Example sentences of "which have hitherto [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 It is you , having shut the door on your fears which have hitherto ruled your life , who can open a new door .
2 This restrained aloofness has had its drawbacks : it has given the bellicose idealists of the Left freedom to ride roughshod with impunity over institutions which have hitherto maintained our nation as civilised and admirable .
3 Thus , as Statement E argues , under certain conditions white workers or residents may get together to freeze out black immigrants because their presence is felt to depress wages or house prices , or to threaten allocation policies which have hitherto made certain jobs or housing the preserve of the indigenous population .
4 Interestingly , homosexuality has hardly ever been rehabilitated as a positive difference within and by those heterosexual discourses which have hitherto constructed it as negative other .
5 In the firm 's New Issues Statistics — July-September 1992 , it sees three main areas the majority of flotation candidates will come from : MBO companies seeking an exit for their investors , funds to repay debt and the flexibility to raise equity finance to fund further growth ; the demerger of listed companies ' subsidiaries or divisions where it is apparent that the parts will be valued higher than the whole ; and the traditional private companies which have hitherto provided the bulk of flotations .
6 For example , the regionally-based one-stop-shops will open the science and technology base to industry , particularly small and medium sized enterprises ( SMEs ) , which have hitherto found it difficult to access effectively .
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