Example sentences of "and have [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Ground elder is said to have been brought to Britain by the Romans as a remedy for gout and has plagued us ever since .
2 He expects profits this year of £135m and has pencilled in £150m for next year .
3 This approach has been very evident in the United States , in the most recently settled areas , and has involved reconstruction of changes in biogeographical systems in recent decades and centuries incorporating the influence of human activity .
4 The Shoe People has since been televised in 52 countries and has spawned a multi-million pound empire .
5 It is now accepted as his masterpiece and has spawned a small industry in northern Italy .
6 Indubitably liberalism parades under many guises and has spawned a multitude of distinctive political theories.g Yet two threads run through all these diverse patterns of liberal thought : the commitment to respect both the equality of citizens and the autonomy of individuals .
7 The FSA 1986 ( Chapter X ) also significantly enhances the investigative powers of the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) and has spawned the quasi-statutory anti-insider dealing rules made by the SIB and other rule-making bodies who fall under the jurisdiction of the SIB in accordance with the provisions of the FSA .
8 The unit accepted it was its fault and has apologised for the delay , ’ he said .
9 Shell has admitted full responsibility for the spillage of a hundred and fifty tons of crude oil into the Mersey last August , and has apologised for the slick which killed 300 birds and injured 2,000 others .
10 Real concrete problems , such as the fact that Germany is the biggest trading nation in Europe , 50% more populous than France or Britain , that she holds half of the Soviet Union 's debt and has lent more money in government-guaranteed credit to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , can not be made to disappear with words .
11 It has given parents and teachers much more responsibility for running their own schools and has freed the schools from the dead hand of local education bureaucracy in many places .
12 Peter is now on the All Black selection committee and has stated that there is currently no fullback of Ian 's calibre in New Zealand .
13 Bank of Ireland recently issued a circular regarding the above loans and has stated that they now wish to take a charge over the deeds of the home and the cost of this charge is to be borne by members of the Association .
14 Indeed , the Ramblers Association has gone further than my hon. Friend has suggested in connection with that line , and has stated that , if British Rail increases the speed on a line , it will also be reducing the safety on it .
15 This chapter has considered some of the dimensions of the likely future needs for health care among older people , and has examined practices which discriminate against those needs by comparison with other age groups .
16 Norfolk had a particularly strong tradition in the subject and the university 's resident tutor , Rachel Young , was given due credit for this , albeit anonymously : ‘ her work is outstanding and has influenced not only many students , but also some part-time tutors . ’
17 As Hargreaves ( 1982 ) has pointed out , much of this is rhetoric rather than reality , especially when secondary education comes within the orbit of public examinations , which have hitherto largely emphasized cognitive development , but it does constitute a strong element in ‘ progressive ’ models of primary education , and has influenced the content , teaching and assessment of courses leading to the General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE ) .
18 It is also used in various music libraries and has influenced the development of music schedules in BC2 and DC .
19 This series of events wasted thousands of pounds of public funds in terms of opportunity costs ; caused embarrassment to us ; has long delayed the publication of our work ; has reduced the originality of the work as others have published papers on related topics in the intervening period ; and has swept away our confidence in the editorial and peer review process .
20 The deaths are the latest in an epidemic which was first identified in Ireland and has swept through the eastern Mediterranean [ see EDs 49/50 , 51 ] .
21 The butterfly of the gospel has broken out of its chrysalis at Jerusalem and has flown to the centre of the civilised world .
22 Mike Lawrence has been the test pilot here since 1983 and has flown 4,000 sorties including every one of the 165 Jaguars in the RAF Fleet .
23 The Church has criticised the great emphasis placed on individualism rather than collectivism , and has complained about the government 's over-reliance on market forces .
24 He assures them Virgin Atlantic can and does compete on cost as well as service , but he claims British Airways is n't playing fair and has complained to the European commission that B A is offering anti-competitive deals Virgin claims it 's losing business as a result .
25 branded the penalty , which resulting in Courtaulds InterSpray slipping from first to last position in the opening stages of leg three before clawing back places , ‘ draconian ’ and has lodged an objection .
26 Born in 1962 in Canada while her Orcadian parents were living there , she returned to Orkney as a small child and has lived there most of her life .
27 He is a remarkable old man in any setting , but in the bushveld of southern Africa , where he was born and has lived for much of his life , he was in his element .
28 The man survived the war and told the tale and has lived a purposeful life ever since , seeking to carry on Kolbe 's work of reconciliation .
29 Helen Brotherton moved to Dorset after the end of the Second World War and has lived there ever since .
30 She has almost always travelled alone and has lived with very poor and very rich families , participating in the most private aspects of Arab family life .
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