Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [conj] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our new computer system is intended to monitor course registrations , but more students have registered than were represented on the computer printout . |
| 2 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 3 | From humble beginnings sales have quadrupled and are set for further high growth in the next three years . |
| 4 | Both have escaped and been recaptured since the Strangeways riot . |
| 5 | But now their contacts at her refugee camp say Azra and her mother have disappeared and are thought to be heading for Germany . |
| 6 | So far of the thousand locusts a couple of hundred have perished or been eaten by the scorpions . |
| 7 | Coach services have increased and are provided in modern , comfortable vehicles at competitive prices . |
| 8 | New theoretical paradigms have emerged that are centred on people 's actions , networking among grassroots organisations , the cultivation of a popular movement , the creation of new ‘ languages ’ and symbols by the people themselves ( thus enlarging their cultural space ) , and a reclamation of the change process . |
| 9 | The ergonomist will begin his investigation by the consideration of what the personnel actually do in their jobs which have emerged and been refined by practice and personal preference rather than design . |
| 10 | Disputes relating to rights and obligations centre upon interpreting the status quo , while third parties ' claims may rest upon interests or needs that have emerged or been articulated at some subsequent time . |