Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have discovered that problems that they thought had to be brought in person to a bureau , can in fact be carried out successfully over the telephone . |
| 2 | They build their nests close to an eyrie ; because they have learned that peregrines are highly efficient at driving away foxes ? |
| 3 | They have meant that women are no longer quite so much at the mercy of their biology and may engage in sexual intercourse free from the worry of unwanted pregnancy . |
| 4 | They have found that molecules of oxygen ( 02 ) split up at different rates according to whether the molecule contains two atoms of oxygen-16 or one atom of oxygen-16 combined with another of the rarer oxygen-17 or oxygen-18 isotopes . |
| 5 | They have found that algae are thriving on nutrients from sewage , farm runoff and factory waste : when they die they drift to the bottom and consume the available oxygen ; water hyacinths clog the shallows , reducing the light and oxygen reaching the area where many of the native fish species live ; in the past the fish acted as a check on the algae , but more than 400 species have disappeared in recent years ; one culprit is considered to be the Nile perch , a large fish introduced in the 1950s . |
| 6 | Already they have found that growers who want to invest in water collection and recirculation systems may have to spend considerable sums on facilities to clean up the water . |
| 7 | They have shown that patients with chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer may malabsorb carbohydrate , but the amount malabsorbed had not been quantified . |
| 8 | ‘ They have known that leaves will fall , and branches be blown across roads and berries go toxic , but what have they done ? |