Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [that] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major criticisms of these previous theories has been that they have tended to see their subject matter ( that is , rule-breaking ) as straightforward and easily identifiable — crime being behaviour that breaks certain of the rules of society . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ The strength of my country in recent years has been that we have had no coalition , just clear leadership , a clear majority and clear decisions . |
| 3 | ‘ What matters is that I have signed a class international player who can score goals , a player who could become a giant at Old Trafford . |
| 4 | What 's happening is that I have a reason for rising , for living , for laughing . |
| 5 | The worst thing Lagerfeld can find to say of those who transgress is that they have behaved in an ‘ uneducated ’ manner . |
| 6 | The strengths that these people show are that they have an ability to combine a sense of concern , with a sense of order and purpose . |
| 7 | I mean what you have to remember is that we have not made a decision about Rockhill Farm . |
| 8 | The first thing to remember is that you have not necessarily lost your place even if you have n't quite made the grades required . |
| 9 | The more generalized view which I have thus adopted is that we have goals which relate to our work . |
| 10 | The suggestion I 've had is that we have got held in the budgets erm land acquisition , I mean it may be that we actually pool this the , the new land acquisition after the centenary , which might be erm a way of recognizing the centenary of the , of the parish council . |
| 11 | Let me tell you the word there spreading is that you have vowed to kill all everybody . |
| 12 | Mother and lots of other people would say we were too young to love truly , they would have us wait for our ‘ years of discretion ’ ; at what age one is supposed to be abnormally discreet I do not know , all I know is that I have not arrived there yet , and I hope I never will . |
| 13 | But another feature in the projects noted is that they have elements both of research and development in them , and the work has been pursued not just with one school but usually with several concurrently . |
| 14 | No they 're not the realities , because what we 're saying is that we have to modernize the policies of the Labour Party , but the policies are absolutely based in our traditional concerns , I mean , let me give you an example , when Beveridge was talking about unemployment , and the life long need for people to work , he was talking about a male workforce , where it was a man supported by a non-working wife , now we still have at the absolute heart of our concerns in the Labour Party peoples need to work , but we 're now talking about a situation , where women are sharing with their husbands the role of bed breadwinner , and in many families the woman is the sole breadwinner , and therefore our policies about employment and the economy recognize that the world has changed , our principles are the same , but the world to which we 're applying it is very different , and , again , on that you see there would be no distinction between the so-called traditionalists and the so-called modernizers . |
| 15 | So that when you introduce yourself , you are seen as a haulier , was the phrase you used , er , and we , we 'd all need to spend an awful lot of time and an awful lot of effort into raising ourselves above that image , I mean there 's nothing wrong with being a haulier , all I 'm saying is that we have to raise ourselves above that image . |
| 16 | I mean you could have , if you have basically what we 're saying is that you have a whole load of of subject reports and on the top of it you 've got form tutor report |
| 17 | ‘ What I was saying was that I have a flat which is not currently in use . |
| 18 | Well I you 'll forgive me the disadvantage , I 'm not trying to cop out , but the disadvantage of not having been immediately involved is that I have n't seen that quotation from Michael . |
| 19 | ‘ What has happened is that we have been clawed back from the disastrous level of whitefish we started at to a position in line with the top end of scientific advice . ’ |
| 20 | What seems to have happened is that they have internalised the negative images that are attributed to black people and do not feel that they should identify with them . |
| 21 | And what has happened is that they have done your one extra teacher and the extra books bit and they 're finishing up effectively going into liquidation . |
| 22 | ‘ What Clarissa means is that we have n't — mercifully — heard you for ages . ’ |
| 23 | Now what that means is that we have what we call an agency budget . |
| 24 | All this means is that they have built-in microprocessors which convert the characters and instructions sent from the computer into a series of co-ordinates which the plotter then draws . |
| 25 | What it means is that I have to be with him , except when I 'm working , since he ca n't always take time to be with me . ’ |
| 26 | The reason so many things are delayed is that they have to be perfect . |
| 27 | ‘ What I mean is that you have already told me , ’ he cut in sharply . |
| 28 | The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be . |
| 29 | One of the chief reasons why these issues have been so hotly contested is that they have enormous bearing both on the significance of the religious changes introduced under Charles I and on the possible causes of the English civil war . |
| 30 | The other point I 'm trying to say is that we have to insure with a Department of Trade approved insurer , so that should anything , for any reason , ever happen to ourselves or a company , then the insurance company is still responsible for the claims and will meet them . |