Example sentences of "[adj] and have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She added : ‘ We have had so many inquiries about this and have carefully verified it and we want to set their minds at rest . ’ |
| 2 | The basic elements of the station were already clear and have never changed . |
| 3 | These tools have often proved to be too language-specific and have often highlighted our need to re-evaluate concepts of language and communication . |
| 4 | These changes , in the piecemeal fashion in which the Act is being implemented , will come into force in September 1993 and have already led to what Adrian Randall , finance director of the Cancer Research Campaign , calls , ‘ some howlers ’ . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ I live him very much and have always admired him . |
| 6 | I am 26 and have just lost my virginity after a year-long relationship . |
| 7 | The relevant pressure groups maintain their vigilance , but during the 1970s the changes in the rural landscape , especially in the lowlands , have become much more visible and have certainly received much more publicity . |
| 8 | The People 's Party and the Czechoslovak Socialist Party , which functioned as proper political parties before 1948 and have since had a satellite existence , have begun to flex their muscles . |
| 9 | In our choice of institutions to whom we have sent the tape , we have tried to get as wide a scope of research as possible and have now completed our quota for the pilot . |
| 10 | The working party have taken the view that the small company audit is unnecessary and have virtually accused us of being parasites . |
| 11 | They now take home just £50 a week each and have also given up their company cars . |
| 12 | Given the ambiguity of the evidence from West Stow as to whether decorated funerary pottery was also used domestically , it should be noted that such grass-tempered vessels have open-mouthed , simple , rounded forms , whereas the ‘ funerary ’ wares are larger and have more restricted mouths . |
| 13 | It may be fair enough for those people who retire at 60 or 65 , but consider those who were forced to take early retirement or who were sick and have now recovered . ’ |
| 14 | So we 've got this group of people who are and just retired , they 're sixty-five and have just retired , and they 're looking forward to their pension le lo losing completely in two-and-a-half years time unless something 's done about it . |
| 15 | Leeds have done well with ( 2 ) since ‘ 89 and have wisely pursued ( 1 ) in the last couple of years too . |
| 16 | The fact that Y may have been quite innocent and have genuinely believed at the time that the goods were his to sell , gives him no defence either to a claim by Z for breach of contract or to a claim by O for conversion . |
| 17 | Although we may be qualified to do so in certain areas , mainly commercial , we could not really be considered a top-class rugby-playing country strength-wise and have therefore decided not to bid . |
| 18 | The dynamic due , who wiped the floor with 35 other couples , first teamed up in 1981 and have twice represented Canada in competitions . |
| 19 | Some of the claims have been on the basis of debatable information , and all have been highly selective and have only drawn attention to the adverse elements of research whilst ignoring much encouraging , positive information . |
| 20 | It is based on a selected group of Arab states — although the non-Arab states in the region are potentially the most powerful and have always displayed a powerful awareness of their regional role . |
| 21 | As a result of different levels of personal mobility , the former types of place have tended to attract people who are younger , better qualified , more enterprising and more wealthy and have thus gained at the expense of the larger cities and less dynamic industrial areas , causing the latter a double blow in terms of both quantity and quality . |
| 22 | My attitude to doctors has been severely changed since then by having a kidney stone diagnosed as psychosomatic and ulcerative colitis as a stomach upset , so that I am far from reverential and have occasionally flirted with contempt unfairly . |
| 23 | Since then , we have increased it by £225 million and have now raised it by a further £342 million . |
| 24 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 25 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 26 | Conceptual corner tie , for both these blokes are totally unknown and have both written hit songs for people called Jones ! |
| 27 | Recent developments in organisational theory , currently in vogue with many large corporations , suggest that hierarchical organisations are slow to respond to change , can limit the optimisation of staff potential and have high fixed costs . |