Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] has [verb] the [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 | And he has given the club back its pride , passion , and the kind of penetrative football that has awoken the North East . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The miss rule that has dogged the game all season struck again in the third . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There has been no area , there 's been no need or entitlement that has escaped the Thatcher and the Majorite acts . |
| 14 | In some cases referral is essential , but this chapter will show that for many the CAB is developing specialist in-depth expertise that has turned the tables such that the CAB is now becoming the agency to whom clients are referred . |
| 15 | William Gibson , author of the cyberpunk fiction that has mirrored the development of VR , is not too impressed by what he sees as our VR future . |
| 16 | The VINNY JONES story that has rocked the soccer world |
| 17 | Mike Gunnell finds a Scottish brewery that has bucked the trend to diesel away from petrol |
| 18 | The charter is part of a continuing modernisation of the distribution division that has included the reorganisation of the previous five administration regions into four . |
| 19 | Turner 's Slave Ship which was so highly praised by Ruskin , shows faithfully the horror and evil of that traffic and it is the emotion , not the technique that has given the painting its immortality . |
| 20 | A standard technique that has stood the test of time is to analyse all paper work crossing your desk over a period of say a month . |
| 21 | Aerial photography is a technique that has revolutionised the study of archaelogy , leading to many new discoveries . |
| 22 | ‘ Our mission at Dillons is to widen the market for books and break away from the elitism that has dominated the book trade and held back sales . ’ |
| 23 | Getting ICL to comment on or explain anything much is a fruitless task , but counter-arguments are easily marshalled to the chorus of derision that has greeted the aftermath of the acquisition . |
| 24 | ‘ His have been the brains behind the team , his the directing skill that has paved the way to success . |
| 25 | But within the England training camp , Carlton Palmer is half of a double act that has transformed the atmosphere in Graham Taylor 's squad , banishing the gloom of Sweden . |
| 26 | Now , after a battle that has intrigued the City for weeks , Owners will be free to put to its shareholders its originally-proposed link-up with another holiday giant , Thomas Cook . |
| 27 | This was to stake a large claim to moral originality , and it is a work that has earned the right to be revered and detested . |
| 28 | He sat back , as smug as a cat that has licked the cream , while Eleanor held his hand and looked concerned . |
| 29 | But a procedural error that has followed the making of an order — a failure to serve the order is the obvious example but there may be others — can , in my opinion , be dealt with by the judge who made the order . |
| 30 | The overlap with the districts needs to be eradicated , it 's a black hole at the moment , every district can pass a its surplus on to another district , and indeed it would be the last district to prepare a district wide local plan that has to meet the residue of the Greater York requirement , it may maybe a good stimulus for the districts to get on with their local plans , but that 's not an planning way . |