Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] has [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not generally the stuff that appears on television , where self-restraint has become the norm . |
| 2 | A book of ethics does not have to spell it out , any more than a book about mathematics or zoology has to include the reminder ‘ Read me attentively , intelligently ’ . |
| 3 | Where management has set the framework for efficient cleaning and supervision is adequate faults will rarely arise . |
| 4 | Once the child or baby has joined the family , practical concerns over childcare can arise . |
| 5 | Black & Decker has introduced the Cut Saw on the d-i-y market . |
| 6 | No sector of industry or commerce has escaped the effects of the current global trade recession . |
| 7 | Not a single priest or minister has condemned the craze from the pulpit , despite the fact that the local cemetery is the favourite venue for regular weekend binges , according to local councillor Walter Greer . |
| 8 | There is no doubt that agriculture has transformed the environments of all developing countries . |
| 9 | Whether offensive or defensive strategies are being reassessed , the Gulf War has brought home the fact that automation has become the cornerstone of virtually all new military systems — so much so that we are moving steadily towards a fully automated battlefield . |
| 10 | Still others believe that capitalism has satisfied the material interests of all workers in advanced capitalism , as Herbert Marcuse ( 1969 ) and Andre Gorz ( 1985 ) tend to suggest . |
| 11 | ( 1976 ) have estimated that erosion has reduced the production potential of American cropland by 10–15 per cent , and that an estimated 5 gallon equivalent of fuel per acre is being used to offset past soil losses , which amounts to about 4 per cent of total oil imports in 1970 ( p.153 ) . |
| 12 | There is little evidence so far , though , to suggest that counterurbanization has halted the decline of service provision , since population thresholds for services have at the same time been rising ( Johansen and Fuguitt , 1984 ) . |
| 13 | Nor is there much indication that affluence has encouraged the desire to seek acceptance in new social milieux at higher status levels . |
| 14 | Rather , they argue that pornography has established the conventions by which we understand sexualised images of women as images of submission , images which invite violence . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that Pipe has taken the training of jump horses into an entirely different dimension . |
| 16 | Although deep-freezing has revolutionised the way food is preserved , with some kinds of fish I still prefer the old method of salting and sun drying . |
| 17 | This latter event is all too obviously possible now that man has produced the means , inherent in nuclear warfare and other means of mass destruction , to destroy all life . |
| 18 | Although this is a futuristic outlook it is clearly a long-term possibility now that science has revealed the nature of genetic composition . |
| 19 | Indeed , Apple have just launched a new , low-cost PostScript printer which uses Adobe 's latest software based on ATM and there are indications that Adobe has written the routines that will allow TrueType fonts to be imaged on PostScript printers . |
| 20 | Although technology has reached the point where such systems are becoming widely viable , they are still expensive compared to the old-fashioned keyboard-based computers . |
| 21 | There is , however , a distinctly religious form of satanism which states that Christianity has got the facts all wrong . |
| 22 | What , once sin has entered the world , it can cost you to obey all those injunctions in the new testament about ‘ I am thy father and thy mother , sell all and follow me . ’ |
| 23 | In recent years the provision of housing for people who need a degree of care and support has blurred the division between housing and residential care . |
| 24 | Most literature focuses on treatment and wound management , but personal observation and experience has indicated the importance of a much broader approach . |
| 25 | In contrast one frequently meets cases where a local field worker through his initiative and enthusiasm has transformed the curriculum in schools in a local area . |
| 26 | Remains are scanty and conjecture has to take the place of evidence . |
| 27 | The mother of a glue sniffer with convictions for theft and violence has welcomed the news that her son is being placed in psychiatric care . |
| 28 | Alternatively the Director General may confirm he has decided not to refer the agreement to the Court where : ( a ) any directly applicable provision of EC law applies to the agreement ; ( b ) the agreement has expired or has been terminated ; ( c ) all the relevant restrictions have been removed ; ( d ) the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has discharged the Director General from his duty to take proceedings where he is satisfied that the restrictions are not of such significance as to call for investigation by the Court . |
| 29 | PC Software houses are turning on to Windows more quickly than the users — there are n't many who do n't have a Windows product in their portfolios these days — and Sage has joined the band of the enlightened few who package both DOS and Windows versions together with its second foray into the GUI market — Sterling + 2 . |
| 30 | The issue of child abuse , or child protection as it is often now described ( Parton and Parton , 1989 ) , perhaps more than any other area of child care policy and practice has brought the activities of a variety of health and welfare professionals into considerable public , political and media focus in recent years . |