Example sentences of "and [noun pl] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today I no longer work in the grant-aided sector and a great number of women who were my colleagues and contemporaries have moved on to work in broadcast or cable television . |
| 2 | The main discussion and disagreements have centred around the appropriate policy for dealing with mergers . |
| 3 | Qian Qichen , in an interview with Liaowang on Dec. 25 , said : " Conflicts between different social systems and ideologies have become more complicated and intense [ but ] " socialism has not failed , nor has capitalism attained victory . " |
| 4 | The Ministry of Agriculture collaborated on the dog study and circulars have gone out urging villages to fence in their garbage dumps to deprive the animals of at least that source of food , but there is no wave of popular enthusiasm for slaughtering dogs wholesale . |
| 5 | The majority of members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have voted to take industrial action over their workload . |
| 6 | Since 1923 , on Barro Colorado Island the numbers of species of reptiles , amphibians and birds have fallen since the effect of the secondary habitats associated with agriculture , prevalent there beforehand , has diminished . |
| 7 | Arctic mammals and birds have evolved pure white fur or feathers that help to camouflage them against the white expanses of the frozen north . |
| 8 | A large proportion of our birds are transient and sea-watches have shown westerly movements until late January and small easterly movements in March and April . |
| 9 | Where such nervousness has been overcome and groups have invited their neighbours along , they have often been surprised by the level of response ( Gibbs 1977:13 ; 1979a:22 ) . |
| 10 | Usually organizations and groups have designated leaders but even then it does n't necessarily follow that the official leader will behave as such . |
| 11 | The hardy fell sheep , the dogs who have worked with the shepherds , and the pack horses and ponies have made an indispensable contribution to the trade , and all deserve recognition . |
| 12 | The US v Europe rivalry is understandable — and excesses have happened in England . |
| 13 | In the two figures on the right in particular the earlier striations and hatchings have given way to more discreetly and subtly modelled planes delineating the component parts of the trunks and limbs of the figures ; these planes are angled away from each other along clearly defined ridges in some passages , but softly opened up into each other in others . |
| 14 | Recently , however , there has been some criticism and some arguments about its structure , in addition to the more long-standing discussion of how far ministers can dominate their departments and how far civil service practices and attitudes have proved too much for the politicians . |
| 15 | While the weight of the waste we all throw away has been going down slightly over the last twenty years , ( because things like glass , plastic bottles and cans have become thinner ) , the volume of waste has been rising . |
| 16 | Since these chemicals were banned , between 1963 and 1986 , pesticide levels in the environment have been declining and the numbers of birds such as sparrowhawks , kestrels and herons have begun to recover . |
| 17 | Scully and Sons have had the job for as long as I can remember , not because they are any good but because they are ruddy cheap . |
| 18 | If a slight loss of quality and taste is the downside of English Hop 's work , the upside is that oils and essences have opened new markets for growers . |
| 19 | ‘ For too long judges , barristers and solicitors have proclaimed the immutable wonders of our legal system . |
| 20 | The SRs and Mensheviks have received more detailed treatment , and come to be regarded less as cynical saboteurs and traitors than as misguided champions of the petty bourgeoisie . |
| 21 | Support is growing to make Joe Jordan the next manager of Scotland , Lou Macari , the man in the frame for the Celtic job joins us live , and Spurs have given Rangers first refusal on a transfer-listed player — guess who ? |
| 22 | Since 1970 industrial concentration has continued to increase and mergers have continued to play a major role in this process . |
| 23 | Over the past year Roadcare and Inroads have competed against each other for various trophies in different sporting events . |
| 24 | Mrs Maybury was quite scathing about it , but she is a little old-fashioned , and times have changed . |
| 25 | The woods and roads have vanished like chalk wiped from a blackboard ; of the villages nothing remains but grey smearsm … |
| 26 | The so-called functional areas , such as marketing , production and personnel have given way to a more problem-centred approach , but within this there has been a notable decline in the significance accorded to industrial relations , and still more , to the field of personnel management . |
| 27 | He is kept alive by dialysis sessions three times a week and the doctors , nurses and fellow-patients have become his friends and surrogate family . |
| 28 | Scientists and musicians have struggled to add feeling to synthesised computer-music ever since Max Mathews first helped to teach computers to play , more than 30 years ago . |
| 29 | ‘ In the years since this situation first arose — due to various court decisions — the standards and rules have become more stringent . |
| 30 | Now that the problem has been identified , federal and state health ministers have agreed in principle that this type of service should be a federal responsibility and discussions have started on the practicalities . |