Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] has [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Howard , Computer Programmer has achieved a Grade One , HNC pass in Computing . |
| 2 | IBM Corp 's IBM Personal Software Products division has become a charter member of a new Tools Interface Standards committee , an industry group that aims to define specifications that enable vendors to enhance the interoperability and portability of 32-bit development tools and to improve the economics of developing 32-bit applications ; others include Borland International Inc , Intel Corp , Lotus Development Corp , Metaware Inc , Microsoft Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Watcom Ltd , which will work to define a set of tool interface specifications for 32-bit operating systems and provide an open forum . |
| 3 | DRAG racing star Ian Merryweather has launched a quest to raise funds in a bid to defend his European crown . |
| 4 | NCR Corp has instituted a trade-in programme to move its installed base of Tower and 3B2 users on to its 3400 servers . |
| 5 | NCR Corp has won a $2m contract to provide Dutch tour operator Arke Reizen NV with one of its massively parallel System 3600 systems : the machine will serve 800 terminals at Arke Reizen 's head office and 9,000 additional remote terminals in offices across the Netherlands , it will also handle some 500,000 bookings a year and calculate and maintain Arke Reizens 's financial accounts ; it is believed to be the first time massively parallel technology has been used to handle day-to-day travel transactions — although a number of travel agents use it to analyse marketing data . |
| 6 | The IBM Personal Computer Co has formed a team under an executive hired last month from NEC Technologies executive to launch the cheapo Ambras in the US , US PC Week says . |
| 7 | Loughborough University has built a test rig to compare the new glazing , which Alpine is making . |
| 8 | IG Index has noticed a weakening of interest in Thames , with interest growing in South West . |
| 9 | Answer guide : In this case Transom has incurred a cost but there is no future benefit because Transom can not sell defective seat belts . |
| 10 | Daewoo Electronics Co has set a conversion price of 14,400 Korean won on its par-priced $70m issue of convertible bonds due December 31 2008 and callable after May 18 1994 . |
| 11 | Milpitas , California-based Read-Rite Corp has formed a product development alliance with Mitsubishi Kasei Co for the development of magnetic heads and disks : the companies will co-operate to develop thin film heads and disks using inductive data detection for data densities of 500M-bits per square inch of disk , and magnetoresistive products , enabling 600Mb to be crammed onto a single 3.5″ platter ; high capacity drives have several platters in the disk-head assembly . |
| 12 | Nintendo Co has lost a bid to keep competitors from selling devices that modify its video games after the US Supreme Court refused to hear its arguments against an appeals court ruling in favour of Lewis Galoob Toys Inc , which offers Game Genie , which plugs into the Nintendo Entertainment System and cartridges , enabling players to use a simple code to change up to three elements of a game at a time ; the appeals court wrote that because Game Genie does n't cause any permanent change to the Nintendo cartridges — and is dependent upon a cartridge and the Nintendo system in order to operate — it does not usurp Nintendo 's copyright ; Nintendo said Game Genie violates a copyright owner 's exclusive right under the Copyright Act of 1976 to authorise or prepare derivative works . |
| 13 | And if the first batch of 700 pigs is not enough for the test , the Bonn defence ministry has earmarked a budget of £77,000 to buy more of the live targets . |
| 14 | As a step in this direction , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp has signed a service alliance agreement with Computer Sciences Corp , El Segundo , California to pursue systems integration business in the wireless telecommunications market . |
| 15 | Compaq Computer Corp has signed a distribution agreement with Beijing Stone Group Co Ltd , China 's largest private computer distributor , giving it access to Stone 's 100-plus sales outlets : it already has agreements with five other distributors for the vast Chinese market . |
| 16 | Over its four years , the National Certificate Programme has produced a range of performers and technicians in this kind of music . |
| 17 | Ian Wright has become a player who holds the key for the two Grahams , George and Taylor . |
| 18 | Special Agent Sam Rollins of the Vice-President 's Task Force on Drug Misuse has hit a wrinkle . |
| 19 | Agent Sam Rollins of the Vice-President 's Special Task Force on Drug Misuse has rented a cabin on the edge of the pond . |
| 20 | THE British defence industry has taken a battering from the government over the past decade . |
| 21 | Californian Tamara Rotola has hired a lawyer to fight for maintenance from Albert for her six-month-old daughter . |
| 22 | Inspired by early American works , artist Haydn Cornner has produced a collection of Country Primitive paintings of farmyard animals . |
| 23 | SCOTLAND 'S Colin Montgomerie has gained a place in the World Championship of Golf in Jamaica next month as replacement for American John Cook . |
| 24 | Financial adviser Peter Hargreaves of Hargreaves Lansdown has produced a guide to Gilts which he will send free to Assets readers who call 0272 741 309 . |
| 25 | The Scotch Whisky Industry has taken a lead in establishing company policies for identifying and providing treatment for employees with alcohol problems . |
| 26 | To help , Chase de Vere Investments has produced a PEP guide . |
| 27 | NEC Corp has taken a hit from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which has placed the A-1 commercial paper rating of the NEC Industries Netherlands BV finance subsidiary on CreditWatch with negative implications , citing intensifying competition from local and international firms in Japan 's personal computer market , creating further pressure on profitability . |
| 28 | Composer Richard Taylor has written a stage version of the film classic ’ Whistle Down the Wind . ’ |
| 29 | Molly Crook has booked a coach to take people from the Surrey area ( Mordern/Sutton ) . |
| 30 | Miss Grimsilk has found a way of giving us something exciting and original at very little cost . |