Example sentences of "[noun pl] has [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The successful development of negotiating skills has proved itself as one of the most cost-effective investments in company profitability . |
| 2 | Picketing in various forms has shown itself to be one of the most effective forms of industrial action . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , no one can buy the paper for hard currency , not even the mighty Ministry of Defence , because the only bank for foreign trade operations has declared itself almost bankrupt , and refuses to return hard currency to its owners . |
| 4 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 5 | This may be smugly satisfying to those of us who sit on the sidelines , but even ardent moralists must soon start to wonder whether the Boesky boom in show trials has overplayed itself . |
| 6 | ‘ Lowden Guitars has established itself as a prestige company producing a specialised product for a specialised market . |
| 7 | In the United States , public relations has divided itself into a great many specialities so that if you want to employ public relations to handle , say , a health issue , you go to someone who specializes in health communications . |
| 8 | Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has set itself the task of completely renovating a 55-bed long stay hospital in Iasi for children suffering from hepatitis and diabetes . |
| 9 | According to Dugald Mackie , until recently a senior administrator at Strathclyde University , there has been tension between accountability and autonomy as the introduction of new management systems has worked itself out throughout Scotland . |
| 10 | ParcPlace Systems has got itself a new president and CEO ; Bill Lyons , former Ashton-Tate chairman and CEO who left when Borland took over . |
| 11 | Twice during the 1980s , Brazil effectively defaulted on its foreign debt and on many occasions has declared itself unable to carry out the promises made in its successive Letters of Intent to the IMF . |