Example sentences of "as they have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It will also have been a waste if the outcome is only to soften up British buyers for Japanese companies to rush in and sell us microcomputers as they have previously sold us domestic electronic equipment . ) |
| 2 | Some of our worst fears of prices falling for example in the North , as they have already done in the South , have n't been realised . |
| 3 | Developments have taken place in improved testing and segmentation , some of which will be familiar as they have already appeared here , specifically geo-demographic profiling . |
| 4 | But Wharton 's handlers do not feel the same as they have already made plans for their man to defend his Commonwealth title at Leeds Town Hall on April 8 . |
| 5 | Crudely speaking , this is the principle behind a breed of microscopes that may turn out to have as much impact on the microchip-production line as they have already had in the laboratory . |
| 6 | For many , such a leaflet will be redundant as they have already passed the level at which it is pitched . |
| 7 | It is interesting to note that a substantial part of the export sales in 1985 were to companies with whom we no longer deal as they have since merged and changed . |
| 8 | The minute our engagement is announced the gossipmongers in this little hotbed of a colony will be ready to pounce on any evidence that this is — as they have long predicted — a marriage of convenience ! ’ |
| 9 | They are quite rightly upset and offended as they have usually made their own decisions and are going through with them . |
| 10 | It is this last factor — the high cost of extending the scope of mainframe-based applications — that has discouraged hard-pressed customers in the US from adding mainframe power at a rapid pace even as they have rapidly added desktop machines and minicomputers . |
| 11 | The hair , though white now , is still swept back , and , as he nears 83 , the bottom lip protrudes as crossly and the eyes bulge as they have always done . |
| 12 | Most elderly people live , as they have always done , ‘ in the community ’ . |
| 13 | It is possible for parents to go on behaving as they have always done towards their children , without making adjustments as they are needed . |
| 14 | ’ Some of the older staff have reacted by attempting to do the job much as they have always done it , which means , in effect , engaging in various minor acts of deviance from new bureaucratic demands in order to minimize the trouble caused . |
| 15 | And now I realize that people still lie , steal , and fight , just as they have always done , and probably will always do . |
| 16 | As they have always done , |
| 17 | ‘ I thought it was all straightforward , with Moslems cutting Copts ’ throats , as they have always done , and Copts cutting Moslems ' throats , as usual . |
| 18 | They , meanwhile , continue to work much as they have always worked . |
| 19 | As control of pests and diseases consists basically of subjecting them to conditions or substances that are harmful to them , we have to recognize that , as they have all evolved defences of one kind or another — and very successfully too , which is why they are still on this Earth and contending with us for our roses — somewhere in their life cycles are periods and stages when they are more exposed and vulnerable . |
| 20 | In the past , so-called biodegradable plastics have been viewed as fraudulent by environmentalists , as they have only broken down into smaller pieces . |
| 21 | ‘ It will be more like a home game for us than France as they have only sold about 20,000 tickets , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Those who act for you must feel confident that you will back them as long as they have genuinely done their best . |
| 23 | In addition , the actual breakdown of the membrane polyphospoinositides by calcium-stimulated enzymes may promote degranulation as they have highly charged polar head groups which would tend to impede membrane fusion ( Allan & Mitchell , 1979 ) . |