Example sentences of "and have [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it stresses that much of the contamination does not pose a health risk , leaks from service stations have caused explosions and have contaminated water supplies . |
| 2 | A report , published yesterday by Alan Bishop , chief inspector of prisons for Scotland , says members of a prisoners ' alcohol abuse group have given talks at secondary schools and have attended meetings of parent-teacher associations and community education committees . |
| 3 | As I have altered the way I teach mathematics , I have found pupils have been more highly motivated and have demonstrated skills I had not suspected they possessed . |
| 4 | His experiments show that the bees must be taking notice of the dance , and have confirmed von Frisch 's theory more strongly than ever . |
| 5 | But the thing is , my mum 's an and , and Trevor 's Aunty Edna have started writing to each other and have become friends so we 'll see you again at Christmas she 'll say to aunty Edna ! |
| 6 | Not to be out done on an international occasion we can report here about some of our Qualified Teachers who have temporarily laid aside their small apparatus and have become mothers again : |
| 7 | For centuries , most religious traditions have debased sex — seeing it as dirty and sinful , or purely for procreation — and have advocated celibacy as a path towards God . |
| 8 | Most consultants have never experienced job sharing and have preconceived worries about its possible ramifications . |
| 9 | The firm and its individual consultants have not unduly specialised in any one sector , and have made inroads into the new headhunting fields of working for non-profit-making organisations and the recruitment of non-executive directors . |
| 10 | Some recent writers have tried to apply standards that are social rather than ethical , with the consequence that they have been very boring , and have made mistakes about individuals . |
| 11 | Film producers have ignored this fact and have made films in which masters jump ten feet in the air , thrashing out kicks in all directions . |
| 12 | Harry Dodson and his wife are well versed in the language of flowers , and have made wedding bouquets professionally for a good long time : they made the beautiful posies for the Victorian wedding in the forthcoming television series The Victorian Flower Garden . |
| 13 | The post-war changes were designed to encourage equality for all , but successive governments appear to have seen education as a vote winner and have made promises which they have failed to keep . |
| 14 | When you are running late and have missed lunch , or have experienced a particularly taxing or energetic day , a little something , as Pooh said , is in order . |
| 15 | Thus , a number of studies by anthropologists ( Gluckman , 1965 ; Balandier , 1970 ; Godelier , 1977 , part IV ) have emphasized the influence of myth and ideology in tribal societies , and have indicated similarities in their function in other types of society , including the modern industrial societies . |
| 16 | Some years ago Edmund Wilson complained of writers of Gothic who could fail to lay hold on the terrors that lie deep in the human soul and have caused man to fear himself . |
| 17 | Oil industry users demand the highest accuracy in magnetic reference , and have contracted BGS to study methods of modelling these phenomena in order to improve upon the field estimates provided by global models . |
| 18 | This , teachers and educational technologists will always happily agree , is the librarian 's professional job , and what surprises people is not that librarians classify and catalogue but that they sometimes believe they know something about the contents of their books and AV items , offer advice on quality and relevance , and have pronounced views on how they would like their libraries to be used . |
| 19 | As a gentle reminder that women play , watch and have served cricket , Dr Andrew has included an old photograph of one holding a bat . |
| 20 | The EPA said that the dam , which had first been proposed 10 years before , would have had " unacceptable adverse effects " on the environment and have damaged fisheries and recreational sites . |
| 21 | They are built on the Byzantine pattern , in small scale , and have painted fresco decoration . |
| 22 | Social workers are inspecting the school on a daily basis , and have uncovered complaints about care and management practices . |
| 23 | The Kiwis know that British is best and have said Klondyke 's quality is better than they can obtain in the far East . |
| 24 | Certain men and women have a propensity for this type of spirituality and have devised techniques and disciplines to create the sense of presence within themselves . |
| 25 | We have obtained supplies of several of these patches and have examined nicotine absorption . |
| 26 | And have curried vegetables . |
| 27 | Departments are now obliged to review from time to time the bodies they sponsor , and have received instructions that — whatever the precise degree of independence — the minister is answerable to Parliament for whether the body is working efficiently and economically . |
| 28 | Mr McHardy added : ‘ Given that we are a non-party political grouping and have received support from members of all Scotland 's political parties , we hope that this proposal will not be seen as contentious by anyone . ’ |
| 29 | In America , so-called Wildman weekends are proliferating and have received celebrity endorsements from the likes of Kevin Costner ( although whether Costner 's approval is a plus or not is debatable ) . |
| 30 | Many LEAs deliberately try to avoid invoking the formal legal procedures unless absolutely necessary and have developed procedures which enable individual truancy cases to be examined ‘ in the round ’ , with diagnostic and remedial intervention which obviates the need to press for legal sanctions . |