Example sentences of "have already " in BNC.

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1 Between 1987 and 1989 , however , the survival period has already doubled to twenty moths .
2 ACET has already been drawn overseas and is working in Romania , Uganda and Tanzania , in partnership with local church-based projects and in conjunction with government programmes .
3 The organization has already adopted two of the prisoners as prisoners of conscience and believes that some 80 others may be POCs .
4 As a book on a single subject , there is a good chance that the need for description will be reduced by extensive illustration , while a favourable judgement on the work has already been implied by the choice of the subject for a monograph .
5 There is really no way of knowing how long it takes to develop an actor who has already gained a lot from work in university .
6 As Leo XIII has already so clearly set forth : ‘ …
7 As has already been seen , it was the style of both church and politicians to avoid their mutual consultations being known , which tells us that the secularity of the state at that time was partially a façade , but one which it was felt by both interested parties had to be maintained , probably so as not to confuse the faithful .
8 But he could equally well have said one is enthusiasm and the other is cynicism , one is facility and the other is aridity , one is gregariousness and the other is solitude , one is the belief that no one has ever done anything of value before and the other is the belief that everything has already been done , one is spontaneity and the other is cerebration , one is joy and the other is despair , one is heart and the other is mind , one is the garret and the other is the penthouse , one is sincerity and the other is irony , one is Jung and the other is Freud , one is Rimbaud and the other is Mallarmé , one is wine and the other is coffee , one is rags and the other is riches , one is women and the other is celibacy , one is health and the other is disease , one is meat and the other is vegetables , one is life and the other is death , one is everything in upper case and the other is everything in lower case , one is everything in roman and the other is everything in italics .
9 The great pity of this is that most pubs are old , yet the proper opportunity to celebrate this has already been squandered .
10 So he has already made his will , yes , leaving all already to his future wife .
11 Brum based Brian Travers , producer and director of musical films for many years , and well known saxophonist in the internationally renowned band , UB40 , has already made his mark on the music industry .
12 The performance of modern gliders makes it much easier and more likely for a pilot to fly himself into a potential death trap unless he uses his imagination or has already learned to have a healthy respect for the elements .
13 Never stay in the sun until your skin goes red — the damage has already been done .
14 A chain of self-help groups has already been set up throughout the country by concerned parents .
15 If a builder has already worked with you to obtain the above , he will also give you an estimate for the work .
16 Not by plane , we 'll catch the train and then the ferry like before , almost nostalgically since when the tunnel is open , there 'll be no more frontiers to cross : the sea , I think again , has already ceased to exist for England .
17 It is important to check whether the deceased has already made arrangements for their own funeral , or carried funeral insurance ( see Section 6 ) .
18 However , local authorities have no powers to reimburse burial costs where a third party has already arranged a funeral ( but see ( b ) below in relation to deaths occurring in hospitals ) .
19 Prokofiev 's solemn and doom-laden funeral march finally stamps the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because it has already echoed through each stage in the unfolding of the plot .
20 It has already been noted that the movements in Ashton 's five abstract ballets have been coloured by the music , its period and sometimes by the composer 's own thoughts ( see page 42 ) .
21 For a moment Raskolnikov wonders if his punishment has already begun .
22 Spectron of Santa Barbara has already recognised this requirement and produced a real-time operating system for DSP applications .
23 Something of the sort has already been introduced into some English degrees , under the aegis of the Verbal Arts Association , who have made a welcome start with such work .
24 In a takeover campaign that has already seen vitriolic language , he responds to the charge that he is mounting the bid to enrich himself and his friends by saying : ‘ Nobody could take that as a criticism — this is an investor group .
25 A strong political lobby has already been mounted in Washington , arguing United ‘ will remain a truly American asset ’ because of the staff participation .
26 Caradon also refused to comment , but has already announced that it was involved in talks which could lead to a bid .
27 West Germany , for example , is to introduce a digital cellular radio service in competition with that offered by the Deutsche Bundespost , and France has already licensed a private operator .
28 It has already undertaken to sell off £100m worth of businesses and to raise £150m through a rights issue or by attracting a suitor .
29 ‘ I can not honestly see that a system which would require us to compromise the morning after the election is really so morally inferior to a system which has already obliged us to compromise our policies two years before polling day . ’
30 Carling has already targeted Quins ' First Division game with Orrell on 28 October for his return .
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