Example sentences of "[noun] has [vb pp] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , it is worth pointing out that in some modern societies there is considerable reason to suppose that , as yet , the ego and superego-degradation has gone a lot further then the externalization of the superego functions of the state , but that there is no reason why in these circumstances the externalization process should not rapidly catch up . |
| 2 | Since then the clamour for his Italian League debut has reached a crescendo here in Rome . |
| 3 | Er looking at the rest of the P and L , you will see that we have split out a profit on sale of fixed assets which is our Lakeside erm Capelat and the Capco shares er which is why the corporate expenses for this other income has turned a way round , it 's gon na be negative nowadays , so we thought it 'd look a little silly saying other income less expenses . |
| 4 | At the final whistle , there were strains of ‘ what a load of rubbish ’ , which Leicester certainly were not , but the disappointment of last season 's failed promotion bid has left a wound clearly not yet healed . |
| 5 | One of the victims of an alleged murder attempt has told a court how she was tied up , beaten and forced into a car which was then set alight and pushed over a hill . |
| 6 | He might have better awareness etc , but I should bloody hope so at 30 … unless O'Leary has had a set back with his injury ? ? ? ? |
| 7 | Indeed Wigner has formulated a proposal along exactly these lines . |
| 8 | Approaching the lodging house it looks as if the old harridan has got a gang together to repel unwelcome boarders . |
| 9 | In this country the influence of Marxism in the universities , trade unions and arts has reached a point where as Christians I believe we are forced to take it seriously . |
| 10 | I look in the same direction to account for the charming note ‘ Granovsky has got a bit out of hand ’ . |
| 11 | Okay so another another K word key well you wo could have guessed that if key has got a K then keyhole pretty certainly have a |
| 12 | The captain of Swindon Town football club has told a court how former manager Lou Macari paid him thousands of pounds in cash bonuses . |
| 13 | ‘ An American oddball who , like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee , takes a sideways look at his own culture , Whit Stillman has directed a film so sharp and amusing that film-goers were shut out in droves from its many screenings in Cannes . |
| 14 | The architect Richard MacCormac said , ‘ I believe there is a danger that classicism is being used as a cure-all architectural pill , when architecture has got a lot more to it than just putting in columns and capitals . |
| 15 | He that boy has got a heart as big as a mountain I 'll tell ya , in those situations he will sling himself at anything . |
| 16 | The fact that the teacher finds that the child has spelt a word correctly in one context and then perhaps in a sentence or two later may misspell the word , makes the teacher think that this is a question of carelessness , where we know , in fact , that is a feature of dylexia — that you may be able to get a spelling correct in one context and yet you will misspell it , as it were , a few moments later . |
| 17 | You should phase out the use of artificial reinforcers ( tokens or points ) when the child has learned a skill well , or when persistent problematic behaviour has been rectified . |
| 18 | The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA 's book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business-led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) . |
| 19 | The underclass has become a semipermanent rather than a generational phenomenon . |
| 20 | Reg has remained a bachelor ever since he first asked her to marry him when they were childhood sweethearts in Cirencester . |
| 21 | ‘ Since being born in 1981 , Cheek by Jowl has gained a reputation both in Britain and abroad for the extraordinary verve , versatility , devotion and inventiveness that characterises its style ’ . |
| 22 | Barrie Irving , the Police Foundation director has presented a paper today outlining research into the Police and Criminal Evidence Act ( PACE ) . |
| 23 | Torquil Norman summed-up the ‘ life ’ that the airfield had regained , ‘ the place has grown a pace more through its own heritage than our input … it has taken on its own momentum … ’ |
| 24 | After a string of commercial flops , Richard Gere has become a superstar once more with his starring role in PRETTY WOMAN , a contemporary updating of Pygmalion which enjoyed massive success in the US . |
| 25 | This is the first time the UN has dispatched a force so close to American borders . |
| 26 | Whereas Marx is usually thought to have envisaged a classless society in which people will no longer be deluded by false consciousness , Althusser has posited a determinism so strong as to be inescapable . |
| 27 | But Mr Ishihara has made a career out of being shocking , and he has a good motive . |
| 28 | At this point of the account Antiochus has become a Hellenizer far beyond Judaea , and the Hellenizing group of Jerusalem has no longer any relevant part in the story . |
| 29 | The movie business has turned a bit more reticent about the art world since Glimcher 's folly . |
| 30 | An airman 's wife has told a jury how her husband told her he started a fire which caused nineteen million pounds damage to an airbase . |