Example sentences of "[conj] have [vb pp] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is itself a social product that has arisen as a result of political and ideological processes and institutions and its particular form has to be explained in terms of such processes . |
| 2 | Launching the document , to be distributed to schools and organisations in the borough , Coun. Williams said : ‘ It is particularly appropriate that the day after the first anniversary of the completion of the highly successful and acclaimed Railside Revival something that has served as a model to the whole of the North-East we are unveiling the new environmental charter for Darlington next to the main line railway in the Rockwell nature conservation area . ’ |
| 3 | Although having trained as a general physiotherapist he has always wanted to specialise in sports injuries . |
| 4 | Although having worked as a contract systems analyst for ICI , Matthew believes that a small company can operate much more efficiently than a large one . |
| 5 | But ten million people had died in a campaign that had begun as a summer frolic in 1914 and now ended in a shower of November rain . |
| 6 | Although the young man and Mrs H. denied rectal intercourse , it is probable that this was the site that had served as a source of the infection , which had presumably originated with her husband over a year previously . |
| 7 | The bright evening skies that had served as a backdrop for the parade of revenants had been blotted out by a darkness which entombed them once more in the grave of the past . |
| 8 | Thus began the last chapter of a case that had started as a simple bank robbery , then extended into one of murder and fraud , and drugs . |
| 9 | He put on exquisite robes that had come as a gift from distant India , and took of vial of scented water , then mounted upon his noble steed . |
| 10 | It includes many that have developed as a result of state intervention and which are only found within government , such as inspectorates of factories and public health professionals . |
| 11 | By analysing these shifts , using econometrically estimated demand curves , it is hoped to identify which countries have improved since 1970 , and those that have suffered as a result . |
| 12 | It is significant that certain of the institutionalized practices that are commonly found in developing countries and that have evolved as a protection for family well-being actually impair the quality of family life and add to the life hazards that its members experience . |
| 13 | I think that is a big difficulty that , the diversity of family types simply has n't been recognised and , anything that 's seen as a benefit for one parent families is a political no no ! |
| 14 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 15 | He was also a member of the Norwegian Institute of International affairs in Oslo for two years , and has served as a correspondent in Geneva and Cairo , among other places . |
| 16 | She has been a governor of both comprehensive and primary schools and has served as a co-opted member on council social services committees . |
| 17 | He has worked in shops , factories and stores , and has trained in engraving and drycleaning , and has worked as a medical assistant . |
| 18 | The participatory nature of the project has since been copied by other groups in different parts of the USA and many of the original participants have helped to encourage and train new people in other areas of their own states to find out more about ownership patterns in their home areas Highlander has responded to calls from other groups , and has acted as a clearing house for information and to make connections between interested parties . |
| 19 | Since then he has been involved in two research projects on older workers , and has acted as a consultant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on early retirement policies . |
| 20 | Mr Watt , who is a specialist in insolvency , investigations and audit work , was an assessor to the Bingham Inquiry and has acted as a Department of Trade and Industry inspector on a number of investigations , including those into Alexander Howden and Guinness . |
| 21 | She had been born a male , but had later undergone sexual conversion surgery and had lived as a woman for eighteen years . |
| 22 | The DKP had long been dependent on the East German Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( SED — ultimately renamed the Party of Democratic Socialism ( PDS ) in February 1990 — see p. 37260 ) and had suffered as a result of the changes in East Germany ; the ending of financial support from the SED had led to a scaling down of operations . |
| 23 | McLeish , warmed by the fact that she had taken the trouble to find out a bit about him , confirmed he had been at Reading University and had worked as a young sergeant in the Flying Squad . |
| 24 | Since I started as an engineer , and have ended as a biologist , I am struck by the similarities between the two ways of thinking , although there is the difference that an engineer starts with a function to be performed , and designs a structure to perform it , whereas a biologist often starts with a structure , and has to work out the function it is performing . |
| 25 | It seems quite definite that the stars in a cluster have a common origin , and have remained as a group — though the gravitational pulls of non-cluster stars will be disruptive ; eventually the cluster will lose its separate identity and will be dispersed , though the process is bound to take hundreds of millions of years at least . |
| 26 | I qualified in 1979 and have worked as a social worker and latterly as a team manager in various London boroughs . |