Example sentences of "[conj] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or have been asked not to by her husband … ’ he put his arm round his wife . |
| 2 | YOU ca n't enjoy good beer if the pubs that serve them are badly run or have been modernised in a vulgar and insensitive fashion . |
| 3 | It is difficult to know what of the next few seconds I remember , or have pieced together , or have been told by Nathan . |
| 4 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 5 | Hundreds of different products are or have been manufactured there , and the capacity and capability is impressive . |
| 6 | 1 ) Aluminium — Your baby must be approximately one year old and been fed for at least six months on soya infant formula or have been breastfed and received no soya products . |
| 7 | Now the results of experiments on habituation of the OR have been taken as supporting the latter assertion — dishabituation fails to occur if the changed context is familiar . |
| 8 | It was three or four a.m. and the music was very slow ; and usually at that time Boy would have gone , or have found someone , or have been found by someone . |
| 9 | 65% of the 455 of you who responded to our survey are either dog owners or have been . |
| 10 | Ninety per cent of women who visit the clinic with hair loss problems are deficient in iron through dieting or simply because they are run down or have been ill . |
| 11 | Most roofs exceed these minimum requirements , but if they are inadequate or have been seriously affected by bad workmanship , poor quality timber , woodworm , dry rot , wet rot , and so on , the eventual result is seen in sagging roofs , displaced or split timbers , twisted and open joints — and visible movement of walls at eaves level . |
| 12 | Any hollows or unevenness indicate either that they have been badly laid or have been affected by subsidence . |
| 13 | In theory , it should be easy to tell whether you have left voluntarily or have been dismissed . |
| 14 | Another interesting finding is that many of these patients have worked in the medical field ; they are particularly likely to be or have been nurses ( Simpson 1975 ) . |
| 15 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 16 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 17 | This sounds simple enough , yet it does mean that the data subject ( to whom the information relates ) and the data user ( who puts it into a computer ) should each see the handling of the data in the same way , and this has not always been the case when data have been disclosed to third parties , or have been collected for one ostensible purpose and used for another . |
| 18 | Whether you have just moved into a new home or have been living in the same place for years the main thing is that you are alone and you must make your home your pride , your joy , your sanctuary . |
| 19 | Often the answers are , or have been , in PFK on several occasions . |
| 20 | The remedies of the homoeopathic materia medica have not , as has happened to their orthodox counterparts , had to be abandoned , as one after another they have lost their efficacy or have been shown to be too toxic to be used safely . |
| 21 | If you feel anxious — perhaps you developed a mystery pain or have been unable to eat or relax — the meridian lines connecting the stomach and spleen will be examined by the practitioner . |
| 22 | ‘ It is not as though we are bad shopkeepers or have been foolish with our money . |
| 23 | S 459 of the Companies Act 1985 provides that if a company 's affairs are being or have been conducted in a manner which is unfairly prejudicial to the company 's interests , then the members may obtain relief through the courts . |
| 24 | If it exists at all , their efforts must be going unrecognised , or have been rendered inoperative , or were never activated in the first place . |
| 25 | It may have evoked a response in our personal nature , or have been in keeping with the mood of the moment . |
| 26 | No counsellor can assume that ‘ good ’ relationships either are or have been the norm within the family , and idealistic pictures of family life as a reciprocally loving , mutually committed and concerned relationship should be abandoned . |
| 27 | When marital relationships have declined , or have been lost altogether it becomes far easier for older people to suppress their sexual needs , to feel that they are unnatural and unwanted . |
| 28 | Most people of middle age are or have been married ; divorce affects all age groups . |
| 29 | If you 've got permed hair or have been inspired by Making Waves on Page 8 , then this great give-away is for you ! |
| 30 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |