Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More intensive agriculture has led to increased concentrations of nitrate in groundwater in many areas . |
| 2 | Shifting agriculture is not in itself environmentally harmful , as is evidenced by the long and generally successful history that this type of agriculture has enjoyed in tropical regions . |
| 3 | The search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp has moved into top gear and could be complete by the end of next month , the Wall Street Journal reports . |
| 4 | Santa Clara , California-based Software Publishing Corp has responded to widespread complaints that US software companies rip off their European customers by adjusting the prices of its products in Europe to conform with the prices in the US . |
| 5 | And this type of stereotypical link has led to various experiments . |
| 6 | THE BOARD of Irish Rail has decided to rebuilt the Carriage Shop at Inchicore Works , Dublin , which was completely destroyed by fire last September . |
| 7 | Communism has collapsed in Eastern Europe , and the Soviet Union has fallen apart . |
| 8 | A lot of support has come from local firms and from individuals like electricians and plumbers , said Mrs Coates . |
| 9 | Similarly , so-called ‘ pattern ’ bargaining has occurred in certain industries . |
| 10 | If damage has occurred to internal decorations and/or contents through ingress of water unaccompanied by storm conditions there is no cover under |
| 11 | Bourdieu has written on traditional societies and modern society , but does not at all on the face of it seem to have a theory of modernization . |
| 12 | The pattern of change has lead in recent years to the growth of large book retailing groups , some with a ready will to diversify into other product ranges . |
| 13 | ‘ This idea of a job change has come with perfect timing , has n't it ? |
| 14 | It is difficult to make a case that the time lag in getting innovations to the market-place has decreased in recent years . |
| 15 | Shell has submitted for environmental approval a £1.5 billion plan to clean up its oil refinery at Pernis , near Rotterdam . |
| 16 | The goods remain the Seller 's property until the Buyer has paid in full 8.1.1. all sums due to the Seller under this contract ; and 8.1.2. any other sums due from the Buyer to the Seller . |
| 17 | Retention of title 8(1) The goods remain the Seller 's property until the Buyer has paid in full ( a ) all sums due to the Seller under this contract ; and ( b ) any other sums due from the Buyer to the Seller . |
| 18 | Hewlett-Packard Co has teamed with Banyan Systems Inc to put Banyan 's Vines and enterprise network services up under HP-UX Unix on Precision Architecture machines , and provide Vines users with easier means of using HP printers with a network adaptor to work with the new MIO interface . |
| 19 | The parliament has called for other EC countries to follow the Dutch lead . |
| 20 | The resulting debate was the first the parliament has held on green issues . |
| 21 | The importance of these statutory provisions appears to me to be that Parliament has considered at various times and in various contexts the need for recovery of imposts paid but not due and has legislated in a manner which suggests that no such general principle as the Woolwich contends for was thought to be in existence . |
| 22 | The current deteriorating standards of living and acute social problems that owe so much of their origin to the decline in the economy suggest that the inheritance at the time of Independence of a highly developed mining sector was a very mixed blessing : the lack of balance it occasioned in the economic base has resulted in serious economic and social disequilibrium with the locus of control resting as much with decisions made in the London Metal Market as with policies established in Lusaka . |
| 23 | Consumerism has led to high expectations and increased litigation , which in turn has led to increasingly expensive professional indemnity insurance . |
| 24 | In winter , skin has to contend with central heating and cold temperatures ; conditions which can cause even the oiliest of skin types to become dehydrated . |
| 25 | There are , of course , cases where the user has to resort to good old ASCII , the lingua franca of all computer systems but even here there are tricks that can be employed to make the process a little easier . |
| 26 | At the same time , economic recession has led to sharp increases in unemployment , especially among young black people , and there has been a growth in black migration from impoverished and drought-stricken rural areas since the ending of influx controls in 1986 . |
| 27 | She tells me that the Mum has applied for free meals but should really pay back the money owed . |
| 28 | This course has proved of great value to students with little or no knowledge of the ancient languages , especially those whose interests are mainly in English or other European literatures , or in art history . |
| 29 | Since 1987 the hospice has concentrated on supporting patients at home . |
| 30 | Against this background , Scotch Whisky has to compete against strong and growing competition from an increasingly wide range of drinks products . |