Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pakistan 's judges have not in the past stood up to presidents . |
| 2 | The efforts of African leaders to build a new political system within their countries in the last twenty-five years have not for the most part been successful . |
| 3 | Government troops have never in the nine-year civil war cut so deeply into rebel territory during their annual dry-season offensive . |
| 4 | The UK conservation designations have not in the past been sufficient to curb considerable losses of upland grasslands and moorlands because of agricultural ( and forestry ) development . |
| 5 | Damage is extensive on both the dentine and the enamel , some teeth having all of the enamel removed , leaving a narrow and eroded dentine core , while others also have much of the dentine removed so that the edges of the dentine , or of the enamel if it still remains , collapses in on itself ( Fig. 3.22 O ) . |
| 6 | Considering that the youths have little in the way of positive reinforcements at home for their sports , they develop an impressive voracity for sports . |
| 7 | It was true that those concerned with the enforcement of the law in this country were apprehensive that the abolition of the death penalty would be followed by an increase in crimes of violence ; but their predecessors had in the past opposed for the same reason the abolition of the death penalty for offences less serious than murder and their apprehensions had not in the event proved justified . |
| 8 | On Feb. 16 , 1990 , it was reported that the Council of Ministers had earlier in the month made moves to abolish martial law regulations enacted originally during the 1958-61 period of Syrian-Egyptian unity [ see pp. 16005 ; 18437-40 ] . |
| 9 | Nine of these students had not at the time of writing completed their course of study . |
| 10 | But such benefits have not in the past kept pace with inflation . |
| 11 | However the facts are that the courts have not for the last 300 years recognised , nor have they acted upon , a logic which renders all questions of law jurisdictional . |