Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] them " in BNC.

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1 It is indisputable that such obstacles as poor financing and staffing , and sustained police opposition have made them practically unworkable : ‘ typically the pressure of police unions and the operation of political manipulation has resulted in these Boards becoming inoperative edifices to the democratic principle , or at best fairly toothless bureaucracies ’ ( McKenzie and Gallagher , 1989:109 ) .
2 So marketing department have signed them up .
3 And a steady relaxation of regulations and the increasing of the maximum investment have made them even more popular .
4 Only Tranmere have beaten them in the league this year .
5 A better understanding of duodenal ulcer might confer the avility to predict risk , to identify resistant ulcers before months or years of ineffective therapy have made them apparent , and to develop new means of treatment .
6 Most modern houses have very little fortuitous ventilation because improved standards of insulation and draught-proofing have made them much more air-tight than they have ever been in the past .
7 then I would suggest that perhaps Salford Council have approached them .
8 The volunteers who organise the event say that increasing costs and bureaucracy have forced them to look elswehere .
9 Professor de Bono , there are well-established scales , particularly in the States , measuring long term stress and anxiety that we can use in rehabilitated patients to demonstrate that not only have the cardiologists given them years , but Doctor Bethell and his team have given them quality .
10 The efforts of pacifists to prevent the Second World War have won them few friends .
11 Fire crew have to free them as quickly as possible without injuring them further .
12 Furthermore , Matthew stresses that the task of telling men the good news and ‘ baptising them into the possession of the Holy Spirit will only De theirs after the cross and resurrection have given them a gospel to proclaim and a Spirit to receive ( 28:19 ) .
13 RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge .
14 But this silent majority maintain a dignified silence , confident in the mature outlook and conservatism that centuries of parliamentary democracy have bequeathed them .
15 Returning to our canine theme , dogs still carry with them the same instincts possessed by their wild ancestors , still remaining members of that same species — the wild wolf — even after so many generations of breeding have made them what must be the most diverse species upon Earth .
16 Their mother and father have told them that it is about time they started helping a bit more at home .
17 Could speech act theory have helped them decide ?
18 The French government have given them strong support , Britain , along with West Germany and the USA , is still anxious to keep the mining options open , however — WWF News International .
19 Some £4.25 billion has been thrown away on trying to get the people out of the mess into which the Government have placed them and £5,795 million has been poured in to try to save the Government from embarrassment .
20 The members of those boards would be saints if they did not seek to take advantage of the position in which the Government have placed them .
21 Skill centres are a key part of the provision in any sector , but the Government have privatised them .
22 Local authorities to a very great extent are responsible for the present ‘ grant control ’ which is exercised by Central Government for , whenever in recent years the Central Government have asked them to carry out some new function the local authorities have countered the request by a demand for a Government grant to assist with the new service .
23 British exporters have been extremely successful and that is because the Government have provided them with the right framework for success .
24 It says that the money which it was prepared to commit to training will not meet the pleas of the training and enterprise councils , which are struggling to deliver the training guarantees which the Government have committed them to providing , and which can not go beyond the delivery of that guarantee to extend training opportunities in a serious or significant way .
25 Will he confirm that in every year and for every authority recently in Greater Manchester , the amount of money that the Government have allowed them to spend on capital projects has been way behind what they have needed , with the result that there is now a backlog of repairs and maintenance ?
26 All Governments use guillotines , but no Government have used them with the frequency of this Administration .
27 Where the indicators of a thriving community life are ostensibly absent , they may even try to create the ‘ community ’ which their preconceptions of rural life have led them to expect .
28 The results of further tests released this summer have proved them to be skilful fakes .
29 Two dangers with cliches such as ‘ May all their troubles be little ones ’ are that older members of the audience have heard them before and that the previous speaker may use the same joke or saying .
30 The hands of the carpenter have blessed them ,
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