Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pron] has [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flexibility of approach is important to survival and the practice which has adopted a ‘ managed ’ structure will be best placed to appreciate the changing environment , adapt to it as necessary and implement the changes within the practice . |
| 2 | And in the process she has developed a character who is a real Valentine card . |
| 3 | ULSTER hockey 's senior league title will be decided by the last game of the programme on Saturday … and it wo n't involve Lisnagarvey , the team which has had a four-year reign as champions . |
| 4 | With his ITV show Through The Keyhole he has given a guided tour of 200 homes of the rich and famous , exposing to public view everything from Viscount Weymouth 's erotic murals to Bernard Manning 's fish tank . |
| 5 | VANDALS have tried to cut down the tree which has become a shrine to rock star Marc Bolan . |
| 6 | EGG HATCHERIES will be monitored for salmonella , following a decision yesterday to tighten controls on the bacterium which has caused a rising tide of food poisoning cases in recent years . |
| 7 | Howard Wilkinson , the manager who has revived a slumbering Yorkshire giant , offered a brave if predictable public stance — ‘ We 're not throwing in the towel … if we win our last five matches it could be interesting ’ — but privately he must realise that an outstanding opportunity has been lost . |
| 8 | [ I ] n the slums of the manufacturing towns and in the hovels of the countryside he has become a legendary being-the personification of all that thousands of downtrodden men and women hope and dream and desire . |
| 9 | ‘ The Commission itself has placed a great emphasis on the promotion of milk and it is ironic that it is now undermining that investment with a proposal which could result in further reductions in the intake of milk by those who need it most ’ . |
| 10 | Expressed in developmental , rather than structural terms , one can describe the condition of the citizens of total welfare states as childlike , for not only are they likely to be regressed in developmental terms for the reasons already given , they are also childlike in relative terms to the state which has become a parent , and an omnipotent one at that . |
| 11 | Expressed in developmental , rather than structural terms , one can describe the condition of the citizens of total welfare states as childlike , for not only are they likely to be regressed in developmental terms for the reasons already given , they are also childlike in relative terms to the state which has become a parent , and an omnipotent one at that . |
| 12 | Pam Ayres joined a group of school children as they toured the centre which has played a leading role in saving rare breeds of sheep and pigs . |
| 13 | All the same , among today 's MPs , the monarchy itself has become a touchy and electorally dangerous topic . |
| 14 | Think of the man who has to hang a kitchen cabinet in a frame house . |
| 15 | But the man who has amassed a world record 51 tries in 71 tests also had a warning for the Welsh team . |
| 16 | At present , radio is the only communication medium in the country which has achieved a mass audience . |
| 17 | At present , radio is the only communication medium in the country which has achieved a mass audience . |
| 18 | There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene . |
| 19 | The physiotherapist may need the help of a second therapist , especially for the head-injured patient or the patient who has had a severe stroke . |
| 20 | Physical imbalance of any kind can interfere with independence too , for example affecting the patient who has had a limb amputated . |
| 21 | Part of the problem which has created a shortage of church organists or directors is the level of remuneration which is offered to them . |
| 22 | This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife . |
| 23 | Tony Bottoms ( 1983 : 176–7 ) has compared this notion to that of the ‘ sin-bin ’ in ice hockey : the player who has committed a foul is excluded ( or ‘ disqualified ’ ) from the game for a while and symbolically marked out as an offender , but after a term of fixed duration the player is allowed to rejoin the game as a full participant or ‘ requalified subject ’ . |