Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 But with a certain amount of bemusement they 've had to overcome several problems to meet their latest challenge .
2 He had wooed her with hunger tempered with tenderness , lifting her to heights of fulfilment she could never have even imagined before she had met him , and she 'd been a willing , eager vessel , wreaking her woman 's power over him , submitting joyfully to his possession until in the final moment of consummation she had robbed him of his strength , leaving him as helpless as Samson shorn of his crowning glory .
3 Philip thus forced upon the Netherlanders a degree of unity which had hitherto not existed .
4 Gooch , who missed the Madras hammering because of illness , added : ‘ We have to come to terms with the style of play we have to use to combat the Indian spinners .
5 Though Invergordon 's shares dipped sharply early on in the morning after the figures , by the close of play they had recovered to end only 1p down at 269p .
6 Just how they react obviously will depend on the state of play which has been reached .
7 Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 .
8 This in his opinion , as well as in the opinion of many others in the literature , has led to the use of inappropriate methods of assessment which have not only distorted the character of what is taught , but also of the way it has been taught .
9 The model of assessment which has been agreed has three levels ( fig 1 ) .
10 Now I do n't know whether that is the fact that 's the sort of assessment we 've made .
11 In the area of assessment there has been considerable debate in recent years among Catholic teachers .
12 They are also both gender- and culturally biased , representing an essentially male Western view of progress which has marginalized women and disregarded their interests .
13 On the other hand , without the gay community there would not have been the collective response of support which has made it possible for many gay men to live with AIDS or the fear of AIDS .
14 A thorough and systematic evaluation of the kinds of support which have passed between kin over the past two centuries is a separate project in its own right .
15 Those differences seem very largely to account for the variations in actual patterns of support which have occurred over time .
16 ‘ Everyone is delighted by the enormous level of support we have received following Freddie 's death . ’
17 Only the other day a leader of the student movement in Prague said that the first letter of support they had received from abroad after baptising the revolution in their blood on November 17 was from him , with the signatures of four other Soviet Academicians .
18 Yesterday saw Hopkinson in sad , frustrated mood , attacking the ‘ complacency ’ among many field sportsmen and bewailing the lack of support he has received over the past seven years .
19 ‘ I know from the messages of support I have received from those in the arts world and elsewhere how much your leadership , interest and enthusiasm will be missed .
20 In relation to all the major types of support I have considered — the sharing of households , the giving or lending of money , the provision of practical support — the principle that support is most likely to be given if the advantage is mutual , or if there is a clear expectation that assistance will be given in return , is a prominent feature .
21 It is the biggest influx of support it has had .
22 Yet the confused young woman that was the real Diana was in grave danger of drowning in the tidal wave of change which had turned her world upside-down .
23 A more frequent way of theme continuation is to repeat with some change — not the slight degree of change we have shown above , but the alteration of part of the theme to present even greater interest : In this example , the second four bars have added interest as a result of various factors : larger leaps , higher notes , syncopation , modulation , increase in overall span , etc .
24 But nursing could be forgiven for thinking that life — and thus the amount of change it has to cope with — is getting a bit too hectic .
25 You 're perhaps a little nervous of change you have n't got really a desire for adventure or anything too challenging .
26 Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce .
27 Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce .
28 Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce .
29 Without realizing it she had been rubbing the area of skin which had touched the rat 's tail .
30 I always notice what people are wearing , I think it 's fascinating ; I 'm good at appreciating what kind of look someone has aimed for , especially when it 's obvious she 's put a lot of time and effort into it .
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