Example sentences of "[noun pl] has [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 2 | But the rise of chains has resulted in booksellers playing a much more active part in the promotion of books , inviting publishers to contribute to the costs of catalogues , books of the month and generic campaigns , and taking a lead , too , in organising author events . |
| 3 | Nor should the ecological impacts of these measures be forgotten , for the unsealing of asphalt surfaces has lead to increases in area of trees , shrubs and plants . |
| 4 | The emphasis on fast food operations has brought into play appliances which concentrate extremely high temperatures on raw products containing fats and other volatile substances . |
| 5 | But intake of other green vegetables has increased from 0.19oz to 0.50oz per week . |
| 6 | The National Association of Gay Switchboards has fallen into disuse . |
| 7 | Thus the courts were clearly subservient to the commands of the Communist Party , although it should be noted that the degree of independence available to the courts has varied over time : in the 1930s it was minimal , but after 1956 it became greater . |
| 8 | Opposition to the proposals has centred on plans to sell ITV franchises to the highest bidder , and the reduction in programme obligations for commercial TV . |
| 9 | In Darlington , where the Neighbourhood Watch scheme is supposed to be the biggest catch all since the trawl net was invented and where you can get into terrible trouble for suggesting there might be holes in the net the number of burglaries from houses has increased by 25pc in a year . |
| 10 | THE first permanent public gallery in Britain devoted to art inspired by the world 's many religions has opened in Glasgow . |
| 11 | After taking account of taxation and minority interests the profit attributable to shareholders has increased to £10.7 million ( up 11% ) . |
| 12 | Does he not know that one in five of private contracts has ended in failure ? |
| 13 | The day was a resounding success and achieved some local press coverage if not as much as hoped for and of course there is the sponsorship money which the groups has raised for Amnesty . |
| 14 | The concern of these groups has grown in response to a perceived widening of the gap between cherished moral values and actual day-to-day behaviour . |
| 15 | Indeed , the allocation for improvement work in Cleveland 's schools has risen from £90,000 this year to £1.4 million next year . |
| 16 | ‘ Local management of schools has done to education what opted-out hospitals has done for the NHS . |
| 17 | Pupils are losing out as the cost of arson attacks on schools has doubled from £60m to £120m . |
| 18 | If the value of existing units has risen to 75p for example , new subscribers will ‘ buy ’ newly created units at 75p and the number they purchase will be equal to the amount they wish to invest divided by 75p . |
| 19 | The number of frauds has led to calls for tightening up of audits of investment businesses , and particularly a reduction in the number of many thousands of auditors who examine investment firms so that the ones left can develop greater expertise . |
| 20 | Leasing cars has fallen in popularity from two in 10 last year to less than one in 10 now . |
| 21 | It is true that a military coalition of sorts has existed in Indo-China since the Vietnamese occupation of Kampuchea and Laos . |
| 22 | And the launch last month by Ecclesiastical of a policy specifically for diesel drivers has inundated with inquiries the Chippenham offices of Parkins Scutt & Partners , brokers behind the scheme . |
| 23 | Their fascination with dinosaurs has led to discussions on conservation and ecology , writing their own stories and practise in drawing from observation . |
| 24 | In Childers Street , outside the Rastafarian Community Centre , a van-load of rozzers has appeared in face masks and riot gear . |
| 25 | C Company of The Royal Scots has lived at Forkhill as part of the regiment 's six-month tour which began last October . |
| 26 | Bellway Homes has applied for permission to build 28 detached houses on 7.6 acres at Guisborough Road . |
| 27 | Representation of Mary Ford Publications ' cake-making , decorating and cookery books has moved from Reed Consumer Books to Derek Searle Associates ( ) . |
| 28 | Ms Radice will implement her policy by vetoing aberrant grants among the 1,122 ( totalling $66.1 million ) that the National Council on the Arts has approved for funding on the recommendations of peer panels . |
| 29 | Research on diabetes continues in many centres , including Oxford , where research on animals has led to techniques of isolating and purifying the human pancreatic cells that produce insulin with a view to implanting them in diabetic patients and curing the disease . |
| 30 | The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has called on consumers to ask restaurateurs the country of origin of their veal . |