Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have [not/n't] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although some US rugby enthusiasts were able to tap into these satellite transmissions to view the matches live , the majority have not seen the heroics of the best players in their sport . |
| 2 | Police officers investigating the case have n't ruled out the possibility that the missing funds have been used to buy supplies for the refugees . |
| 3 | are employed in the construction industry — that may be why the effects of the recession have not hit Shrewsbury as hard as they have hit other parts of the country , although we have felt the cold wind . |
| 4 | The original plans for the building have not survived , but David Bennett , district building officer for North Bedfordshire HA , has constructed the following description from the building notes drawn up by George Cloake and John Wing : |
| 5 | But he knows that the basic market conditions governing the industry have not changed . |
| 6 | This proposition , admittedly , is not without its difficulties when the sovereign is the same person in two or more realms where her ministers may tender divergent or opposing advice on the same subject ; but so far the possibilities involved in these different capacities of the sovereign have not caused embarrassment in practice . |
| 7 | The Opposition have not found a way round that problem . |
| 8 | Unaccountably , the Opposition have not requested a statement on one of the great scandals involving Robert Maxwell . |
| 9 | In the absence of any guarantees , Rangers may care to comfort themselves with the knowledge that the club have not lost a game in which McCoist has had to replace Richard Gough as team captain , the list including three previous European ties this season . |
| 10 | Nice to know that the Scum have not learnt to spell yet ! ! … |
| 11 | The planning officers ' report considered by the district council 's northern area planning subcommittee on March 24th stated : ‘ Initial comments indicate the council have not considered the current proposal in detail and have not therefore as yet decided to support the scheme , indeed some of the council have strong reservations ’ . |
| 12 | Since so much capital has external sources , the bourgeoisie have not come through the same phase of saving and investment , as did their European counterparts , but have moved straight to a consumption stage . |
| 13 | Old ‘ n ’ new mix just right Del Amitri : Middlesbrough Town Hall IT 'S been a while since Del Amitri toured and with current single Always The Last To Know nudging it 's way up the charts , I was pleased to see that the band have n't lost either their raw edge or their well developed sense of humour . |
| 14 | The team have n't won since the opening day against Portsmouth … as for Bristol City both have their wins have been at home |
| 15 | Lawrence , however , feels the team have not won the recognition they deserve . |
| 16 | In addition , studies with the electronmicroscope have not shown significant areas of denuded intima in early hyperlipidaemia in animal models despite there being increased endothelial turnover ( Taylor et al , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Those people at the MOD have n't played fair with us , so I owe them nothing . ’ |
| 18 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson 2 ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 19 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 20 | The idea of the unconscious is not simple , and many critics of the concept have not appreciated its links with the concepts of the ego , super-ego , id , and the repressed . |
| 21 | It asserted that ‘ the structure and practices of the Service have not kept up with the changing tasks ’ and found six major faults . |
| 22 | Well , I had the whole of north Scotland from the Orkneys to Moray , and Siward has only those bits of Northumbria that Ligulf and the rest have n't written their crosses on . |
| 23 | There are fewer runners now : whether the halfpence have not flowed so freely from the pockets of the tourists , or the youthful population has decreased , I can not tell . |
| 24 | To summarise , the court 's policy is strongly in favour of upholding contractual dispute procedures , and against allowing access to the courts where contractually agreed disputes procedures alternative to the court have not failed : see 13.14.4 . |
| 25 | If you and the father have n't decided on a Christian name you have just six weeks in which to do it . ’ |
| 26 | Do n't you be telling us Sunday night , or Monday night during the week have n't done or not . |
| 27 | However , CITES ' attempts to regulate the trade have not stopped the illegal trade . |
| 28 | Perhaps certain parts played in the past have not succeeded , and it may be possible to investigate why . |
| 29 | What is more , we have sought to identify areas of disability that in the past have not had the attention that they deserve , and to meet them with the new benefits . |
| 30 | I guess that 's fairly unusual , because travel agents in the past have n't spent money saying you can book a holiday at your travel agent , but erm we 've had a pretty high spend and backed up by window point of serve , so we have messages in our shop windows that you can buy a British holiday at Lunn Poly . |