Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] have [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anglicans and Protestants now not only heard the first systematic teaching on the word of God in the Church ever formulated by a Catholic Council ( for Trent had only dealt with particular points at issue with the Reformers ) , but also admired it . |
| 2 | The Malaysians , in the process of razing their own country 's rainforests , have become world experts in the quick-timber business ; local problems in places such as Sarawak have suddenly expanded into international threats — and any country in the world with any tropical rainforests left is in danger of getting the full , ruthless Sarawak treatment . |
| 3 | Sustainability 's recommendations for action have also come under scrutiny , since they do not cover some of the deficiencies identified in the report , including the low-level of recycled materials use , and the company 's preference for road , rather than rail , as means of product transport . |
| 4 | The idea that reading might be for pleasure had not occurred to him . |
| 5 | All the more disappointing therefore to learn later that some Seniors members who had blackballed me for Muirfield had now put in an objection to my joining this club too . |
| 6 | McEniff 's zeal for football has not subsided in later years , but it now has to compete with two other compelling passions , his family and his business . |
| 7 | Most Soviet citizens , however , appeared to have remained loyal to their native language in their domestic and family life , and there was little sign of the disappearance of at least the major Soviet languages , most of which were still spoken by the great majority of the nationalities in question ( the 1979 census found that 62 per cent of non-Russians were fluent in that language , but that 93 per cent of the population identified their national language as their native one ; the 1989 census found that the reported level of knowledge of Russian had actually fallen among at least two national groups , the Uzbeks and Lithuanians ) . |
| 8 | Up until that moment I had seen myself as simply a person ; colour of skin had n't registered with me . |
| 9 | The drainage system over some sections of route has also had to be refurbished or renewed . |
| 10 | The city of Padua has also taken in hand its rich holdings of ceramics . |
| 11 | The demands of responsibility had already closed upon Dave and Laura . |
| 12 | However , ‘ arises ’ is ambiguous and his later examples suggest , on the contrary , that a form of self-awareness has already arisen with the behaviour . |
| 13 | And the shires are still there fairly strong , still er some of course has now gone onto the rare breeds . |
| 14 | I tried going through the undergrowth and looping round — my sense of direction had far improved from peacetime — but the saw-toothed grasses left me bleeding like a scored steak . |
| 15 | Mastery of the skies over large parts of Germany had already passed to the allies in 1942 , and heavy raids , chiefly by the Royal Air Force , had been carried out on cities mainly in northern and north-western Germany ( Hamburg , Lübeck , Rostock , Cologne , Essen , Bremen , and others ) . |
| 16 | On March 22 , 1991 , a special parliamentary commission claimed that 10 current members of parliament had actively collaborated with the StB forces . |
| 17 | The process of industrialization and the accelerated growth of the division of labour had already wrested from the family , including its rural variant , its monopolistic role in the processes of production . |
| 18 | A survey for the Welsh Consumers ' Council shows that 40pc of shoppers had never heard of the Government 's citizens ' charter despite publicity costing £350,000 . |
| 19 | I think many of the worst aspects of rock have now resurfaced in rave : the macho , aggressive energy . |
| 20 | For all its antipathy to the new racism of the New Right , the common sense ideology of antiracism has also drifted towards a belief in the absolute nature of ethnic categories and a strong sense of the insurmountable cultural and experiential divisions which , it is argued , are a feature of racial difference . |
| 21 | This kind of thinking has n't featured in election campaigning , so though friends warn me that I 'll be submerged in a great placid pool of meditation , I 'm off to Dartington to gather a few hints on the ideas that ought to guide our future . |
| 22 | She might have stayed , and the truth was that the possibility of staying had not occurred to her . |
| 23 | Ins Terry Johnson said the type of theft had not happened in the town for some time and asked store owners and staff to be on their guard . |
| 24 | There was a true feeling of achievement attached to our little ‘ I skied down a mountain' certificate , and a bit of weight had definitely dropped from the thighs on to the slopes . |
| 25 | This programme of research has already brought to light unnoticed phenomena of children 's different abilities to communicate in the classroom . |
| 26 | In many cities the price of firewood has nearly doubled in the past six years . |
| 27 | The pattern of shopping has also changed in that the shopper has , for most goods , been prepared to dispense with the personal service of the shopkeeper , and self-service and self-selection have been readily accepted in the interests of lower overheads and more competitive prices . |
| 28 | He reacted by behaving in a way which rammed home to the Scots memories of Edward I. The events of 1543 took on a sinister familiarity ; for Edward 's attempted annexation of Scotland had also begun with a proposed marriage , between the infant Margaret , Maid of Norway , who succeeded Alexander III in 1286 , and Edward 's son , the future Edward II . |
| 29 | First , the Bank of England has already returned to the gilt market as an issuer and the prospect over the next few years is one of a larger PSBR and gilt issuance . |
| 30 | This use of uniform as a symbol of separation had not changed in 1977 on my return from university . |