Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That money could have electrified railways that would 've given industry a chance to get its goods into Europe . |
| 2 | I was born in a barn , never knew my father , but was a very goodlooking baby — I could 've won prizes . |
| 3 | Their contribution so far has emphasized reviews of human impacts often reflecting research in other disciplines rather than appropriate fundamental impact studies by physical geographers . |
| 4 | I have had breathing problems which my doctor has said is a figment of my imagination and he has diagnosed depression . |
| 5 | After 20 years at Data General Corp , where he was most recently director of Unix Development and acting director of the Database Engineering unit at the company 's Research Triangle Park , North Carolina base , John Pilat has jumped ship to become vice-president of Redwood Shores-based Oracle Corp 's Hewlett-Packard Products Division . |
| 6 | After 20 years at Data General Corp , where he was most recently director of Unix Development and acting director of the Database Engineering unit at the company 's Research Triangle Park , North Carolina base , John Pilat has jumped ship to become vice-president of Redwood Shres-based Oracle Corp 's Hewlett-Packard Products Division . |
| 7 | Vice president of software , Dave Stone , one of DEC 's fair-haired boys , has jumped ship to become president of AT&T Network Systems Group 's Operations System Business Unit . |
| 8 | Carol Bartz , Sun Microsystems Inc vice-president of worldwide field operations , has jumped ship to become chairman , president and chief executive of Autodesk Inc , Sausalito , replacing Alvar Green : she is succeeded at Sun by Joseph Roebuck who becomes vice-president of worldwide field operations for its Sun Microsystems Computer Corp arm . |
| 9 | Not good news , is the loss of vice president , Grover Righter , who has jumped ship to rival Unix-on-the-desktop house , Santa Cruz Operation Inc . |
| 10 | THE number of children on Wirral 's child protection register has jumped 10% in a year , according to the council 's annual social services report . |
| 11 | There is a contradiction which has pervaded responses to the National Curriculum in special education . |
| 12 | A certain narrow-mindedness has pervaded studies of electronic information as the focus has been predominately by national archives on the preservation of records about the national governments themselves . |
| 13 | And CLR 's conviction that cricket can only be seen truly in its social , political and historical context has pervaded Sissons 's subsequent writings on the game , including three books — Cricket and Empire , The Players and George Lohmann — The Beau Ideal . |
| 14 | Injury has stripped Fulton of full-back Andrew Ettingshausen and stand-off Laurie Daley . |
| 15 | Nearly three decades later a British publicist had no doubt that ‘ the refinement of modern ages has stripped war of half its horrors ’ . |
| 16 | British Steel has trebled productivity since 1979 . |
| 17 | A multi-million pound airport built in a remote part of Ireland has trebled profits to £138,000 . |
| 18 | The commitment to maintain or increase expenditure on arms , agriculture and energy has drained investment from the manufacturing base on which all of these priorities depend . |
| 19 | The Defence Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , has revised plans for defence cuts , two regiments which were to be merged will be saved , but there will be no u-turn on the merger of Gloucester Regiment . |
| 20 | HAD GENERAL Manuel Noriega been overthrown by rebel troops , it would have meant the end of a two-year political crisis that has wrecked Panama 's economy and brought political embarrassment and frustration to the United States . |
| 21 | Instead , the siege mentality towards the accompanying press party , that has wrecked morale on previous tours , notably the 1986 trip to the West Indies , has set in again with a vengeance . |
| 22 | The explanation , he says , is the fraud that has wrecked Brandmakers ' financing plans . |
| 23 | Price-slashing by Allied and major competitors has wrecked margins , admits boss Tony Hales . |
| 24 | Once a male silkmoth has sensed bombykol , his only task is to fly in the correct direction ; he must make the correct taxic response ( p. 40 ) . |
| 25 | The owner of the house and landlady , Lauretta Birt-Smith claims that Gloucester City Council 's housing benefits department has delayed payments to her tenants . |
| 26 | On two occasions , the IBA has delayed transmission of programmes involving former security service personnel , fearing that the Authority might be joined in a prosecution under the Official Secrets Act . |
| 27 | As is often the case in such circumstances , the accountant has delayed submission of later accounts pending settlement of the enquiries and establishment of the true liability . |
| 28 | No one who contemplates the brutal war that has racked Croatia over the last few months can do so without a deep feeling of sorrow and shame : sorrow that such devastation and misery should disfigure our continent in 1991 , and shame that we have been unable to do anything to halt the carnage and destruction . |
| 29 | Mr Maxwell , in an affidavit of his own , confirms he has received payments from his mother but adds : ‘ I feel I have a moral obligation to repay as and when my resources permit . ’ |
| 30 | [ Where a person , not appointed as a trustee , ] has received trust property with actual or constructive notice that it is trust property transferred in breach of trust , or because , not being a bona fide purchaser for value without notice , he acquires notice subsequent to such receipt and then deals with the property in a manner inconsistent with the trust , [ he is deemed a constructive trustee . ] |