Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | READERS have overwhelmingly backed the Mirror 's exposure of Fergie 's frolics . |
| 2 | The grotesquely inappropriate and anti-food coloured board covers have presumably hampered their sales even at what is today a give-away price . |
| 3 | The vital coat proteins have presumably evolved sites that will bind to these glycoproteins , which then serve as the unwitting doormen , allowing viruses to enter the cell . |
| 4 | That eventful first full year of 1908 finished with the second Annual General Meeting in October and the presentation of the First Annual Report and Financial Statement — copies of both have luckily survived , as has the bondholders ' account which deals with the course and clubhouse construction . |
| 5 | Thus , while painting and decorating courses have rather faded because people do not want ex-prisoners inside their houses to decorate them , it is apparently much more acceptable to have an ex-prisoner in your house to repair your word-processor . |
| 6 | I , I do think they have rather gone over the top . |
| 7 | More recently , however , a variety of factors have rather changed this state of affairs and encouraged the search for a third road to socialism . |
| 8 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 9 | His sales have dipped a bit since Jig , and all the Grafton reissues have rather confused people , but this is new and first-class . |
| 10 | Well , we have rather passed points of order . |
| 11 | THE inane antics of our domestic political parties during the Maastricht debate have rather overshadowed the equally peculiar attitudes prevalent among our European partners . |
| 12 | People have rather forgotten about it , although that does n't stop the government taking legal action against former agents who want to write about it . ’ |
| 13 | Press reports that local education authorities have cut back drastically on , or have even stopped making , discretionary awards have rather exaggerated the position . |
| 14 | It is true that most jobs have clear cut educational requirements , such that employers assume workers lacking them to be ipso facto unqualified . |
| 15 | ‘ We produce extruded sheet to complement our cell cast range , ’ says Dr Casey , ‘ And have reently introduced a new variety — ‘ Perspex ’ TW — which is rapidly establishing itself as a rigid transparent building material for roofs and non-structural walls . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Queen Margaret believes , ’ he continued , ‘ that her husband was murdered at Flodden by a member of Les Blancs Sangliers who have since waged continuous war against those who advised her late husband , such as Selkirk and Ruthven . ’ |
| 17 | If they have since discovered that this contact can be fulfilling and life-enhancing — and this is certainly not always the case — it is because they have benefited from the broader range of experiences which this contact has offered . |
| 18 | The guitar was described as a 1967 Fender Strat but I have since discovered that it was made in 1974 and that I therefore paid about £250 over the asking price . |
| 19 | Mark Twain fancifully observed that God had modelled heaven on Mauritius , a thought which has been echoed by thousands of travellers who have since discovered the untapped beauty and raw charm of this lovely isle . |
| 20 | I have since discovered that this colour is not produced naturally , but by injecting the fish with dyes . |
| 21 | I have since discovered that that figure is not 10 million tonnes but 17 million tonnes . |
| 22 | Coming to London as a young clerk attached to the Board of Trade , it was not long before he began to take an interest in political affairs , and his remarkable gift for public speaking was developed at the old Battersea Parliament , to which belonged many men who have since played important roles in public life … including Stanley ( now Lord ) Buckmaster , John Burns and Horatio Bottomley … . |
| 23 | There were also the nascent nationally organized environmental pressure groups which have since played such an important role in influencing the political agenda . |
| 24 | Few would argue to this day , though , least of all the legion of pianists who have since played ( including myself ) and recorded this masterpiece , that Horowitz 's highly musical and white-hot interpretation remains an unchallenged tour de force . |
| 25 | A large number of these districts have since applied for and been granted Borough status in consequence of which the chairman bears the title of ‘ Mayor ’ or sometimes ‘ Lord Mayor ’ . |
| 26 | This later evolved to " Falcon 20 " , and Dassault have since applied the name to every version , although the " Mystère 20 " appellation still remains . |
| 27 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 28 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 29 | Bond prices have since fallen and yields risen , partly because of inflation worries , but more because of a worldwide liquidity squeeze which has caused bond yields to rise virtually everywhere . |
| 30 | One exception is if you previously contracted out but your earnings have since fallen substantially . |