Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scenario for the training exercise ; a fire has broken out under a container carrying spent nuclear fuel by rail from Oldbury power station to Sellafield for reprocessing . |
| 2 | He will also want to prove just how much he has matured both as a player and as a man . |
| 3 | As thousands of refugees prepare for winter , our reporter Kim Barnes has flown in with a plane-load of desperately-needed warm clothing , to see at first hand the work being done to help . |
| 4 | Peter Daley of Waste Management International has pointed out in a lecture to Britain 's Royal Academy of Engineering that landfills , at the present rate of waste generation in Europe , use about two square metres of land per person per century . |
| 5 | If the form book is followed , his semi-final opponent will be Parrott whose season , after wins in Dubai and the United Kingdom Open , has fallen away under a welter of off-the-table commitments . |
| 6 | However , since 1983/84 local government expenditure has fallen slightly as a proportion of GNP and one would question the usefulness of the Retail Price Index as a measure of inflation within local government . |
| 7 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 8 | SOONER than anyone expected , the mayoral contest in New York has shaken down into a re-run of the 1989 race between David Dinkins , now the incumbent , and Rudolph Giuliani , his Republican rival . |
| 9 | In trying to analyse the reasons for conferring upon the management of the company substantial power to run the company the law has relied heavily on a variety of conceptions of the company . |
| 10 | I recall the speech to which the hon. Gentleman referred and I know that he has referred before to a case similar to that which he described today . |
| 11 | Demand for the services offered by these units has varied considerably with a consequence that the length of time between first contact with the GP and first appointment has fluctuated between two weeks and three months . |
| 12 | Raisins were first included in American cookies only six years ago , but the idea has caught on with a vengeance . |
| 13 | Sun Microsystems Inc worshipper Integrix Inc has come up with a keyboard called the S5+ that incorporates the functionality of Sun 's new Type 5 but can also be used with all Suns , Sun compatibles and PCs . |
| 14 | The research , entirely funded by a charity , Quest for a Test for Cancer , has come up with a way of determining exactly how much stain the DNA has taken up . |
| 15 | In recent times it was feared that Venice was sinking , but modern engineering has come up with a way of pumping water from the mainland to boost the underground water base on which the city rests . |
| 16 | Daniel Galvin in London has come up with a treatment that takes only thirty minutes and rather than causing a dramatic change , it softly camouflages grey hair with a subtle , natural-looking colour . |
| 17 | To try to climb out of the hole it is in , Grumman has come up with a plan to turn its F-14 fighter into a ground-attack aircraft . |
| 18 | The London based group Centrepoint has come up with a plan to bring together the people needed to get more homes . |
| 19 | Almost two years later , the committee has come up with a document , which could be adopted early this month . |
| 20 | Never one to avoid controversy , millionaire screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has come up with a scenario even more controversial than the lesbian ice-pick outrage of Basic Instinct . |
| 21 | After long deliberations , the UIAA 's Alpinism Committee has come up with a draft code of practice which , while largely common sense , has the welcome bonus of strong presumption in favour of conservation . |
| 22 | Labour M P's and environment groups are saying tonight that Environment Secretary , Chris Patten has come up with a load of waffle in his three hundred and fifty point plan to rid Britain of pollution ; from Westminster , Des Fahey : |
| 23 | While many managers are increasingly concerned at recording unmet need , both how to do it and whether they should at all , he was confident Dorset has come up with a method which makes it a positive experience for staff and service users and , hopefully , avoids potential legal pitfalls . |
| 24 | The atmosphere moves from hard bop to cajun crunch and , for once , Billy boy has come up with a record that justifies all the praise that has been heaped on his shoulders . |
| 25 | , The UN Secretariat has come up with a figure of $165 billion a year for saving the world 's environment . |
| 26 | Uniplex has come up with a standalone electronic mail system called sensibly enough Uniplex Mail , based on the widely used e-mail component of its Business Software and supporting anywhere from four users to hundreds of servers , it says . |
| 27 | Now rugby union has come up with a rival … |
| 28 | One firm has come up with a number of ways to find letterbombs , before they find their target . |
| 29 | The Metropolitan Museum has been examining some of its most treasured paintings with the aid of the latest technology , and it has come up with a result which confounds the hitherto accepted history of art . |
| 30 | A RESEARCHER with IBM has come up with a device that might possibly replace the transistor in integrated circuit devices . |