Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Top American brokerage Weedin & Co has constantly rejected the New York Stock Exchange for the American OTC market , which it considers superior and this attitude is by no means uncommon . |
| 2 | Of many friends , whom I love and esteem , my head & heart have ever chosen you as the Friend — as the one being , in whom is involved the full & whole meaning of that sacred Title — God love you , my dear Poole ! and your faithful & most affectionate S T Coleridge |
| 3 | A cuckoo that finds a host 's nest where incubation has already started will often rob the nest causing the unfortunate host to start a new clutch , thus providing the cuckoo with a further chance for parasitism . |
| 4 | In the remoter rural areas , where agriculture has traditionally held a virtual monopoly of employment opportunities , the declining demand for labour in agriculture has historically led to widespread rural depopulation . |
| 5 | Microwave hyperthermia via the rectum or urethra has also had lasting results in some cases . |
| 6 | You can gain tax advantages by buying units through a PEP plan , and AXA Equity & Law has just launched a scheme — PEP 2000 Plus — which gives you extra bonuses on top of the tax-free benefit . |
| 7 | Previously , Legal & General had only taken realised investment appreciation to p&l account as investment return . |
| 8 | The answer seems to lie in facing up to the fact that one particular cycle or era has finally come to a close and therefore both personally and professionally it would be wiser to channel your energies into something new . |
| 9 | Success or failure have thus depended on the devices by which a balance could be maintained between the preservative and the destructive effects of envy . |
| 10 | The discharge rate of people aged 15 or over has almost doubled since 1982 . |
| 11 | The Board of Customs & Excise has also indicated ‘ some pleasure ’ at the proposals and the IITP is optimistic that it might end up as the internal examining body for the department . |
| 12 | The essential processes of Step 1 is surrender : the recognition that one is beaten , that one 's own perceptions of reality are inappropriate and that one 's life has become unmanageable and that one 's own attempts to control one 's emotions and use of addictive substances or behaviour have totally failed and always will fail . |
| 13 | But this is only available where the council or inspector has either misinterpreted the law or not followed the proper procedures . |
| 14 | The noteworthy thing , considering this half.century of official recognition , is the regularity with which the multi.media library concept was hailed as a new idea and canvassed with a sense of surprised discovery , as if no library or librarian had ever considered it before . |
| 15 | She was virtually retired these days , her hotel ( where Coffin had once lived ) turned into small flats over whose tenants she kept a stern eye . |
| 16 | Where conservation has already begun , bird species such as the red kite and white-tailed eagle are either maintaining a steady population or increasing in numbers . |
| 17 | ‘ I said I said it to Arnie we had two choices : that file on the committee table or Crocus had never happened and surely was n't happening now . |
| 18 | But is n't this ‘ manhole ’ also a condensed image which , like the letter generally , fearfully anticipates engulfment in the return of those actual others ( ‘ outside evils ’ ) whose subordination , persecution , or exclusion has hitherto seemed to guarantee a sexual , racial , and national purity — women , homosexuals , foreigners ? |
| 19 | The basic courses stimulate a passion for learning , but a student interested in history or music has very limited opportunities to pursue that interest . |
| 20 | It had happened at the rampart by Dr Dunstaple 's house where Cutter had just shot a sepoy the moment before and seen him fall ; at the same instant he had caught sight of another sepoy levelling his musket and had said to the Sikh beside him : " See that man aiming at me , take him down . " |
| 21 | At half past eight she will go downstairs to see what is happening in the kitchen , to see if Charles is in his place , to see if any of her children or stepchildren have yet descended , to prepare to receive her guests . |
| 22 | Cow & Gate have always encouraged healthy appetites in babies . |
| 23 | Several hours later I had not heard anything of the incident , so it seemed likely that the Officer had not reported the matter , or Lovat had just shrugged it off . |
| 24 | The air base had been the subject of controversy both in Italy [ see p. 36434 ] and in the USA , where Congress had only agreed to vote funds after the beginning of the Gulf crisis . |
| 25 | READERS who care for a dementia sufferer may like to know that Counsel & Care has just published a fact sheet which could be of considerable help to them . |
| 26 | No teacher or school has ever won an argument with a parent . |
| 27 | No unit or trust has yet got a job evaluation scheme for nurses up and running . |
| 28 | A great crater had been formed , most of it below sea level , and soundings showed that where land had once stood 300 metres above sea level , the water was now 300 metres deep . |
| 29 | In Greater London ( where decline has recently reversed ) and in some of the older industrial areas , together with some remote rural areas in highland Scotland and Wales , long-standing out-migration created a population growing older but not yet suffering natural decrease ( type 5 ) . |
| 30 | None the less the electricity industry was fortunate compared with , for example , the coal industry , where politics had long bedevilled management relations with both government and workers , and nationalisation led to the departure of senior managers in larger numbers . |