Example sentences of "[Wh det] have [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether society has the right to determine its own morality is a debate which has raged for some time . |
| 2 | There has developed what has been described as a ‘ transition trap ’ , experienced by the generation which has cared for their elders in the traditional manner , but whose children have increasingly embraced Western lifestyles , and fail to fulfil customary expectations about caring for their parents . |
| 3 | He said yesterday that as Mr Dignum spent most of his time looking after the stores , which include the troubled Silo chain in America , the move ‘ reflects the reality of the situation which has existed for some time ’ . |
| 4 | The Russian Federation is a new state , which has existed for only a few months . |
| 5 | The National Retreat Movement which has existed for 30 years to promote spirituality and retreats of all kinds within the Catholic community of England , Wales and Scotland , has the information available . |
| 6 | There is no mention of the military exclusion zone which has existed for at least two years , for anything up to seven days a week , around the highest Eildon . |
| 7 | But I believe from the written evidence that there is equally no dispute that the boundary which has existed for ten years , the tight boundary , is also capable of being a suitable greenbelt boundary if indeed there is to be an inset . |
| 8 | The Administration Order , which has existed for about 100 years with hardly anyone noticing , was limited to cases at present below the £5000 threshold . |
| 9 | Although it 's a problem which has existed for a long , long time , do you do any work in connection with refugees ? |
| 10 | He is accused by East Berlin , which has asked for his extradition , of embezzlement , corruption , and illegal dealings in arms and foreign currency . |
| 11 | He is accused by East Berlin , which has asked for his extradition , of embezzlement , corruption , and illegal dealings in arms and foreign currency . |
| 12 | Even conceding that the drugs trade generates large flows of cash , the idea that the Mafia is a single , stable organisation which has survived for the past 50 years largely intact is plainly wrong . |
| 13 | In the course of time the Mercian kingdom also came to embrace much of the territory , for example , of the Wocensaete or Wreocensaete , who took their name from the Wrekin and dominated the north Shropshire plain , and it would probably be the case , if charter-material had survived for this area of north-west Mercia analogous to that which has survived for the Hwicce , that kings of the Wreocensaete emerged in varying degrees of dependence on or subjection to the Mercian ruler . |
| 14 | ‘ There are exceptions , like Pizza Express , which has survived for so long and is still very successful because quality is paramount . |
| 15 | This change in the law and in the locus of power will not end the debate , which has prevailed for a number of years , about control of the curriculum of schools ; such a debate emerged once the content of the curriculum become a controversial subject in the 1960s and has continued since . |
| 16 | When the great house becomes the possession of a nation , it can more easily be accepted as ‘ a noble picture ’ , ‘ a history in stone ’ , preserving in art , if not in life , that radiant aspect of Chesney Wold as Esther first sees it , that remembered notion of human community which has gone for good . |
| 17 | A quarter of the vote in the North went to the Lombard League , which has called for the establishment of an independent north Italian state unless Rome puts its house in order . |
| 18 | They 're all members of the British Nuclear Test Veteran Association which has campaigned for the last ten years to get recognition for its members , who feel they were used as human guinea pigs . |
| 19 | Last night , Stephen Eades of Southport-based environmental group Save our Shoreline , which has campaigned for protection of nature amid Hamilton Oil 's exploration , said : ‘ We are concerned that the exploration does not disturb the environment and would rather these advances were in renewable energy sources . ’ |
| 20 | One society which has featured for the first time in this year 's results is the Standard building society . |
| 21 | The move , by the new coalition of Liberals and Christian Democrats , satisfies the Dutch confederation of industry , which has lobbied for more support for industrial R&D and innovations . |
| 22 | Simmel emphasizes the paradoxical nature of culture , recognizing the essentially positive process of modernity which has allowed for hitherto unimaginable possibilities ; but he is wary of the forces which lead towards reification and autonomy , both of which are inimical to human interests . |
| 23 | Permanent plants include the architectural Cordyline australis , and the winter flowering cherry Prunus subhirtella " Autumnalis " , which has flowered for the last two years . |
| 24 | I use the word beautiful knowing it to be inaccurate , yet not knowing how else to counteract the myth which has circulated for two centuries that Frankenstein 's monster 's face was a hideous conglomeration of second-hand features . |
| 25 | The tremendous emphasis on the romantic conception of marriage and of the wedding day as signifying life 's romantic climax , which has figured for many years in British society and which has been fostered by mass media and advertising , also has its effect on expectations . |
| 26 | In Yamshchikov 's view the Hamburg sheet music library , which has lain for forty-five years in one of St Petersburg 's special storage areas , could be used for barter . |
| 27 | It 's the latest twist in the lengthy club versus country row which has simmered for the last two seasons . |
| 28 | The dispute between Huddersfield Polytechnic and Kirklees Metropolitan Council which has continued for a number of years illustrates most of the tensions which may develop between a polytechnic and its local authority . |
| 29 | He described the pardons as a demonstration " that powerful people with powerful allies can commit serious crimes in high office without consequence " , and that " the Iran-contra cover-up , which has continued for more than six years , has now been completed " . |
| 30 | The formula for both these jocular comments is similar : in the midst of a conversation which has continued for at least two turns in London English , a speaker introduces a turn which ends in Creole ( typically such turns are at most one sentence long , and wholly in Creole ) . |