Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] has [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The security market line is usually stated in terms of rates of return but , as discussed in Section 7.1 , the notion of a rate of return for futures has proved problematic . |
| 2 | This speech is magnificently done as Antony has to obey certain rules which he does , but still convinces them that the conspiracy was wrong . |
| 3 | Significantly , this has meant that every Tuesday and Thursday some business after Questions has had live coverage , outside editorial control or selection ; the effect of this on the work of the House is discussed below . |
| 4 | The British Trust for Ornithology has recorded large reductions in the populations of tree sparrows , corn buntings and skylarks , largely due to modern crop monocultures and extensive use of herbicides . |
| 5 | The rapid increase in the number and diversity of states has had long-term consequences for global politics . |
| 6 | A new generation of chefs has raised British cooking to poetic heights — with some unfortunate exceptions , says AISLING FOSTER |
| 7 | A study of the health and ecological situation in the Ust-Kamenogorsk region of Kazahkstan has revealed widespread problems , apparently resulting from a mixture of nuclear and conventional air pollution . |
| 8 | The North Ormesby area of Middlesbrough has suffered serious discolouration and solids in its drinking water . |
| 9 | In Sweden , however , approval for the welfare and economic interventionist aspects of collectivism has remained high . |
| 10 | Between the Sidlaw Hills and the Braes of Angus , the red loam of Strathmore has provided healthy cropping and stock-rearing since the twelfth century in spite of disruptive wars and civil strife . |
| 11 | The administration of the business has been rationalised and the need for specialists in a range of disciplines has become apparent . |
| 12 | Over the last 20 years a pint of milk has increased five-fold from 5p to 26p today , and a loaf of bread has gone up from 10p to 47p . |
| 13 | Hence , tests of this relationship have had to use historical data and have had to assume that the distribution of returns has remained stable over time . |
| 14 | The level of funding has proved inadequate on several occasions ( Eros and Americana failures in 1983 and Budget Travel in 1984 , for instance ) . |
| 15 | In neither form of action could the plaintiff be sure of recovering his goods in specie since the judgment in trespass was for damages and in detinue gave the defendant the option of giving up the goods or paying damages but it is unlikely that this was considered a defect and it should be noted that the remedy of specific restitution of chattels has remained unusual right up to modern times . |
| 16 | In cotton-harvesting , the use of pesticides has provoked severe or fatal cases of poisoning . |
| 17 | THE National Union of Journalists has elected 55-year-old John Foster as its new general secretary . |
| 18 | In Britain it would appear that the percentage of those aged 65 + defined as living in some form of institution has remained constant or perhaps decreased slightly . |
| 19 | The Educational Institute of Scotland has organised industrial action because it argues that the new school is still basically Bellarmine in a different building . |
| 20 | But if progress in the past couple of decades has appeared hectic , there is plenty to come over the next two . |
| 21 | A doctor in the north of England has done pioneering work on the measurement of clinical need . |
| 22 | Over and above such day-to-day management , the Church of England has made substantial efforts in recent years to rationalise its portfolio of buildings . |
| 23 | A change of intention will normally be permitted only when a significant time has elapsed or a material change of circumstances has occurred sufficient to justify the person 's change of intention . |
| 24 | Bank of Ireland has made significant cost savings with the introduction of Bank Assistants and it is now time to redistribute some of those savings amongst those who most deserve it . |
| 25 | The taste of manna has gone sour on them . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , unequivocal evidence for deeper subduction of sediment has proved elusive , and other explanations are possible . |
| 27 | And for two years a de-icing service run jointly with the UK Department of Transport has advised local authorities on proper road maintenance in freezing weather and helped promote safer driving . |
| 28 | President Mobutu of Zaire has taken drastic measures to silence all journalists and publishers who criticise his policies . |
| 29 | The word itself means ‘ blown out ’ , ‘ cool ’ , meaning that the fires of desire , hatred and illusion have been extinguished , the heat of desire has become cool . |
| 30 | A string of official reports both from the European Convention for the Protection of Animals and the House of Commons has condemned close confinement of sows . |