Example sentences of "have developed a [noun] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 The Nimbus CD company has developed a system for pushing the bumps and grooves closer together .
2 A company in South Australia , Rib Loc , has developed a technique for turning plastic bottles into pipes .
3 And that , like all natural observers , he has developed a knack of deflecting curiosity about himself .
4 On top of this , no one has developed a way of controlling heat pumps with microprocessors .
5 A Tewkesbury firm has developed a way of engraving both the customer 's photo and signature onto the card .
6 STRABANE-based Adria , the province 's leading hosiery manufacturer has developed a reputation for pushing beyond the traditional boundaries in the hosiery industry .
7 A social worker has developed a means of measuring ‘ emotional stability ’ in children by means of a short interview with the child .
8 Allied Dunbar has developed a method of clarifying your personal financial position .
9 An American company , Collins and Aikman , has developed a method of grinding up old carpets to produce synthetic wood .
10 The Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry has claimed to have developed a method for breaking down large amounts of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) .
11 Madeleine , now she was in France , had developed a way of sighing , bringing her hands up to clasp the back of her neck , then breathing out explosively .
12 Perhaps that foul seductress had developed a way of doing it absolutely noiselessly , and without movement .
13 W R Grace gained a patent on neem extract , which it called Margosan-O , in 1988 , claiming that it had developed a means of stabilizing the extracts .
14 They had developed a method of inserting memories into the brains of amnesiacs , but first those memories had to be recorded with full sensory data on to microchip , and then projected by laser into the brain .
15 She had developed a habit of raising her hand to her mouth to check because she had no feeling there .
16 German technologists have developed a system of filtering out sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from the flue gases of coal-fired power stations .
17 Taking our cue from the Cardiff group 's vision of a system which ‘ would recall the patients to see their general practitioner at regular intervals , warn … and request … both clinical information and blood for estimation of glycosylated haemoglobin , ’ we have developed a system for prompting community care of non-insulin dependent ( type II ) diabetes .
18 Researchers at the National Grid Company 's technology and science division have developed a way of destroying the PCBs while the transformer remains in operation .
19 German scientists have developed a way of using carbon dioxide rather than water as a medium for dyeing materials .
20 ENGINEERS in the US have developed a way of cramming two television programmes into a single cable channel .
21 I find that only eggs on the outside of the mass are likely to hatch , and have developed a way of maximising the hatching rate .
22 All reptile eggs contain a considerable amount of yolk in them , but many of these live-bearing reptiles have developed a way of supplementing it .
23 At Nottingham we have developed a technique for measuring reflux of radiolabelled food into the oesophagus in ambulant subjects using a highly collimated cadmium telluride gamma detector , which is worn in a harness over the oesophagus .
24 We have developed a procedure for quantifying a specific mRNA purifying it with a selected biotinylated oligonucleotide ( sbODN ) and measuring its absorbance by free solution Capillary Electrophoresis ( CE ) .
25 The German courts , for example , have developed a procedure for taking depositions in response to requests from foreign countries , with provision for cross-examination , which appears entirely to meet the needs of common law countries ; the French Code of Civil Procedure now allows verbatim recording and a limited form of cross-examination to meet the needs of parties using the Convention .
26 In a project funded by the Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood Trust ( CLIC ) , Beverley and her team have developed a procedure for cloning the cell factories that produce antibodies which are proving effective as magic bullets in identifying and destroying brain tumours .
27 Sections 2 and 3 have developed a procedure for doing this .
28 Hauser and Ernst ( 1990 ) have developed a method for considering the initial-value problem for general colliding plane gravitational waves .
29 Forehand and McMahon ( 1981 ) have written a very helpful and detailed therapeutic account of how to help parents with non-compliant children , and they have developed a method of helping these parents through an activity they call the ‘ Child 's Game ’ .
30 Researchers in the United States have developed a method of increasing the efficiency of coal-fired power stations and reducing emissions from them .
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