Example sentences of "which [vb -s] already " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | They come amid rumblings of new strikes in several key sectors , after disruption which has already cost 5 million lost working days this year , and production shortfalls of billions of roubles . |
| 3 | According to Amersham finance director Bill Ellaby , the purchase of Medi-Physics , which has already started to reorganise its business to eliminate losses before completion of the deal , will have a neutral effect on earnings per share at Amersham this year but a positive effect in 1990/1 . |
| 4 | At the same time as building up the 15 per cent stake , GM would make a big cash injection into Jaguar — perhaps as much as £200m — to help the Coventry-based firm to fend off Ford , which has already announced it plans to take a 15 per cent holding as a prelude to a full takeover bid . |
| 5 | Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary said yesterday at the Labour Party conference that the news to abandon further CTCs marked ‘ the death of an expensive corrupt fiasco , which has already cost the taxpayer millions ’ . |
| 6 | Timber which has already been affected by fungus or decay offers a special attraction . |
| 7 | Its readability partly consists in the enthusiasm which has already been mentioned , and in the liveliness and unexpectedness of the examples : the comparison of Boiardo 's fantasies with Mickey Mouse ; the likening of Spenser 's Radigund to Simla memsahibs in Kipling . |
| 8 | Yet this can not disguise the shifting assessment of US interests which has already seen Bonn replace London as the crucial European relationship . |
| 9 | The Bombay-based Larsen and Toubro ( L&T ) , which has already exported software services to a number of countries , is negotiating with European countries for the supply of software engineering . |
| 10 | At the same time , he has put a warning shot across the bows of the rightwing pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , which has already committed its 88 members of parliament to supporting the minority government . |
| 11 | The alternatives would seem to be handing General Noriega to the US forces to face trial on drug-trafficking charges , which the Vatican has said it will not do , or giving him up to the new Panamanian Government , which has already declared it ‘ has enough on him to put Noriega away for life ’ . |
| 12 | Le fair-play ( which already takes a hyphen in French ) becomes le fairplay , and le blue-jean ( which has already lost its s ) becomes le bluejean . |
| 13 | Later this month , an official review committee of Labour MPs , which has already described the working hours as ‘ largely indefensible ’ , will produce proposals for a new working day , probably involving ministerial question-times during morning sittings , and an end to business by 7pm ( compare the midday-to-7pm sittings of Congress ) . |
| 14 | In addition to the secretary of state for the environment , the director-general of water services , and the EC commissioners , regulators include the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( which has already stepped in to prevent unwelcome mergers ) ; the local authorities ( responsible for monitoring and controlling the standard of clean water supplies ) ; the Drinking Water Inspectorate ( the auditor of technical standards ) ; the National Rivers Authority ( responsible for monitoring and controlling pollution in rivers , lakes and coastal waters , and for maintaining sea walls ) ; Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , HMIP ( which grants consents for the release of toxic substances into the environment ) ; and the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( responsible for granting consents for disposals at sea ) . |
| 15 | It is in essence a theological position which has already decided in advance that the Bible is the pure undistilled fountain of God 's clear revelation and that to doubt its veracity in just one particular is to bring the entire edifice to the ground . |
| 16 | The main argument presented here is that the General Strike was partly , but significantly , a consequence of the determination of successive governments to reduce wages , thus increasing unemployment in the short term , in the hope of strengthening the pound and returning to the gold standard — a view which has already been developed in Chapter 1 . |
| 17 | Our dilemma is that it speaks of a level of separation from the world , the flesh and human reality which has already proved far too harmful to the churches in general and for women in particular for us to consider returning to it . |
| 18 | I have no doubt that masked remarks and hints such as these will be tinder for all the combustible muck which has already been piled high around my reputation . |
| 19 | Mrs Bottomley stressed her commitment to the Patient 's Charter , which has already eliminated almost all waits of more than two years for NHS operations . |
| 20 | Some plants are used in their entirety , such as bog myrtle ( Myrica gale ) , , which produces a fine yellow , or nettle which has already been described . |
| 21 | Whereas Leapor seeks to retain freedoms which are threatened with the pruning knife , Duck belongs to a section of rural society which has already seen its rights cut away . |
| 22 | One method of operation is known as the ‘ core and cluster ’ system , which has already been tried in several parts of the country . |
| 23 | In all , 255 young trees were planted , a huge task which was completed by the garden team at Nymans in ten days and which has already gone a good way towards restoring the diversity of colours , shapes and textures of conifers in their prime . |
| 24 | The polytechnic which has already been commissioned for significant consultancy work into the performance of roofs , will conduct the statistical analysis assessing life-span criteria across a full spectrum of roof systems . |
| 25 | If you believe that the property has been seriously overpriced , you should instruct your solicitor to obtain an independent valuation , unless you have a mortgage company which has already done this for you . |
| 26 | Popular superstitions concerning lucky and unlucky days , the existence of which has already been referred to in connection with the Romans , were reinforced in the Middle Ages by the recognition of black-letter days in the ecclesiastical calendar . |
| 27 | While the absolute numbers reaching this level are still relatively small , the rapid growth in secondary school enrolments does reflect the relative expansion in the availability of skilled and semi-skilled jobs , especially in urban areas , which has already been referred to . |
| 28 | The first has been to satisfy the objective which has already been stated : to display identity by assuming ( and from the fourteenth century being granted ) arms of individual distinction . |
| 29 | The solution of Khan and Penrose ( 1971 ) which has already been discussed in detail in Chapter 3 , may now be reconsidered . |
| 30 | That awaits the passage of the World Heritage ( Properties Protection ) Bill , which has already been passed by the Senate and is now guaranteed an easy passage through the House of Representatives . |