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

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1 Most of the other companies included in the table are also developing or have already developed liaisons of this type .
2 A 1992 survey revealed that 39% of large companies either fear or have already experienced litigation due to lost or missing records .
3 As a result , many plants and animals are in decline or have already disappeared .
4 Now I was about to make a comment that er well most of you know who who you are and where you 're sitting , er those that have already done that have turned their name tags round so we can see .
5 The aims of this research are to identify the conditions that have already led to either of these diverging trends in other countries and the likelihood of their influence in Britain ; the consequences for job opportunities and skill-use following from either of these patterns ; and the possibility of a conflict in relevant training and labour requirement arising from contrasting work practices .
6 Evidence for the third possibility , cell selection , comes from regrafting cells that have already migrated and begun to differentiate , to the site of neural crest formation in a younger embryo .
7 ICAM-1 expression is only seen , however , in cells that have already undergone some degree of activation and therefore the actual initial adhesion event supporting antigen presentation to the antigen receptor may be between LFA-1 and ICAM-3 .
8 For firms that have already invested abroad , there is a third motivation : efficiency-seeking from investments that transform the workings of their international network .
9 Among the champagne houses that have already increased their prices to the wine trade are Moet et Chandon ( 9.6 per cent ) , Laurent Perrier ( 4.9 per cent ) , Bollinger ( about 3 per cent ) and Lanson ( about 4 per cent ) .
10 The cardinal rule is to avoid thinking that you can press such flowers as overblown roses that have already lost half their petals .
11 Thus it makes little sense to refer to ‘ immigrant ’ communities ; what we now have are minority black British communities , that have already made a very substantial contribution to the growth and prosperity of the British economy .
12 The same names and groups that have already featured in the discussion of the provincial press therefore appear again as owners of local radio .
13 Vitally for small manufacturers , the more parts they use from large manufacturers that have already gained Type Approval in another application , the cheaper the tests will be ; MIRA 's inspectors will be able to cross-check data they already hold for , say , a wheel , a light or a mirror , using their discretion as to whether they think its new role is fit and proper .
14 This frees the dentist from working with materials that have already begun to set before they are adequately placed and shaped .
15 And what of those that have already fallen by the wayside ?
16 Secondly , the companies that have already spent money on cleaning up are reluctant to see others let off the hook .
17 Only the newest pits are excavated in order not to take eggs that have already started to develop .
18 The two are betting that with WinPad , they can exploit their dominant positions in the personal computer market to defeat the majors that have already tipped their hands , including AT&T Co and Apple Computer Inc .
19 But most of us still feel hard-pressed to keep up with those changes that have already taken place .
20 The discursive mode of Amalgamemnon is also plausible realistically in as much as the future and other unreal verb forms are commonly used in news broadcasts to describe scheduled events , to make meteorological and economic forecasts , and to speculate as to the possible consequences of events that have already taken place .
21 This is an area where we can make much more progress and I 'm delighted to see the advances that have already taken place .
22 In many cases green ferns , and particularly bracken , can darken during pressing , or you can deliberately look for ferns that have already changed colour .
23 And because Sun will only carry Open Look-based products through its distribution channels , ICS will also be supplying Motif-based versions of the Adobe WYSIWYG software for existing users that have already defected to the rival interface and for those that will run Motif on Solaris 2. x .
24 In order to look at the effect that financial devolution , in the form of LMS , is likely to have , both on schools and on the quality of education , it may be helpful to look closely at what has happened in institutions that have already experienced various levels of financial autonomy .
25 The second method is to buy a pair that have already bred .
26 If they want to settle out of court , then it has got to be a really substantial settlement to satisfy these people because er those that have already died , er they entered into the litigation in the hope of seeing it through and making sure that , er if anything did happen to them , their wives and families would be catered for and would be er financially settled .
27 But the way things are at the moment , er you know , these people , the next of kin and dependents of those that have already died , until they get money through , they 're going to have to go cap in hand to the government to get whatever handout they can .
28 Right , why do n't we erm give Derwent two free bookings , you know bookings that have already happened or are about to happen for free ,
29 Sea levels are rising by about 15 cm per century — due to temperature increases that have already occurred and which may or may not be linked with the greenhouse effect .
30 We should note important changes that have already come about .
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