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

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1 But it has probably changed more in the last 40 years than at any other time .
2 Then Arthur Miller added : ‘ The thing to remember is that it has not gone away for ever . ’
3 Johnston said : ‘ It has not gone anywhere near as well as I expected at Everton .
4 Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction .
5 ‘ While the Chris Hani case did have a tremendous impact on South Africa it has not taken away from investigations into the murders of Julie and Elizabeth . ’
6 It certainly continued to give opportunity for glory , for self-advancement , and for material gain ; in that respect it has not changed much to this day .
7 The group then adjourned to the student bar where one graduate was heard to say ‘ it has not changed much since 1975 has it ? ’
8 But it has n't come anywhere near us — it 's mostly up north . ’
9 Korn/Ferry , whose world fee income achieved a fivefold increase between 1977 and 1986 , and is confidently expected to pass the $100m. mark by the 1990s , is sometimes criticised in the USA for being dominated by the central management , for its ‘ big factory ’ image where the seniors do the selling and the juniors do the work , and it has also suffered much at the pen of headhunting newshound Jim Kennedy , who produces Executive Recruiter News .
10 It has also contributed greatly to the funding for grass roots tennis in many parts of the world .
11 More controversially , it has also pressed ahead with experiments to test the feasibility of electronic monitoring ( or ‘ tagging ’ ) of defendants released on bail as an alternative to remands in custody ( see also Chapter 7 ) .
12 This is partly because of the purposes which it now serves ; it is the expected language in the education system , in other social institutions ( such as the courts and business ) and in almost all published writing , and it has also spread far beyond its historical base in Britain and is used as an international language in many parts of the world .
13 It has also borrowed heavily from the experience of Afro-America 's shift into electoral politics — the black mayors ' movement and so on .
14 Not only did it fail to achieve representation ( not surprising at under 1 per cent of the vote ) but it has since fallen apart in a long series of internecine conflicts ( which are too complex to describe here ) .
15 The government has long made it clear that sterling would enter the Exchange Rate Mechanism during stage one of economic and monetary union which began in July ; it has now done so at the earliest appropriate time .
16 It has now opened again as a private one .
17 It has always remained technically under Peking 's control despite being surrounded by territory ceded or leased to Britain .
18 It has always done well in bids made to the Research Councils .
19 Coxall and Robins ’ ( 1989 , p. 309 ) apology for a Conservative-dominated press , that ‘ it has never shied away from criticising the Conservative Party or a Conservative Government ’ , is misleading .
20 Originally a native of Mediterranean lands , it has never adapted completely to cold , wet conditions .
21 It had been a mere moment of whiteness seen out of the corner of her eye but it had not moved purposefully like a horse does with a rider .
22 The laughter had been absent for a while , but it had not withdrawn far from him , the marks of its permanent habitation were still there .
23 It had not taken long for her to realise that it was not worth the risk of her position and Stephen 's love .
24 He remembered falling , and the deck coming up to hit him , which brought back the sensation — although it had n't done so at the time — of the moment just before the torpedo hit Lanark .
25 It had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping .
26 By 1988 , it had almost doubled again to 600 , and boats based on Iwate took over 90 per cent of the total reported Japanese dolphin and porpoise catch .
27 He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help .
28 It 's already happened twice with your office-block incident .
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