Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [conj] it is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Fortunately arbitrators and the courts have recognized that it is often not possible in a complicated situation to relate a particular cause to effect : see the remarks of Mr Justice Donaldson in 7 Crosby & Sons v. Portland UDC [ 1976 ] 5 BLR 121 .
2 While writing this article , I have realised that it is actually a very general problem-solving technique , of which there are many other instances in mathematics and science : If you can not do a problem , transform it to a problem that you can do and then transform the answer back to reach the solution to the original problem .
3 In itself there is little harm in this , but I have noticed that it is very easy for the quest to become obsessional .
4 The prison governors have said that it is too draconian , and the Prison Officers Association has expressed the view that it is an unnecessary knee-jerk reaction to a deeply serious problem .
5 We have seen that it is practically inconceivable , even on the strongest reading of Gallagher , that the House of Lords could have been persuaded to reopen the case .
6 Particularly , we have seen that it is often financed by revenue , either explicitly ( by recording it as an asset with an equal figure of capital discharged ) or implicitly ( by expensing it ) .
7 In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job .
8 We have seen that it is sometimes possible to sort out the observed vibrational bands according to their symmetry , and that group frequency and similar empirical arguments may make it reasonable to associate bands with particular vibrational modes .
9 In this section we have seen that it is usually possible to reduce the number of accesses to synonyms by loading first the records most frequently accessed .
10 For example , some sociologists have argued that it is no longer correct to regard Western industrial society , particularly the USA , as being stratified in terms of a class system .
11 Critics of this framework have argued that it is quite inadequate to cope with a firm with the market power of BT .
12 Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time .
13 Our mathematicians have shown that it is theoretically possible , by doing the right highly complex calculations , to navigate safely through the world using these light rays , just as effectively as one can in the ordinary way using ultrasound — in some respects even more effectively !
14 The Brian Nelson affair and the other cases have shown that it is often more than a perception .
15 Examination of long stretches of numerical data , together with other methods of analysis , have shown that it is indeed varying chaotically ; that is to say , no matter how long the fluctuations continue , one will never find repetition of the detailed pattern .
16 Although olsalazine was the most potent inhibitor , in vivo measurements have shown that it is almost completely metabolised in the colonic lumen .
17 Talking about Hamlets , I need another quotation before I begin my travels , for when it comes to research into English I have found that it is rarely possible to predict the end-point of the journey when one starts out , or whether one 's road leads anywhere at all .
18 But I have found that it is often the factor in a player 's style which , with a little bit of work , can yield the most impressive results .
19 ‘ However , I have concluded that it is too much to expect of my colleagues in Government and in Parliament to have to put up with a constant barrage of stories about me in certain tabloid newspapers .
20 Advances in telecommunications have meant that it is just as easy to work from a computer terminal at home as it is from a town centre office .
21 The Chinese have insisted that it is only a matter between sovereign powers but British officials insist that local legislators have the final word on any Sino-British deal .
22 Recent outbreaks of salmonella have declined to sharply , according to latest Government statistics , but experts have warned that it is too soon to conclude that salmonella is under control .
23 [ Finally as we have mentioned before it is now necessary for me to obtain a Corporate Finance Engagement Letter and we enclose two copies of our standard letter .
24 Although the Bcl-2 protein is membrane-associated r7–10 , its subcellular location is controversial : two studies have suggested that it is mainly associated with the nuclear envelope and endoplasmic reticulum , whereas another study has suggested that it is mainly located in the inner mitochondrial membrane .
25 Other recent studies have suggested that it is far more polluted than the Rhine , traditionally regarded as Europe 's dirtiest river .
26 Rather , the courts have held that it is enough if the constable has a power to act as he does , and that he is not acting illegally in the exercise of that power at the time of the act complained of .
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