Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] has [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This method of roasting has achieved a remarkable 6 per cent weight loss and , this varies dramatically from all previous low temperature cook and hold ovens , because other modes are available to achieve traditional roasting textures and crusts .
2 The interpretation of the events of 1868 has become a major topic of controversy among historians of Japan .
3 The Roads and Transport Capital Budget for 1992/93 has included a new heading for Road Lighting : Road Safety .
4 Export in particular has had a good year and during 1991 we are forecast to deliver an all time record tonnage of malt to 40 customers in 33 countries .
5 Kenneth Waltz in particular has proposed a new , uncompromising ‘ systems ’ account .
6 Although no clear consensus has emerged from these discussions , one idea in particular has acquired a sizeable following .
7 In Scotland , the formation of Scottish Homes in 1989 has created a powerful agency which is intended to change the face of public housing in the country and to encourage the growth of the private rented sector .
8 The many political changes in policy in 1988 has created a great deal of uncertainty about the future administration of classes .
9 Alternative medicine is also becoming increasingly popular — the latest figures show that one person in seven has seen a complementary practitioner within the past year .
10 Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port .
11 Although a succession of Conservative governments since 1979 has expressed a firm belief in monetary methods of managing the economy , with the emphasis on controlling inflation , it is fair to say that the empirical justifica-tion for much of this policy has been thin .
12 There 's much that makes sense ; there 's much that is thought-provoking , even if the thought it provokes is often that the authors are off their trolley ( 'be alert to the strange fact that the end of each century divisible by five has witnessed a major transition in Western civilisation ’ ) .
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