Example sentences of "[noun] have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Building , agriculture and dams have also taken their toll . |
| 2 | This is not to deny that the custodians of institutionalized religion have often done their best to censure what they perceive to be damaging scientific conclusions . |
| 3 | As Edward Hulmes quoted in his book in this series , Education and Cultural Diversity : The great teachers of religion have always had to get rid of the useless lumber which accumulates in its progress — the rigid dogmatism , the narrow legalism , the mechanical rites , the silly superstitions which may become a substitute for religious life . |
| 4 | His words have really come home to me this week . |
| 5 | He eventually whittled it down to eighteen thousand and his successors have since reduced the number even more dramatically . |
| 6 | His successors have cleverly traded on his reputation for robust , no-nonsense Northern philosophy to build an empire — there 's a Ramsden 's in Heathrow now and smaller fry planned for Bristol and Edinburgh . |
| 7 | Lured by stories of pickers making up to $1,000 in a single day , unemployed loggers , SouthEast Asian immigrants and garden-variety opportunists have all rushed in . |
| 8 | THE HOCKEY Association have again named a strong side for the annual visit to Felsted School today , with Great Britain stars John Shaw and Russell Garcia the main attractions . |
| 9 | It will be the first time Northern Ireland waters have been chosen for the GP14 inland championship , but representatives of the class association have already visited the area , and they were well pleased with their reconnoitre . |
| 10 | Investigators from the British Parachute Association have already visited Eastnor and started an inquiry |
| 11 | THE Hampshire Playing Fields Association have just launched a £250,000 public appeal to enable them to respond to the ever-increasing demands for support of sport and recreational projects throughout the county . |
| 12 | Despite his subsequent apology , the International Amateur Boxing Association have now banned Griffin . |
| 13 | But contractors for the Re-Roof Housing Association have now sorted out the problems . |
| 14 | Only now , when the tribal peoples have almost gone , has the West awakened to the fact that , rather than their lands and possessions , it is their subtle abilities and specialized environmental wisdom , forged since the beginning of time , which are of paramount importance to us all . |
| 15 | GEORGE HARRISON and ERIC CLAPTON have apparently had a falling out , resulting in Clapton 's diminished presence on the upcoming live album of the pair 's recent Japan tour . |
| 16 | The results of all the foregoing may be a fire or fires which on the arrival of the fire brigade have either developed as could be anticipated in the absence of an automatic extinguishing system or a situation where fire has gained a substantial hold and is being retarded in its growth by a sprinkler system reduced to some degree from its designed effectiveness . |
| 17 | Existing biolayer/transducer combinations have all achieved ‘ proof of principle ’ capability , and look promising in bioanalysis . |
| 18 | ‘ I would liken them to the Hitler Youth Movement — using intimidating tactics to try to control those who come to matches and deterring decent fans from watching us , ’ said Jobson , whose Southend side have now gone nine League matches without a win . |
| 19 | Ferguson 's side have now managed only their eighth League win in 25 attempts this year . |
| 20 | Dave Bassett 's side have only had one penalty in 90 games in the last two seasons . |
| 21 | Winger Martin Offiah , whom the Central Park fans have clearly taken to their hearts after his world recordtransfer , scored two tries in glorious demonstrations of his devastating pace . |
| 22 | Fenway fans have simply grown resigned to seeing fine teams commit one horrendous play to throw away a crucial championship game as good as won . |
| 23 | For Clarke , football hooliganism developed at the intersection of these trends : the fans have now taken the traditional values of toughness , masculinity , local identity , collective action and partisanship and made them part of the game 's new , more spectacularised style . |
| 24 | I imagine all these Madness fans have never felt an emotion in their life . |
| 25 | Many parts of the continent have also got a drought ; in France , in southern Italy and Greece in particular but Spain , they 're not too bad actually they 've had quite a lot of thundery showers this summer . |
| 26 | According to this book , contributions of goodness have been made to the Created God , albeit unknowingly , by the countless thousands of individuals who , through many centuries have deliberately lived their lives constantly expanding , supporting and practising those human traits universally acknowledged as virtues . |
| 27 | I mean , my legs have rarely seen a Bic razor you know , I 'm gon na wear a pair of shorts in the summer , I might shave 'em , but I |
| 28 | Environment Ministers from the federal government and the provinces have also agreed to begin recovery initiatives by the end of this year . |
| 29 | Looted by Sadam Hussain in September 1990 during the Gulf War , the contents of the al-Sabah collection of Islamic art the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyya have now returned to Kuwait . |
| 30 | IBM Japan Ltd , Mazda Ltd , and French company ESI SA have jointly developed a virtual machining centre that IBM Japan is marketing . |