Example sentences of "and [noun sg] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Their efficiency and reliability have also increased , to the extent that they can now be regarded as a primary recharging source for a yacht 's batteries alongside the engine alternator or the petrol generator .
2 Trotskyism and Maoism have both had an impact in Latin America , which has also produced its own distinct versions of Marxist theory in Castroism and Guevarism .
3 His two sisters and mum have all died within 18 months .
4 Most record-company chiefs had risen to their position by one of two ways ; either they were ‘ record men ’ born and bred , who by their own taste and judgement had quietly built their own companies , or had risen through the sales and marketing ranks of some multinational to positions of prominence ; or they were lawyers or accountants , practised in the art of negotiation and creative bookkeeping .
5 The variety in shape , size and function has also improved and specific brushes are now manufactured for a myriad of tasks in food industries .
6 Edward 's parliamentary grant of tonnage and poundage had automatically lapsed at his death , although the government attempted to go on collecting it , apparently on the assumption that it would be regranted in the next parliament , summoned for 25 June .
7 Edward 's parliamentary grant of tonnage and poundage had automatically lapsed at his death , although the government attempted to go on collecting it , apparently on the assumption that it would be regranted in the next parliament , summoned for 25 June .
8 No doubt stress and change have always characterized human society and psychiatrists point out that these two factors are closely linked .
9 He said : ‘ This policy is closely identified with Mr Major who , as Treasury Chief Secretary , Chancellor and Premier has clearly nailed his colours to this mast .
10 Education commission reports past and present have always addressed themselves in varying degrees of rigour to the analysis of educational objectives and it would be possible to collect an impressive dossier of high minded statements of intent .
11 Dust has gathered in inaccessible places , walls have faded and paintwork has subtly changed colour .
12 Companies such as Oracle , Frame and Progress have reportedly ported to the box .
13 If you investigate , you will discover that his detective and valet have also vanished . ’
14 His energy and enthusiasm have already made a significant contribution to the style and driving forward of the many issues with which the Association is involved .
15 singled out by the Decree of an Inscrutable Providence from the midst of the Distinguished Multitude that Surrounded him , in the full pride of his Talents and the Perfection of his Usefulness , met with the Accident that Occasioned his Death ; which deprived England of an Illustrious Statesman and Liverpool of its Most Honoured Representative ; which changed a moment of the Noblest Exultation and Triumph that Science and Genius had ever achieved into one of Desolation and Mourning , and striking Terror into the Hearts of Assembled Thousands brought home into every Bosom the Forgotten Truth that ‘ In the Midst of Life we are in Death ’ .
16 Carl Puttnam and co have also added an additional date to their forthcoming tour , at Huddersfield Polytechnic on May 13 .
17 A high-spending boom followed by bust and recession have severely strained relationships of all kinds .
18 The aim here is to demonstrate how recent excavation and research have markedly changed the face of early Anglo-Saxon archaeology during the period AD 500–700 .
19 Work organisation is taken to cover inter alia work and job structures , technology , control , employment and the labour process , and research has also tended to be fragmented as between these aspects .
20 The Institute for Investment Management and Research has already set up a committee , chaired by David Damant , to consider the principles under which maintainable earnings per share could be calculated .
21 Claus and Sonny agree with a sardonic account of gilded marriage from which passion and companionship have long departed , but the dramatic momentum accrues from the entry of Harvard law professor Dershowitz ( Ron Silver ) accepting a brief to appeal on the suspicion that , guilty or innocent , his client was convicted by prejudiced jurors on flimsy and suspect evidence .
22 Traditionally Christmas and snow have always gone together — and even though Safeway ca n't guarantee the weather , it does have a delectable , fully iced Christmas cake which should more than make up for it !
23 Daddy sits a lot , doing nothing and muttering to himself and Mummy 's just retreated — she never starts a conversation , or asks a question , or — You 'd think they 'd be over-anxious about me , their one remaining child and perhaps they are , but they have miserable ways of showing it .
24 The concept of a system was not new because Newton had written on the solar system , biologists had been concerned with living systems , and geography had implicitly used notions of the systems concept since early days of the subject .
25 The fact/belief divide is powerfully at work today as for example the debate on the original National Curriculum proposals with regard to the teaching of history and geography has amply attested .
26 erm , and Martin and Den had already volunteered to be in it ,
27 In response to this vote , Collor had reportedly endorsed the release of a public statement by the military ministers in the Cabinet , signed by 80 generals , criticizing the Congress decision and emphasising that members of the Congress and judiciary had recently awarded themselves a pay increase of 37 per cent .
28 Hewlett-Packard , Sord , RCA and Dot have all plumped for Sony , which is generally reckoned to be ahead in the standard stakes .
29 The Bank of England and the Department of Trade and Industry have already approved the deal which ends more than two years of uncertainty about the ownership of Ansbacher .
30 But they indulged in some dubious business ethics to obtain it ( see page 33 ) , and inspectors appointed by the Department of Trade and Industry have apparently said as much .
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