Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb -s] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has spent the last year following her sailing pursuits but this year she gave priority to her GCSE exams and has done much less sailing . |
| 2 | Mr Griffiths is the music critic of the Times and has written several books on music , including a study of Olivier Messiaen . |
| 3 | Keith is known to his colleagues as a quiet man , however he has hidden talents in that he writes poems and has penned many about his time with Rentokil . |
| 4 | She also likes writing short stories and has had some published in the school magazine but ‘ never dared try anything else , ’ she said modestly . |
| 5 | It has brought into that area of Belfast a vast number of new businesses and has revitalised that area of the town . |
| 6 | Clerical Medical 's record of consistent performance has been highlighted in many independent surveys and has attracted much favourable comment . |
| 7 | I mean you think about primal hunting adults like the bushmen or the Australian Aborigines , the the men do the , do the hunting for erm for meat and women do the , do the gathering for and the point is that er meat is very nutritious and it 's an important part of their diet and men go hunting and they come back and they share food with their wives and their relatives or someone and male parental investment is terribly important So women for instance if you ask David McKnight who 's a world authority on the Australian Aborigines and has spent many years living with them , say what do women look for in the traditional society , what do women look for in a husband ? |
| 8 | ‘ People-orientation ’ is based on human relations and has had many variants . |
| 9 | It has conducted an assessment of the various statistical packages for the manipulation and analysis of large-scale hierarchical data sets and has applied some of this work to the dissemination of very large , government-generated data sets ( see below ) . |
| 10 | But ex-Preston Grasshopper Hayton has plenty of big time experience for he formerly skippered England Colleges and has played several times in the first team . |
| 11 | Once he began to recognise the key herbs to use , Chris started to experience success with all kinds of ailments and has developed several recipes , such as the one for a general tonic listed here . |
| 12 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 13 | Since April 1987 , the government has abolished the central pooling arrangements which previously funded courses and has replaced these by a system in which LEAs are required to identify their training requirements and to submit these to the DES for funding . |
| 14 | He now works as a general freelance feature writer for the Guardian , Independent on Sunday and Arena among others and has published several books including a biography of Prince . |
| 15 | This sort of twisted ply , of which there are many examples , finds a close analogy in some of the well known ( cholesterolic ) liquid crystals and has led some scientists , notably Dr Charles Neville of the University of Bristol , to believe that they are formed by a process of direct self-assembly . |
| 16 | He deals much more with national issues rather than local ones and has received less media attention as a result . |
| 17 | The obvious conclusion is that the writer himself was present on these occasions and has written some form of daily record or diary . |
| 18 | She will be continuing her TV career with a new series of Fantastic Facts and has received several offers from other companies . |