Example sentences of "[num] [conj] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 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 ’ .
2 THE OFFICIAL , artist-approved re-release of a private pressing from ‘ 74 that has since become a sought-after collector 's item .
3 Nurse Geeson said she had been a staff nurse on the children 's ward for ten years up to 1991 and had only come across four or five occasions when children suffered heart or respiratory attacks .
4 I am 26 and have just lost my virginity after a year-long relationship .
5 At the time of writing , ‘ Countdown To Extinction ’ was enjoying its sixth consecutive week in the US Top 10 and had already generated in excess of two million sales worldwide .
6 Tarragona Cathedral was begun in 1171 and has mainly pointed arches , but is predominantly Romanesque in its heavy construction and masonry though some of it has been rebuilt later .
7 This figure gradually declined to a low of about 25,000 in 1979 but has since climbed again , to around 125,000 in 1986 .
8 David , Grant and Stuart are due to complete their studies towards the end of 1995 but have already cleared the first hurdle .
9 Kelly died on December 7 but had earlier filled in an appointment for December 8 .
10 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 .
11 Franklin Electronic Publishers ( formerly Franklin Computer ) effectively created the product category with their Spelling Ace which appeared in 1986 and has since sold over three million units worldwide .
12 ‘ Ideal ’ family size in 1967 was about 2.4 and has only declined marginally since .
13 This summer marked the retirement of two of our teachers : Anna Koller , who qualified in 1966 and has taught in West London and Buckinghamshire , and Mabel Io Smith , who qualified in 1971 and has always taught in Surrey .
14 Council tenure , almost non-existent in 1914 , grew to a maximum or 34 per cent of households in 1980 and has since declined to 24 per cent , plus 2 per cent of households which rent from housing associations .
15 Employment here peaked in 1975 and had somewhat recovered from its lowest level of 1981 by 1984 .
16 Between 1870 and 1930 average completed family size decreased from five or six children to three and has now stabilized at about two .
17 He had made an allegedly anti-Turkish speech on Sept. 21 and had reportedly criticized US President George Bush for US neutrality over Nagorny-Karabakh , an attitude which the Armenian leadership feared could jeopardise Western aid .
18 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 .
19 Blaize had been deposed as leader of the New National Party which he led to a landslide electoral victory under US auspices in 1984 and had defiantly formed a new grouping .
20 He followed this with a traditional French bakery in Oxford while he set about converting a 15th century Cotswold manor house into Le Manoir , which opened in 1984 and has since become one of Britain 's most exclusive restaurants .
21 Leeds have done well with ( 2 ) since ‘ 89 and have wisely pursued ( 1 ) in the last couple of years too .
22 The population in 1961 was 629 but has now risen to just over 800 and will probably remain at this due to the closeness of BP Chemicals which dominates the skyline at Saltend .
23 Toxic-shock syndrome reached a peak in 1980 but has since declined to a stable level of about 25 a month .
24 I saw an E Sierra in the paper for about three thousand that had only done forty thousand er , an estate .
25 Cigarette consumption among women also rose between 1972 and 1976 , from 87 to 101 and has since remained more or less constant at just over or just under 100 cigarettes per week .
26 An African Curriculum Organisation was set up in 1976 and has already proved that it has an important part to play in this process .
27 She launched her own company , Betty Jackson Ltd , in October 1981 and has never looked back .
28 The dynamic due , who wiped the floor with 35 other couples , first teamed up in 1981 and have twice represented Canada in competitions .
29 Peter Burridge had captained Millwall to a 4th Division promotion in 1962 and had thereby brought himself very much to the attention of Palace 's astute managerial team of Arthur Rowe and Dick Graham , both as an inspirational skipper and as a regular scorer of important goals .
30 Greece had been the first EEC ‘ associate ’ member in 1962 and had already reduced tariffs and harmonised agricultural policies with the Community .
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