Example sentences of "have already be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The range of objectives to be met , and potential opponents , are narrower and this time the ground has already been well and truly broken by a predecessor . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd already been away since I was nine , ’ Philip retorted . |
| 3 | If plants have anything wrong with them it may have already been there when they were obtained , or it is a sign that they are not being grown in the right conditions . |
| 4 | There have already been more than 50 attempts to extort money from America with nuclear threats , some frighteningly credible . |
| 5 | Israel presents a bill-cum-claim for £13 billion ; the Turks have already been more than vigilant and need recompense ; Egypt is already forgiven its £7 billion arms debt but needs more ; Syria has had its funds unblocked by the EC ; the US is getting its war subsidies ; the Soviet Union is tied by its need for help ; the air is thick with pay-offs and promises , massive promises every one of which has its own complex politics contradicting most or all of the others . |