Example sentences of "an [noun sg] has [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A hole shows where an insect has left a gall .
2 If an employee has produced a computer program outside the normal course of his duties , but has used his employer 's equipment or done it during the hours of his employment , the ownership of copyright is more difficult to predict , although it is more likely that the employer will be treated as owner .
3 That leaves difficult cases where an expert has reached a decision which is widely believed to be incorrect but can not be challenged .
4 Where an article has become a fixture it is treated as part of the demise during the term .
5 An ex-girlfriend has borrowed a gun .
6 But where there are irreversible or extensive neurological changes , the assessing practitioner may have to conclude that such an elder has lost the capacity to function independently .
7 Most critically , the clash between mobile resources and the largely immobile labour base of an economy has changed the ground rules for determining the attractiveness of a country to potential investors .
8 In at least one case , an artist has requested the option to buy back his own work , only for his letter to go unanswered ; Saatchi is known to have split up one series of paintings which were sold to him on the strength of verbal assurances that they would stay together .
9 An MP has joined the call to stop NHS treatment for the removal of tattoos .
10 An MP has criticised the shopping centre in what he says is ’ one of southern England 's most beautiful market towns ’ .
11 There are situations , like the operational one that the police find themselves in , where an individual has to take the lead .
12 Section 340 makes corresponding provision for an application to the court , and for the court making an order , where an individual has given a preference ‘ to any person . ’
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