Example sentences of "[verb] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , what we have witnessed has been the spectacle of governments running so hard to get away from this concept that they have been unable to hear the voice of the British business community , pleading that the interest it would like the government to show in its affairs is of a different nature altogether . |
| 2 | Yet such as it is , what I have witnessed has been enough to throw a strong light on the materials I have used , and , for me , has made the dry bones live . |
| 3 | A PLAN to draw up registers of land which may be polluted has been abandoned by the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , writes Auslan Cramb . |
| 4 | These issues have been well raised and aired over the last few months I would like to now raise another issue that I do n't think has been publicized enough that is the issue of under-provision in old age . |
| 5 | The analogy to light has been a favourite religious image when talking of God . |
| 6 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
| 7 | However , the small proportion of research that involves has been , and will continue to be , essential for medical progress . |
| 8 | The pleadings in the case and the submissions made to the judge may indicate which of the decisions to which we have referred has been made . |
| 9 | The answer to this , at least in part , is that , over the years since the Act of 1967 came into force , the relatively elaborate procedure to which I have referred has been created . |
| 10 | The clean up to which Mr Bagnall referred has been physical ( refurbishment , rebadging and refitting ) , operational , and strategic . |
| 11 | An estimate of how well the non-crystallographic fivefold symmetry is conserved has been made by applying an exact fivefold rotation for a given atom and determining the r.m.s.d. from the observed positions . |
| 12 | However , much less well developed has been the nature of using information for decision-making . |
| 13 | The way in which the RMCs have developed has been analysed most interestingly by Nancy Foy in a survey of management education undertaken on behalf of the Foundation of Management Education , itself a body which has put a great deal of effort into stimulating initiatives in management education . |
| 14 | The most significant resource developed has been the Self-Evaluation Programme for Catholic Secondary Schools , piloted under the title ‘ The Nature Of the Catholic Secondary School Self-Evaluation Project . ’ |
| 15 | Finally , a theme common to the various policies to be examined has been the changing character of central — local state relationships within the NHS . |
| 16 | The desire to diversify has been prompted by a need to boost dwindling profit margins in an increasingly competitive traditional banking sector . |
| 17 | The extent to which such an understanding is justified has been a matter of some debate , not only at the local level , but in terms of national politics , and even politics within the EC . |
| 18 | … no inconsiderable sacrifice to put in the time and effort that this sort of work requires , particularly when , as I fear has been the case so far , it has to be pursued at rather a breakneck speed . |
| 19 | 1982 No. 1676 ) ) regulating the practice on appeal to the Judicial Committee , an appeal from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand can be entertained only if leave to appeal has been granted by that court or if special leave has been granted by Her Majesty in Council . |
| 20 | A party who wishes to appeal from an arbitration award will be able to do so only : ( 1 ) if he has not entered into an international contract where the right to appeal has been excluded ; or ( 2 ) if he has not agreed to exclude the right to appeal after the dispute has arisen ; or ( 3 ) if the subject-matter is admiralty , commodities or insurance ; or ( 4 ) if he is challenging a finding where there is a need to interpret certain standard form contracts ; or ( 5 ) if he is challenging a finding which is plainly and seriously wrong . |
| 21 | The courtyard thus formed has been adopted by the Manx government who intent to develop it as a garden area . |
| 22 | A very small proportion , my Lord Mayor , of of what affects the City 's financial position , is your own car , Sir , which I am delighted to see has been plugged into the controlling group 's revenue expenditure this year . |
| 23 | Historically change has been limited in extent since traditional lore and experience play a greater part in extensive systems . |
| 24 | Abolition of the right to silence has been rejected by Parliament on a number of occasions , most recently when the Police and Criminal Evidence Act was enacted . |
| 25 | Once the task to be taught has been selected we can begin the first step in the model , that of analysing the task into its component elements and plotting the knowledge and skills necessary for successful performance . |
| 26 | According to B.F. Skinner , " Education is what survives when what has been taught has been forgotten " ( " Education in 1984 " , see Suggestions for further reading at the end of this chapter ) . |
| 27 | We 've just heard in the last few minutes that the application for that hotel to be listed has been turned down . |
| 28 | Our Washington correspondent Nick Peters has been telling Richard Dalling about the likely issues up for discussion . |
| 29 | They walk solemnly , exhibiting the discipline that even the industrialists concede has been one of Niyogi 's great contributions to their factories . |
| 30 | A has a new bike which s/he thinks has been " borrowed " by B |