Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At another site , in Caithness , use of the scanning electron microscope combined with an autoradiographic technique has helped to define the way in which soluble uranium had been translocated from a sandstone bedrock into the overlying regolith/soil . |
| 2 | Jibes about past financial difficulties are no longer valid he says — the recent flotation by US parent Computervision Corp has helped to put the company back on an even keel and the interest VirtualStation is already attracting provides more reason for optimism . |
| 3 | IBM Corp has agreed to pay the US government $14.8m to settle that potential False Claims Act civil suit after IBM admitted to providing reconditioned or remanufactured computer equipment to the US government between 1980 and 1990 , contrary to contract provisions — under the contract , IBM was required to notify the government prior to delivery of anything other than new equipment , and the investigation revealed that IBM delivered approximately 15,000 reconditioned or remanufactured machines to the government ; IBM voluntarily owned up that it might not have fulfilled its obligations under the contract after conducting an internal audit . |
| 4 | One of the benefits of making an acquisition has to be that duplicated positions can be eliminated , and NCR Corp has had to tell a total of 284 employees at two Teradata and two NCR locations in Southern California that they are surplus to requirements . |
| 5 | But life in fashion 's fast lane has taught Tarling a lot . |
| 6 | The Sunday Express has begun to reap the rewards of a series of promotions with its largest circulation increase since it was relaunched under the editorship of Eve Pollard in May last year . |
| 7 | I believe this discussion about academic freedom has helped to resolve the puzzle . |
| 8 | Since that occasion my correspondent has tried to find the embrasure or refuge that the old man was standing in , without success . |
| 9 | The former Rangers striker has failed to make an impact at Goodison Park and he must play second fiddle to the raw , 25-year-old prospect at Ipswich tomorrow . |
| 10 | The park has tried to repair the damage by cutting prices at the gates and in the hotels but visitors still complain it 's too expensive . |
| 11 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 12 | An unnamed buyer has agreed to purchase the site for an undisclosed sum . |
| 13 | Hewlett-Packard Co has managed to beat the clock on delivering its new single-chip 7100-based workstations . |
| 14 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co has started marketing the Panacom Pro-note V IBM-compatible notebook computer . |
| 15 | The Ukrainian parliament has decided to close the plant , plagued by fires and other problems since the 1986 accident , at the end of this year . |
| 16 | Responding to growing public pressure , the Ukrainian parliament has voted to close the Chernobyl nuclear reactor , the site of the world 's worst nuclear accident in 1986 , two years ahead of schedule . |
| 17 | Unhappy about EC proposals on waste transport , the European Parliament has voted to stall the Commission 's draft legislation , with the aim of pressing Brussels into framing even tougher controls . |
| 18 | Practical PC has managed to get a sneak preview of what 's on the way . |
| 19 | The user has attempted to submit a DC which is not in state CREated . |
| 20 | The user has attempted to submit a DC which references no modules . |
| 21 | The user has attempted to submit a package which has previously been submitted and is currently in QA for approval . |
| 22 | The user has attempted to update a DC that has previously been submitted . |
| 23 | The user has attempted to update the manager of a package while work is currently underway ( active DC(s) ) . |
| 24 | The user has attempted to access a module for which he has no access to . |
| 25 | The user has attempted to prepare a package for approval when the package is currently in the process of being approved . |
| 26 | The user has attempted to reserve a module name which is already known to LIFESPAN . |
| 27 | The user has tried to activate a number of DCs on a package . |
| 28 | The user has tried to access the details of a module which is not known to LIFESPAN . |
| 29 | But Sunsoft is not alone in its problems : Next Computer has had to delay the Intel version of its NextStep environment for pretty much the same reason . |
| 30 | The writer of calls faces potentially limitless losses while the writer of puts has a maximum potential loss of E — P ( i.e. the price at which the writer has contracted to buy the shares less the option premium ) . |