross-border sweep against the rebels and cancellation of the polls . |
| 28 | Although the Sandinistas have repeatedly pledged democratic elections in February , Mr Arias was said to be fearful that a failure to disarm , relocate or disband the contras could provoke a Sandinista cross-border sweep against the rebels and cancellation of the polls . |
| 29 | ‘ So the builders have nearly finished ? ’ |
| 30 | THE LOCAL environment of the Arabian peninsula makes large-scale agricultural exploitation difficult , so the inhabitants have always had to capitalise on foreign demand for available resources . |