Example sentences of "[noun prp] has [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comparison with the original ring-of-two current stabiliser of Peter Williams ( WW September 1966 ) reveals that V Lakshminarayanan has over simplified the circuit to such an extent that it no longer works as a current stabiliser ( EW + WW July 1991 ) . |
| 2 | In the preface to his Hortus Britanno-Americanus ( written in 1749 but not published until 1763 ) Mark Catesby [ q.v. ] , the pioneer naturalist of the south-eastern states of America , said that ‘ Mr. Gray at Fulham has for many years made it his business to raise and cultivate the plants of America ( from whence he has annually fresh supplies ) in order to furnish the curious with what they want … |
| 3 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 4 | Chief Planning and Development Officer , Liam Tiller , says he 's pleased that after nearly two years , Whitehall has at last agreed to the Council 's proposals . |
| 5 | Though Michael Herr has in many ways done well out of Vietnam , he says : ‘ I think I paid a lot of dues ; Neil Sheehan [ author of A Bright Shining Light ] paid a lot of dues ; Don McCullin paid a lot of dues ; Larry Burrows paid all his dues . |
| 6 | DEC has at last announced its OSF/1-based operating system for Alpha-based AXP systems , giving its Alpha hardware customers an alternative from VMS . |
| 7 | Mr Watkins has after all signed and presented the NES . |
| 8 | BML has for some time been concerned about the declining popularity of the NBS , which began in a blaze of publicity in 1955 . |
| 9 | The University of Warwick has for some time provided the possibility of studying both English and foreign texts in a comparative way at undergraduate level . |
| 10 | The Department of Agriculture in Scotland has for many years conducted individual farm assessments with appeal committees on which farmers are represented . |
| 11 | One advantage Bedfordshire has at this time was that packages such as SIR , EDFAX and COMMUNITEL were being piloted in the country and one librarian was involved in a Prestel project . |
| 12 | But every health-care system is facing similar pressures and the need to improve efficiency is important , without sacrificing equity and free access , which the NHS has in larger measure than most other health care systems ( Le Grand , 1989b ) . |
| 13 | It 's also knowing and being interested in the history of things , which I do n't think Maggie has at all . |
| 14 | HCIMA has for many years been active in accrediting hotel and catering programmes , both in Europe and around the world . |
| 15 | Brazil has for political reasons pushed Proalcool despite the fact that in narrow economic terms gasohol is still inferior to petrol . |
| 16 | Upjohn has at all times contended that Halcion is safe and effective and that any errors in the presentation of its material to the Licensing Authority were unintended , and it is suing the BBC for libel . |
| 17 | And Glotz has for many years now supervised all my recordings . |
| 18 | Certainly denon 's is a substantially clearer and less muddled sound , but this can often also be achieved with simple care and attention to mastering , allied to access the original lacquers or tapes — which Denon has in many cases had . |
| 19 | Into this political maelstrom , Maastricht has at last emerged as an issue , provoking the kind of controversy seen in Britain last year . |
| 20 | Margaret Shepherd , whose cafe in Queen Street has for many years been popular with parties of elderly people , said many handicapped groups had cancelled this year because they could no longer walk straight from the cafe to the seafront . |
| 21 | In a few minutes , Gordon Brown , the Shadow Chancellor , offered more substance than Chancellor Lamont has in all his months at No 11 Downing Street . |
| 22 | Dr Helen Muir has since 1977 been Director ofthe Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and since 1982 has been Scientific Trustee of the Wellcome Trust . |
| 23 | For example , Israel has since 1967 followed the general rule that all government purchases — including , of course , arms — should be paid for by offsets . |
| 24 | The United Kingdom has for many years been the preferred location for United States investment in Europe . |
| 25 | Michael Heseltine has at last secured a job for his leadership campaign manager , Michael Mates , in Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | A serious feminist critique of masculinity and male power was long overdue ; Lynne Segal has at last provided it . |
| 27 | One is that , because in general these trends are not only national but also nationwide , the structure and composition of the population in each place in Britain has to some extent tended to change along similar lines , albeit not at precisely the same rates . |
| 28 | All in all , Britain has in recent years received six times as much investment from abroad as Germany , and three times as much as France — a major success story for the UK . |
| 29 | Under Stock Exchange rules , Airtours has until 15 March to gain control of its target , or the bid must lapse . |
| 30 | When one considers the huge cost overruns the West has on each new fighter , tank and warship , it is hard to believe that the same does not happen in Russia . |