Example sentences of "they have [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | In recent months they have even hinted at getting the Russians — who supply much of Ukraine 's oil dirt-cheap — to raise economic barriers that would force it to give way . |
2 | I think there is a general acceptance even amongst those who are not helpful that there is a major problem here that they can not ignore or can not deny and they have even got beyond the stage of trying to blame the victims . |
3 | If you would like to meet these wonder women they have just moved to larger premises at ( tel : ) where they now have room for seminars , tuition and club visits . |
4 | They have just moved from their Finaghy Road South base at the crossroads , to the corner of 124A Upper Lisburn Road and Mount Aboo Street — in the heart of the Finaghy shopping centre . |
5 | They may whine and cry ; sputter about everything ; not know what they want and are never satisfied , capriciously rejecting the things they have just asked for and such a temper . |
6 | Not only are beer taxes still with us , but they have just gone through their biggest shake-up for many years . |
7 | ‘ It 's a situation I have seen happen but I am grateful never to have been in that position myself ! ’ says Susan , who lives with actor-turned-writer Andy de la Tour in a house they have just bought in London . |
8 | Alternatively , they might pause in order to connect the material they have just read to material they had read earlier in the text . |
9 | One by one they have just sunk to the bottom of the tank without any sign of ill health . |
10 | Whether they have just arrived in this country , or speak little English or have difficult home circumstances , unless we see them as competent learners we will soon find reasons why they can not learn . |
11 | When we meet they have just returned from a promotional stretch with Virgin in Los Angeles . |
12 | They have also auditioned for the BBC 's ‘ Generation Game ’ — so look out for them on ‘ 's show ’ . |
13 | They have also realised after a number of annual painting expeditions together that there is considerable mileage to be had from monastic ruins as well as both occupied and derelict castles . |
14 | But they have also rallied to a call to save their privileged world — as women they must protect their children , their families , their religion and , above all , their enormous wealth . |
15 | They have also written to the Prince of Wales , asking for his support . |
16 | They have also invested in superior packaging materials , storage and transport systems and market knowledge . |
17 | They have also led to a narrowing of the range of political views represented in the press ; as newspapers which voiced liberal and social democratic/Labour views ( News Chronicle , Daily Herald ) have closed down , the dominance of the Conservative press has become more pronounced . |
18 | They have also led to improvements in the managerial skills of staff in these organisations . |
19 | For some centuries , natural law theories have provided political and social groups , as well as individuals , with justifications for their actions ( Bloch , 1961 ) but for even longer they have also contributed to an understanding and legitimation of institutions such as the church , the monarchy and the state . |
20 | They have also pointed to the need to replace reliance on nuclear weapons to the maximum extent practicable . |
21 | They have also requested in their wills that Lizzie 's ashes be buried with them to ensure that , one day , they will all be together again . |
22 | They have also added to their range of superb hand-pollinated delphiniums with the inclusion of the lavender-grey ‘ Southern Debutant ’ . |
23 | They have also worked through the night when needed to — quite literally — put up new flyovers by the following morning . |
24 | They have also appealed for help in tracing the blue van 's movements since it was sold privately three weeks ago . |
25 | Since the new classical macroeconomics is grounded in old classical macroeconomics in its emphasis on the role of real wage adjustments in accounting for variations in employment , presumably they have also taken on board that essential element of the classical theory of employment , the marginal productivity theory of the demand for labour ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
26 | They have also tried on more than one occasion to influence the editorial policy of the BBC and have complained of biased reporting . |
27 | They have secretly wished to be lovers for years but the consummation of their affair is a recent event . |
28 | We shall see as we continue how they have repeatedly emerged in later discussion . |
29 | The fish have eaten their bodies ; they have nowhere to go for burial . |
30 | However , because island animals have evolved in the absence of predators , because their populations are often fairly small to begin with , and because they have nowhere to run to , they tend to be extremely vulnerable when predators are finally introduced and island creatures are particularly prone to extinction . |