Example sentences of "[adv] have lost [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is that we tend to be left with an RE which effectively has lost its " R " . |
| 2 | Had Robson 's calming influence been available to United against their neighbours , then they may not have lost their composure and the chance to move four points clear of Leeds . |
| 3 | When I reflected on all this later I knew that I just should not have lost my temper . |
| 4 | He may not have lost his ability to balance , or he may have relearned it through his therapy sessions . |
| 5 | He did n't make it to the course on the next day , was sacked , and always maintained that if he had n't given up the drink for those ten days or so and ‘ dried out ’ he would not have got so drunk , would have been on the course at the appointed time , would not have lost his job , and would have have carried for yet another Open Champion . |
| 6 | A male dietitian would not have lost his job until he was aged 65 . |
| 7 | Previously , if dismissed a qualifying worker would normally have lost his home , but the Act now provides security of tenure that extends to a surviving spouse and , under certain circumstances , to some other family members . |
| 8 | But the idea of trying to do the same was impossible for Midlander like me — the nearest reservoir was over 20 miles away and after a couple of circuits would soon have lost its charm . |
| 9 | But the world outside had lost its interest , and the quiet place was now the centre of all feeling . |
| 10 | Leslie could have participated in battles on historic ground , and perhaps not have lost his life , but come back to me . |
| 11 | ‘ I am not aware of ever having lost my patience , ’ said Ann . |
| 12 | For a man running a fastmoving high-ticket business , he sure has lost his interest in life . |
| 13 | The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying . |
| 14 | However , 22 per cent of GP referrals and 42 per cent of other referrals were widowed , divorced , or separated , and hence had lost their partner . |
| 15 | The boy had lost the father he adored , and soon after had lost his darling mother also . |
| 16 | Asshe must have known , when he put in the advertisement , that it would terminate Paul 's employment , make them beggars , for Dinah also had lost her place . |
| 17 | As Beth had reminded the boy on more than one occasion , his sister also had lost her parents , and the home she had been raised in . |
| 18 | Even if a breach of fiduciary duty by the defendants had been proved , they would not thereby have lost their right to commission unless they had acted dishonestly , and the plaintiff did not allege , nor did the judge find , any bad faith by the defendants ( post , p. 944C ) . |
| 19 | As to the defendants ' claim for commission , even if a breach of fiduciary duty by the defendants had been proved , they would not thereby have lost their right to commission unless they had acted dishonestly . |
| 20 | Agrippa , his fat face covered in sweat , had already despatched one but now had lost his sword and kept turning his horse sharply to counter his final opponent . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe you really have lost your memory or you 'd know I would n't fall for that . |
| 22 | The man who saved The Roses Theatre from closure twelve years ago has lost his fight to stay in control . |
| 23 | He may well have been scorned , he may well have lost his job bad word may have got back to Rome , they may have sent the telegrams back to Caesar telling him all about Pilate , but it was n't sufficient reason for him rejecting Christ . |
| 24 | He might even have lost her filecube between the islands of venerable desks . |
| 25 | England then had lost their last seven wickets for 58 in the first innings and eight for 67 in the second . |
| 26 | Vice-Admiral de Robeck , unaware of the true cause of the disaster and fearing the presence of land-based torpedoes , seems either to have lost his nerve or simply to have resolved on caution . |
| 27 | Fragments of tRNA , that evidently have lost their intact tertiary tRNA-structure , may also function as substrates for some modifying enzymes , as shown for tRNA ( m 5 U54 ) methyltransferase from E.coli ( 7 ) and tRNA(Gm18)methyltransferase from Thermus thermophilus ( 8 ) . |
| 28 | Grasmere , too has lost its galleries but evidently they were there once as de Quincey wrote describing them in his Recollections , ‘ A very interesting feature of the elder architecture , annually becoming more and more rare viz the outside gallery , which is sometimes merely of wood , but is much more striking when provided for in the original construction of the house and completely enfoncée in the masonry . ’ |
| 29 | More than 50,000 Vietnamese ‘ boat people ’ waste their lives in squalid , overcrowded prison-like camps in Hong Kong , almost certainly having lost their gamble to secure a new life in the West . |
| 30 | She braved herself to meet his eyes , wondering if he too had lost his appetite and for the same reason as her . |