Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] has [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Top American brokerage Weedin & Co has constantly rejected the New York Stock Exchange for the American OTC market , which it considers superior and this attitude is by no means uncommon . |
2 | The new novel , unlike the fictions of Tolkien and Lewis , is stubbornly secular , but with an ear cocked to the supernatural ; it is no more anti-religious , that is to say , than Philip Larkin 's poem ‘ Church Going ’ , which intones sympathetically the values of an empty place where the dead lie buried and where prayer has once been valid . |
3 | DOWDING & Mills has hardly hogged the headlines since going public in 1946 . |
4 | The distribution of price changes or returns has often been found to be leptokurtic . |
5 | A cuckoo that finds a host 's nest where incubation has already started will often rob the nest causing the unfortunate host to start a new clutch , thus providing the cuckoo with a further chance for parasitism . |
6 | In the remoter rural areas , where agriculture has traditionally held a virtual monopoly of employment opportunities , the declining demand for labour in agriculture has historically led to widespread rural depopulation . |
7 | Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed . |
8 | MARKS & Spencer has just reported half-year profits up by a fifth , yet many investors will have been mystified to note that the stock market reaction was for the share price to fall back a bit . |
9 | In the UK , where DG has just re-vamped its sales channels ( see below ) , AViiONs now outsell Eclipse systems by 5 to 1 . |
10 | The first was a scene where Johnny has just cheated on his girlfriend Yvonne , and a tell-tale pair of panties falls out on to the floor . |
11 | Its collaboration with Evans & Sutherland has reportedly resulted in a breakthrough 3D graphics accelerator family that 's two to three times faster than anything SGI currently has . |
12 | Microwave hyperthermia via the rectum or urethra has also had lasting results in some cases . |
13 | That is a harsh rule from A's point of view ( I think a stupid rule , and I hope that if you are the reader of this book who is destined to become Lord Chancellor you will get it changed ) , but it would be even worse if the same rule were applied where B has carelessly misdirected his letter , resulting in gross delay or loss . |
14 | Norwich & Peterborough has actively informed its savers in closed accounts of the better rates available in other , newer accounts and three other societies — Nationwide ( 0800 400417 ) , National & Provincial ( 0800 446600 ) and Bradford & Bingley ( 0274 561545 ) — have actually established interest rate helplines . |
15 | Conversely , sixty-three per cent of those who do not go to church report that none of their friends or acquaintances has ever invited them ’ ( McGavran and Hunter 1980:33 , 34 ) . |
16 | THE SEVENTH in an occasional series of books on aspects of the Somerset & Dorset has just been released . |
17 | You can gain tax advantages by buying units through a PEP plan , and AXA Equity & Law has just launched a scheme — PEP 2000 Plus — which gives you extra bonuses on top of the tax-free benefit . |
18 | Losses during the full year in mortgage indemnity business , where GA has only a 4% market share , were again in line with expectations at $53.1m , including $20.9m in the fourth quarter . |
19 | The wisdom of having a contract and job description for the church 's organist or director has already been mentioned . |
20 | The answer seems to lie in facing up to the fact that one particular cycle or era has finally come to a close and therefore both personally and professionally it would be wiser to channel your energies into something new . |
21 | Where a company or group has more than one pension scheme , disclose details on a combined basis , where possible , except that a deficiency of funding in one scheme should not be offset against a surplus in another scheme . |
22 | The discharge rate of people aged 15 or over has almost doubled since 1982 . |
23 | The Board of Customs & Excise has also indicated ‘ some pleasure ’ at the proposals and the IITP is optimistic that it might end up as the internal examining body for the department . |
24 | Supalla and Newport ( 1978 ) maintain that nouns and verbs are separated by frequency of movement , but in BSL PILL has two movements while to TAKE-A-PILL has only one , but BRUSH has one movement while to BRUSH-UP or SWEEP has more than one ; this distinction , therefore , is not simple . |
25 | Jumping on the pram , rather than the bandwagon , M & S has just launched Nursery and Young Living furniture with bedding , wallpapers and curtains . |
26 | But this is only available where the council or inspector has either misinterpreted the law or not followed the proper procedures . |
27 | There is an analogy here with working-class culture , black and white , where masculinity has also been a source of resistance , but once again at the expense of ratifying a larger exploitative framework for men as well as women . |
28 | Harland & Wolff has yet to show a profit , but the future looks good . |
29 | Special procedure is provided for provisional licences where building or reconstruction has yet to be done : subs . |
30 | It would seem sensible that strategies to help Sheffield , with the recent and very sudden collapse of its steel industry , may not be able to assist Liverpool or Newcastle , where steel has never been an important industry and where decline has been long-term . |