Example sentences of "has [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The October bank holiday proposal has received a muted response from Employment Minister Michael Howard , who said he was open to persuasion but had no plans to make changes . |
| 2 | US West Inc 's plans to get into the fun-and-games end of the telecommunications business with Time Warner Inc has received a mixed review from the junior among the credit rating agencies , Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co of Chicago , which placed the securities of US West Inc , US West Capital Funding and US West Financial Services on rating watch . |
| 3 | The agreement has received a cautious welcome from environmentalists , some of whom , however , are sceptical as to whether a purely voluntary approach can be effective . |
| 4 | At least one exceedingly wet Old Etonian baronet ( oh , all right then : Sir George Young ) has received a rude note from another even wetter Old Etonian baronet ( yes , you 're right : Sir Ian Gilmour ) deploring his decision to vote for Mrs Thatcher . |
| 5 | M Rocard 's ‘ big bang ’ proposal has received a positive response from most socialist leaders , left-wing voters ( 73 per cent approved of the idea ) , and ecologist supporters ( 62 per cent approved ) , while several leading communist dissidents have expressed a cautious interest . |
| 6 | Mr Rocard 's ‘ big bang ’ proposal has received a positive response from most socialist leaders , left-wing voters ( 73 per cent approved of the idea ) , and ecologist supporters ( 62 per cent approved ) , while several leading communist dissidents have expressed a cautious interest . |
| 7 | The South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants ' diamond jubilee appeal has received a welcome boost from Olympic gold medal winner Sally Gunnell . |
| 8 | You might suppose that a bad smell would not deter a really hungry hunter , but anyone who has received a full squirt from a skunk knows very well that it is almost unendurable . |
| 9 | A ONE line appeal for Government help to collect the poll tax in Darlington has received a curt response from the town 's MP . |
| 10 | Tekhne has developed an automated gas from oil extraction system . |
| 11 | Violent headaches which may be from exposure to a dry cold wind that has stopped a nasal catarrh from flowing . |
| 12 | It 's the first time the high court has stopped a criminal trial from going ahead . |
| 13 | American Pentecostalism has travelled a long way from its roots in the southern states . |
| 14 | A conference on AIDS has attracted a good response from businessmen in the Alton area . |
| 15 | The presence of Asian women advice workers has attracted a good response from the Asian community and the informality is attracting more family and personal enquiries of the sort that people may have felt uncomfortable about bringing previously . |
| 16 | Each brothel has to obtain a special licence from the police and the names of the women must also be registered . |
| 17 | So far this has included a major relocation from London to Peterborough , new £100m headquarters , product rationalisation , a number of company-wide initiatives aimed at improving management efficiency and a £1m investment in a new core financial system . |
| 18 | VICTIM SUPPORT has come a long way from the six-month experiment set up 10 years ago by a group of concerned professionals in Bristol . |
| 19 | Contemporary psychology has come a long way from the time when J. B. Watson , the first behaviourist , forbade the consideration of non-observable entities . |
| 20 | She has come a long way from 1755 when John Whiston described her poetry as ‘ extremely fit for young ladies … ‘ |
| 21 | Anna has come a long way from the Romanian orphanage where she spent the first two years of her life , a malnourished , incontinent infant with a shaven head . |
| 22 | He has come a long way from the rough-edged , bearded Glaswegian to the rich , Hollywood smoothie , all tan and haircut . |
| 23 | One-room living has come a long way from the old bed-sitter image with its general note of poverty and desperation . |
| 24 | Whitham has come a long way from April 16 , 1988 when he won the Enkalon 1,000cc race and became one of the few English riders to score at Kirkistown at that time . |
| 25 | It sounds like the Fire Service has come a long way from the early years . |
| 26 | Air refuelling has come a long way from the first attempts in the thirties where the co-pilot literally popped out and grabbed the hose . |
| 27 | Tadpole Technology Plc , Cambridge , UK reports that its Austin , Texas-based US operation has won a singular accolade from Sun Microsystems Inc : Sun 's Lincoln , Massachusetts-based SunExpress unit is to carry the Sparcbook Unix-based notebook computer , offering it to end users and resellers via its SunExpress telemarketing sales operation . |
| 28 | Electronic Data Systems Corp has won a 10-year contract from Southland Corp to install as many as 4,000 automated teller machines in 7-11 stores across the US : installation will begin in June and the process is expected to take three years to complete and the General Motors Corp subsidiary will manage processing , administration , fulfillment and enhancement of the kit . |
| 29 | A REAL ale pub has won a unique award from a hardy band of travelling Plymouth Argyle supporters . |
| 30 | Like its Gulf neighbours , Oman has undergone a dramatic transformation from underdevelopment to a modern oil economy , building roads , housing , hospitals and schools at a great speed . |