Example sentences of "this [noun] have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 1984 ) , the history of social policy in this field has bequeathed a legacy of disregard for the potential of the family as a continuing source of security for children identified in some way as being at risk .
2 Shyness in this instance has proved a virtue and its resulting insularity and independence a blessing .
3 I and an ‘ ex-student ’ of this course have formed a university base for clinical forensic medicine within a division of legal medicine attached to the department of pathological studies of Manchester University .
4 But this plea has worn a bit thin .
5 In conclusion , this chapter has presented a case for RMI being a fundamental change in the way health care is managed .
6 This chapter has made a number of points about the way in which PNP policy was formulated and communicated ; about the means and manner of its interpretation ; its substance ; and the strategies adopted to secure its implementation .
7 This chapter has examined a variety of approaches to analysing global politics , in order to demonstrate the diversity of approaches to analysis and to highlight some of their limitations .
8 This chapter has offered a framework for practitioners to use as they reflect professionally on their practice of assessing elders .
9 This chapter has offered a summary of what is more or less evident when one looks at teachers ' lives today .
10 Lovers of freedom throughout the world looked to this vision with hope and it is with profound sadness that they see the vision momentarily dimmed , and with this dimming has come a confusion of purpose and a sense of despair that was never known before in America .
11 Resident spokesman Richard Hazlehurst said : ‘ This plan has caused a lot of concern regarding the amount of recreational space provided in the area .
12 A good suggestion might be , in the past this child has suffered a loss of some figure it was dependent on , and has compensated by becoming highly independent .
13 I hope this publication has given a starting point and that you will be stimulated to try out this last great contribution from the founder of Homœopathy .
14 The Minister for the Economy for Northern Ireland , Mr. Richard Needham , in the foreword to this publication has outlined a number of reasons why Northern Ireland companies should seek to increase their market share through exports .
15 This lady has suffered a lot of distress and I just do n't think courts are considering the victims when they are imposing sentences .
16 This lady has suffered a lot of distress and I just do n't think courts are considering the victims when they are imposing sentences .
17 This conference has to give a message to Jo John Smith to maintain union links , to strengthen them , not destroy them .
18 This conference has initiated a process of community discussion which we hope will lead to a coherent strategy for the economic development of West Belfast . ’
19 James was continuing to play cricket throughout this period having become a member of the Maple Club , and while his reputation as a player was growing it was his overall knowledge of the game that brought him most attention .
20 This post had posed a challenge not only to the Governors but also to the two Deputy Head Teachers .
21 This place has lost a lot of lustre . ’
22 The tensions and contradictions in this scenario have produced a response , not from politicians , but from a small but growing section of the population involved in various forms of social and community action .
23 All the cases analysed up to this point have involved a relationship of incidence between the infinitive and some other verb .
24 This phenomenon is almost impossible to illustrate in a monologue , and I would at this point have issued a handout , if the talk were not being recorded , for it is very easy to see a sentence in progress when the turns in the dialogue are written down .
25 Some scholars have argued that despite the front quality of OE /ae/ , ME a was a back vowel ( or perhaps merely a fully low vowel : it is not always clear what is meant by ‘ back vowel ’ ) , and on this basis have postulated a change around 1600 from a back ( or low ) value to front-raised /ae/ , which is of course the modern conservative RP value .
26 This Gentile had professed a faith that no Jew had , believing that Jesus had the authority and power to help .
27 This gentleman has said a mouthful and God bless his soul .
28 If it had been anyone else who had probed into her private feelings , Alice might have been angry , but this man had become a kind of father-figure to her these past years , and despite the motives Jules might attribute to him , she truly believed her employer had her well-being at heart .
29 Although our debates on this subject have attracted a flurry of interest , attendances at debates on the European Community are not noted for their large size .
30 Several teenage mothers in this book had had a home tutor and most had enjoyed it .
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