Example sentences of "have already [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion . |
| 2 | But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion . |
| 3 | Capacity alone has already increased by over 30 per cent . |
| 4 | Last year , a couple of their events were not fully covered by sponsorship income and it is doubtful whether Mark McCormack will want to add to the £2million or so he has already poured in . |
| 5 | THE CHERRY blossoms have bloomed , and the pavement in the Ginza district has already warmed up nicely — enough to entice Dave the Busker , from Yorkshire , out on to Tokyo 's streets with renderings of old Beatles and John Lennon numbers . |
| 6 | According to the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , the world has already warmed by about half a degree since industrialisation began . |
| 7 | Over the past year , headcount has already risen by about 100 to 337 . |
| 8 | Even if Telecom could get planning permission for its Ballsbridge site ( although it is difficult to see anyone now wanting to get caught up in a possible planning scandal on top of what has already gone down ) the development costs are going to be huge . |
| 9 | The idea is that all computers must conform to Russian standards , and the Committee has already singled out Summit Systems ( a Chips & Technologies Inc joint venture ) , the French-Italian-Russian joint venture Interquadro ; and Intermicro , a Russian-Austrian joint venture . |
| 10 | The Law Society has already stepped up its drive to improve the quality of other areas of criminal defence work by publishing ‘ The Magistrates ’ Court — A Guide To Good Practice In The Preparation of Cases ’ . |
| 11 | In addition to the secretary of state for the environment , the director-general of water services , and the EC commissioners , regulators include the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( which has already stepped in to prevent unwelcome mergers ) ; the local authorities ( responsible for monitoring and controlling the standard of clean water supplies ) ; the Drinking Water Inspectorate ( the auditor of technical standards ) ; the National Rivers Authority ( responsible for monitoring and controlling pollution in rivers , lakes and coastal waters , and for maintaining sea walls ) ; Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , HMIP ( which grants consents for the release of toxic substances into the environment ) ; and the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( responsible for granting consents for disposals at sea ) . |
| 12 | But Wearing has already moved on . |
| 13 | This season Murphy has already sent out 12 winners while his boss is often left to drive the horse-box and saddle up in the parade ring . |
| 14 | Lobbying by pharmaceutical companies has already watered down a proposed directive which at first suggested forcing them to include detailed information on dosage and usage on advertisements . |
| 15 | He has already ruled out the forcing of a by-election by the elevation of a senior Tory MP to the Lords . |
| 16 | He says he has already ruled out IBM Corp , and what makes the announcement intriguing is that the number of potential partners is so small . |
| 17 | Unit has already built up valuable experience in engineering by setting up its own production line for the pallets business with in-house expertise . |
| 18 | Work on these lines has already cleared up many of the mysteries of the Pleistocene and holds more hope of a final elucidation than any other method known . |
| 19 | Amazing as it must seem to non-Americans , skirmishing for the Republican presidential nomination for the 1996 election has already broken out . |
| 20 | Here the Croydon Aircraft Company has already turned out several ‘ remanufactured ’ DH-82As and has another half dozen Moths , including a Fox Moth , coming along the production line . |
| 21 | ( In good humour he has already turned back to the mime : the two SPIES awaiting execution at the hands of the PLAYER ) Audiences know what to expect , and that is all that they are prepared to believe in . |
| 22 | Some peers , led by Baroness Thatcher , are keen for a referendum , which the Commons has already turned down . |
| 23 | The conflict has already dragged on for five years ; thousands have died . |
| 24 | The ministry has already sounded out robot firms about joining the project , which will bring government laboratories universities and research institutes together with the private sector . |
| 25 | Stefano Tani has already pointed out that Calvino 's idea of observation , within his wider poetic of ‘ seeing ’ , is a different matter from the ‘ impassive and indifferent , basically blind , gaze that we have inherited from the nouveau roman ’ . |
| 26 | Peter Taylor , of the Political Ecology Research Group , has already pointed out the above-average numbers of cases of leukaemia in Barrow , Cumberland and Westmoreland , although he says ; ‘ Any link to the pattern of 1957 fallout can be ruled out because of the very low doses and the nature of the radioactivity . ’ |
| 27 | But that was three weeks ago , as the Substitute Prosecutor has already pointed out to you . |
| 28 | has already pointed out , in Bank of Baroda v. Shah [ 1988 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 29 | This Report has already pointed out that something more than singing and playing may lie needed if boys and girls are to remain part of a choir or music group . |
| 30 | As Fisher ( 1990 ) has already pointed out the community care reforms are being designed as if everyone who is to receive services feels equally happy about that fact , and can express a reliable opinion about their own need for care , and the success of the service in meeting their needs . |