Example sentences of "of [verb] [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 2 | Nor does the statutory postponement apply for the purpose of ascertaining whether you have made a complaint to an industrial tribunal within the requisite time limit . |
| 3 | As under the 1953 Act , the onus of proving that we have good reason , lawful authority , or one of the other defences , rests squarely with us . |
| 4 | Not all cationic detergents , even those termed quaternary ammonium compounds , are capable of disinfecting although they have commercial uses as fabric softeners and conditioners . |
| 5 | It 's a condition of booking that you have medical insurance valid for our watersports activities , including a 24 hour call service for repatriation to UK if necessary ; local hospital care is primitive . |
| 6 | It 's a condition of booking that you have medical insurance valid for our watersports activities , including a 24 hour call service for repatriation to UK if necessary ; local hospital care is primitive . |
| 7 | This is an aspect of weaving that I had n't thought about until I read Audrey Palmer 's book ‘ Create with Knitweave ’ . |
| 8 | Only when he trawled his memory of leaving the room earlier , and found there a distinct recollection of checking that he had locked the door behind him , did irritation turn to anxiety . |
| 9 | What has happened is a swings-and-roundabouts operation , whereby last year pensioners received more than the cost of living that they had incurred , whereas this year they will receive less . |
| 10 | building si building developers and they sort of stop because they 've found another unexploded bomb . |
| 11 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
| 12 | This was no credit to her own piety — but what was the use of pretending that she had any piety left ? |
| 13 | mm , might of done when I 've gone to the dustbin |
| 14 | Who should I have always been guilty of believing that I had never done enough ? |
| 15 | If we can never be certain that we have stated every objective we might have , in the clearest form , and with the most practical means of testing whether it has been achieved , this does not mean that we abandon the attempt or that to try one 's best under the circumstances is not a helpful activity . |
| 16 | This last provision looks so sweeping that there is a danger of supposing that it has swept away all difference between legal and equitable rights . |
| 17 | The kind of imprinting that we have been considering so far is called ‘ filial ’ imprinting . |
| 18 | ‘ But assuming that the Queen 's health continues to be good , Prince Charles will be well into middle age himself , and will be very aware that history could repeat itself if he puts William through all those ghastly years of waiting that he has gone through . |
| 19 | Namely , one of waiting until she has represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup . |
| 20 | However , it is not unusual to see pilots take off towards a heavy rain shower on a good soaring day instead of waiting until it has passed . |
| 21 | ‘ not for the purpose of repining that they had been deprived of the important blessings of hearing and speech , but to manifest their love and gratitude to God for all those other things He permitted them to enjoy . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That really is n't necessary , ’ she returned coolly , though her pale cheeks flamed at the thought of lying where he had lain . |
| 23 | Between er , er the best , the best end of the scale ones which I would of thought if they 'd been submitted to something like a general |
| 24 | The prisoners can each be sure of benefiting if they have a previously agreed pact never to confess , whatever the circumstances . |
| 25 | Are they , are they have they , are they stupid , have they gone totally mad and they 're obstructing this thing for ever and ever and ever just for the sake of obstructing and you have t to listen to what they say on on this , the argument that we 're having here and have had here and the argument that we 've had about old people 's homes , they 've been two running sores in this authority and hopefully today in both of them we 'll be making progress and I think I 'd like to . |
| 26 | It was a way of acknowledging that they had left school and would shortly start a more grown-up life . |
| 27 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 28 | This is just another way of saying that it has 3ml of alcohol in every 100ml . |
| 29 | I become aware when parts of my body become tense and , more importantly , I know now how to ‘ relax ’ them , and when my body is saying that it has had enough I am able to leave things till tomorrow instead of insisting that they have to be done today . |
| 30 | Mum had a habit , whenever she sent me any distance on an errand , of insisting that I had clean bloomers on , ‘ in case yer get knocked down by a 'orse ’ , which was why I was scared of them . |