Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has emphasized an aspect of psychology that is particularly important for the discipline 's status and influence . |
| 2 | A bomb has wrecked a hotel in Ulster and damage neighbouring houses . |
| 3 | The utter failure of the opinion polls to measure public opinion has plunged a stake through the heart of the market research industry — those people responsible for junk mail that is supposed to be perfectly targeted at your lifestyle and habits , and who gather their information in exactly the same way as opinion pollsters . |
| 4 | Manager Lennie Lawrence has delayed a final decision but he can not take a risk for a game that could clinch Boro automatic promotion . |
| 5 | Manager Ray Hankin has no injury worries but has delayed a final choice . |
| 6 | The October bank holiday proposal has received a muted response from Employment Minister Michael Howard , who said he was open to persuasion but had no plans to make changes . |
| 7 | How is the world going to know it has received a boundless freedom at the hands of an obscure young man lying in some back room in a provincial Russian town ? |
| 8 | Europe 's supercomputing industry has received a boost with unveiling by German company Parsytec of plans for a new range of parallel machines . |
| 9 | He has received a leaked internal memo which he said indicates a ‘ cosy relationship ’ has been established between Safety Authority and Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium that will own and operate the tunnel . |
| 10 | B&C says it has received a stream of offers for Gartmore , the international group which employs about 500 people and has some £6.4billion under management , over the past two to three years . |
| 11 | At least one exceedingly wet Old Etonian baronet ( oh , all right then : Sir George Young ) has received a rude note from another even wetter Old Etonian baronet ( yes , you 're right : Sir Ian Gilmour ) deploring his decision to vote for Mrs Thatcher . |
| 12 | Orlando Aravena , the national team coach , has received a life ban from international soccer and a five-year ban at domestic level . |
| 13 | Every shift towards plausibility which Mr Kinnock has led the Labour Party into making has received a version of the same response . |
| 14 | Philip Johnston LIBERAL GOOD : The strategy devised by Des Wilson , the party 's campaign director , has been largely vindicated ; despite the odd blip , the public has received a single consistent message . |
| 15 | Samaranch has received a fairly agreeable press since becoming IOC president in 1980 . |
| 16 | BHH Group , the property company , sprang to life after announcing it has received a bid approach . |
| 17 | PETER Owen , the publisher , has received a sizeable order for copies of Falkland People , a book describing life on the islands . |
| 18 | Business in Scotland has received a boost from our creation of Scottish Enterprise and the Local Enterprise Companies . |
| 19 | His work has been the subject of seven one-man exhibitions , has been featured as a lead article in the British Journal of Photography , included in many other shows and has received a number of prizes ( including the South Bank Festival Photography Competition 1990 Portfolio ) . |
| 20 | Foreign aid has received a number of critical analyses , the best known of which is by Lappé et al. |
| 21 | Women 's Design Service has received a small grant to carry out research into housing design for older women . |
| 22 | Cambridge , for instance , has received a 19 per cent increase in UFC research , but only 2.7 per cent in teaching funds . |
| 23 | Once a water has received a regular supply of HNV baits , and the carp have been hooked on special rigs , they are rarely caught on any other bait or method . |
| 24 | It is no use telling a man who has received a thousand pounds a year in giro cheques that he has the means to better himself . |
| 25 | Trust dispositions are valid only if the trustee has received a benefit under the testator 's will . |
| 26 | If , on the other hand , B is already the heir of A , then he has received a benefit under A 's estate , and so far as that benefit extends he may be asked to make over property to C. If he does so , however , this is regarded as restitution of property from A 's estate rather than as an institution to B's own estate . |
| 27 | Martell 's studies of the behaviour of radon decay products show that someone who smokes 20 cigarettes per day for 40 years has received a cumulative dose of about 100 rads at tissue sites in the lungs — a dose powerful enough to spark cancer . |
| 28 | The role of food colourings , preservatives and other additives in hyperkinetic syndrome has received a lot of publicity . |
| 29 | Structure plans have to be approved by the Secretary of State and except for small amendments , he generally accepts them after he has received a report by a panel who hold ‘ an Examination in Public ’ . |
| 30 | Public access to an environmentally attractive waterfront has received a favourable response in the city and has undoubtedly muted political debate . |