Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] has [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The declining importance of religion in social life in general , and in particular the declining influence of Christianity on the great moral questions of the day was ( and is ) the spur to action that has kept the NVALA going for over twenty years . |
| 2 | Clearly it is the fate of the ark that has provoked the name Ichabod , and that has led to her death , just as it killed her father-in-law . |
| 3 | It was not so much the result in Porto Alegre but the manner of the defeat that has thrown a spanner in the works as Germany prepare to defend their title in the United States . |
| 4 | And he has given the club back its pride , passion , and the kind of penetrative football that has awoken the North East . |
| 5 | It does take time , about two hours for each member of staff when preparation and writing is included but it has been an investment that has repaid the school with great dividends . |
| 6 | As part of a comprehensive training programme that has touched the Le Havre company from top to toe , special emphasis has been given to improving motivation . |
| 7 | The drought has its origins in a persistent pattern of atmospheric circulation that has affected the whole of the southern hemisphere , bringing drought also to South Africa and parts of South America , and probably related to the return of El Nino , a surge of warm ocean water off the western seaboard of South America ( see box ) . |
| 8 | You 've been set in a certain class and no matter how your opinions change and you want to throw that class off , if ever a man does , it wo n't let him , it 's there in his voice , in his manner ; even if a gentleman was to take to the road he 'd still be a gentleman ; I mean , according to the kind of education he 's received , so to my mind that has become a kind of cage . |
| 9 | Why the nights could not have been alternated is anyone 's guess but is symptomatic of the confusion that has dogged the competition — due in part to Linfield and Bangor 's involvement in European preliminary rounds . |
| 10 | With headaches the pain will almost always disappear ( while I am working on them ) as soon as they release the tension that has caused the pain . |
| 11 | The miss rule that has dogged the game all season struck again in the third . |
| 12 | Should audits be expected to detect every fraud ? ’ that we will have any chance of dealing with the expectations gap that has surrounded the audit . |
| 13 | In every example they offer , it is competitive egoism that has subverted the ideal of objectivity — from instances of brazen cheating to the simple laxity with which papers are refereed , grants awarded , and experiments checked — or left unchecked . |
| 14 | Whereas a course of dealing can incorporate a term that has in effect become customary between the two parties in question , trade usage can incorporate a term that has become a custom amongst all the buyers and sellers dealing in the environment in question . |
| 15 | Some are useful , like the horse wanting our approval ; some may be amusing , like the show horse that has learnt the delights of sandwiches and Coca Cola ; and some are harmful , or annoying , which include bad behavioural habits . |
| 16 | A horse that has had no exercise all day is less likely to stand still for the farrier than one that has just been ridden ; and a youngster that has never been ridden out on the road before will be considerably more nervous if it goes alone than it would with a companion . |
| 17 | It is a curving half-mile of cottages and assorted buildings lining a single street and facing a loch that has carved a channel inland from the open sea and given the village its name . |
| 18 | He 's converted to their religion and has adopted the name , Spotted Eagle . |
| 19 | But the IMS rule has done away with this bonus and has rated the foretriangle and the mainsail area equally , leaving the rig configuration to the designer . |
| 20 | The press has for some years played up the problems of UK financial reporting and has exaggerated the extent to which those problems derived from weak enforcement of standards rather than defects in the standards themselves . |
| 21 | The Corpus of Knowledge was developed from the findings of wide ranging research and has provided a basis for all of HCIMA 's education initiatives , such as programmes of study for professional qualifications and the national Accreditation of Prior Learning network and the introduction of an Industrial Experience Scheme for teachers . |
| 22 | Although only halfway through her first effort ( based , oh dear , on a dream ) she already has an agent and has made the shortlist of a first-time fiction writers ' competition , the Ian St James Awards , for a story drawn from the book . |
| 23 | However unorthodox our dual role on the cutters might seem to professionals it works out in practice and has stood the test of time . |
| 24 | Phillips is reportedly in good condition and has renounced the drugs and alcohol that caused his cirrhosis . |
| 25 | In addition to the case work , the committee has continued to keep the regulations under review and has considered a variety of amendments . |
| 26 | Hoheria is another mild-frost-hardy large shrub or small tree which is smothered in white blossom in mid-summer and has survived the winds in my Cornish garden . |
| 27 | Finally , the Polytechnic has established a wide-ranging programme of research within the institution and has maintained a proportion of its staff working for higher degrees . |
| 28 | Mrs. Harvey is the second defendant but has taken no part in the proceedings . |
| 29 | Suppose the worker finds the young boy has reached the stage of potency but has lost the capacity to ejaculate ? |
| 30 | There has been no area , there 's been no need or entitlement that has escaped the Thatcher and the Majorite acts . |