Example sentences of "[conj] has [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , however , it needs to be ascertained whether this land is still owned by you , or has become the property of the airport authorities . |
| 2 | Up to a quarter of the population has either been displaced or has left the country since 1980 . |
| 3 | There is still a wonderful tolerance about a place that has spawned the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence headed by Sadie the Rabbi Lady ; Dykes on Bikes ; the Pagan Drumming Circle ; the prostitutes ' rights group COYOTE ; and the Ethel Merman Memorial Choir . |
| 4 | But first there 's the small matter of a semi-final clash that has split the household down the middle . |
| 5 | Mr Smith condemned him as the man who ‘ designed and delivered the disaster ’ that has pushed the nation into economic crisis and into the Second Division of Europe . |
| 6 | In a country that has pushed the technology to the limit , the French confidence that nuclear power is safe and unproblematic was overwhelming and saddening . |
| 7 | Now , after a battle that has intrigued the City for weeks , Owners will be free to put to its shareholders its originally-proposed link-up with another holiday giant , Thomas Cook . |
| 8 | I should like to see the new Techniquest look out across a natural estuary that has seen the tide rise and fall for a million years . |
| 9 | That is yet more Tory doublespeak for a decade that has seen the Government inspire a decline in coal production from 120 million tonnes per annum to 91 million tonnes ; for a decline in employment from 223,000 jobs to 74,000 jobs and for the closure of more than two thirds of our collieries . |
| 10 | Chairman Ken Bates acted after a run of 12 matches without a win that has seen the club eliminated from both major cup competitions and slump from title-chasing territory to mid-table . |
| 11 | Last Friday 's shambles , when Joyce Gould effectively re-wrote the leadership contest nomination rules to try to ensure that a leadership contest actually took place , was merely the nadir of a process that has seen the people 's party acting according to the slogan of ‘ all power to the apparatchiks ’ , and losing its soul , its sense of purpose , much of its membership — and the general election — along the way . |
| 12 | There has been no area , there 's been no need or entitlement that has escaped the Thatcher and the Majorite acts . |
| 13 | The declining importance of religion in social life in general , and in particular the declining influence of Christianity on the great moral questions of the day was ( and is ) the spur to action that has kept the NVALA going for over twenty years . |
| 14 | The West 's new weapons do not represent a new dimension in warfare ; rather , they continue the strategy that has kept the peace in Europe for 40 years |
| 15 | It is not just their passionate hatred of the Vietnamese that has kept the Khmer Rouge together in the malarial jungles for 10 years . |
| 16 | The food must not only be disguised , but also given in sufficient quantity , a task that has taxed the ingenuity of many a researcher ( see p91 and p92 ) . |
| 17 | The ground squirrel is another mammal that has adopted the practice of throwing things — primarily at its main predators , snakes . |
| 18 | COMPLETED FERTILITY — The number of live births born to a woman or to a female cohort that has reached the end of the childbearing age or become sterile . |
| 19 | Also the project that has hit the news quite a bit recently is the talking newspaper for the blind . |
| 20 | And he has given the club back its pride , passion , and the kind of penetrative football that has awoken the North East . |
| 21 | It is not just cost that has made the DIY holiday so popular , although traditionally they have been the break for those on a tight budget . |
| 22 | And in the aftermath of the February elections the worry is that Violeta Chamorro 's new UNO government might stray off the positive mental-health track that has made the contrast between these two countries so striking . |
| 23 | The appointment of Charlton would be seen in Manchester as the perfect solution to the damaging public wrangling that has made the club a public farce over recent weeks . |
| 24 | ‘ When I die , put me near something that has loved the light , and had the sky above it always . ' ’ |
| 25 | In some cases referral is essential , but this chapter will show that for many the CAB is developing specialist in-depth expertise that has turned the tables such that the CAB is now becoming the agency to whom clients are referred . |
| 26 | As part of a comprehensive training programme that has touched the Le Havre company from top to toe , special emphasis has been given to improving motivation . |
| 27 | This is fine , but clarify whether it 's you or the manufacturer that has to foot the bill for sending the machine back . |
| 28 | It is the fear of frightening off investors that has stopped the government investing in water quality . |
| 29 | ‘ His have been the brains behind the team , his the directing skill that has paved the way to success . |
| 30 | According to Personal Computers and the X Window System , the latest report from the X Business Group , it is the take-up of X by commercial customers that has caused the explosion , with database access expected to account for 32% of sales , mapping and GIS 16% and CASE 11% . |