Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] has [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Guttering is consultant psychologist to the Royal Institute of British Architects , where he has studied Prince Charles 's compulsion to attack contemporary architects . |
| 2 | It will pass in a succession of aimless walks and endless glasses of beer in the picturesque little French town where he has sought refuge . |
| 3 | Norwich-trained Paul John , now of the Manchester-based Book Art Project , offers his extended pop-up Dance Book to set alongside Dan Harvey 's third variation on The Living World , where he has planted grass seeds in an old Bible which is appropriately open at Matthew 13 and which tells the parable of the sowing of the seed . |
| 4 | Although she has deplored leaks — and instituted more leak inquiries and prosecuted more civil servants for breaches of confidentiality than any of her predecessors her press office appears to have developed the technique of leaking against fellow Cabinet ministers to a fine art . |
| 5 | Although it has kept NATO 's military command at arm 's length all these years , France does not want to see the Americans , still the basis of Europe 's security and stability , pull out completely . |
| 6 | The borough welcomes the presence of the unified command , although it has caused consternation in parts of Wales and the north-west . |
| 7 | In total , the group has spent £5.1m on acquisitions over the past six months , although it has retained £3m net cash . |
| 8 | Tragically this forecast has come true — although it has taken managers 18 months to realise it . |
| 9 | The England captain is a level-headed man , and Javed Mianded , who turns 35 on June 12 , is a much matured person with the added responsibility of leading his team to England for the first time , although he has captained Pakistan in 28 previous Tests , winning 11 and losing five , the rest being drawn . |
| 10 | Although he has given evidence before in a real life case , he still found the experience very worthwhile . |
| 11 | There is no prospect of Taylor closing the door on his World Cup party , although he has limited changes this time . |
| 12 | Lisson only has two women on his books , although he has shown women in the past . |
| 13 | Once it has recorded features of the sequence of parses , the algorithm continues : |
| 14 | So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum . |
| 15 | Planning authorities have formidable powers over unlawful development once it has taken place . |
| 16 | The importance of acceptance is that once it has taken place , the buyer can no longer reject the goods , claim that the seller has failed to perform the contract , and refuse to pay the price . |
| 17 | Forte Software is hoping to have a similar tool , yet to be named , up under Unix by 1993 , once it has finished beta testing . |
| 18 | Namely , one of waiting until she has represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup . |
| 19 | Goldie takes one look at Rainbow 's shaggy ankles and sighs ; Rainbow says that if she has to wear tights or stockings , we might as well forget the whole damned thing . |
| 20 | It is incredible also that the Labour party proposes for a widow four different intrusive valuations of her house , and proposes , too , that that same widow should be penalised with higher taxation if she has made improvements to her property . |
| 21 | A woman does , as she gets older , achieve a certain status in the joint family , particularly if she has had sons . |
| 22 | Difficulties over timing are normally resolved by the respective lawyers giving appropriate undertakings , particularly if the chargee will not release the charge until it has received part of the sale proceeds . |
| 23 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 24 | It is only when the husband , by meeting the liabilities which his wife has incurred ( whether for necessaries or not ) to a particular tradesman , has ‘ held her out ’ as his agent , that the tradesman is entitled to hold the husband liable until he has received notice to the contrary . |
| 25 | Eddie 's over-protection rapidly becomes a blind obsession until he has lost sight of the fact that he really wants to make Catherine happy . |
| 26 | I say , wait until he has had time to return from Roxburgh — as surely he will . |
| 27 | He is afraid too much study has caused him to regress to his former state of madness , and urges him to wait until he has regained stability . |
| 28 | The court might hold that the existence of the default power precludes the tort action ; but if the authority has not just failed to act but has taken positive action , or if it has acted ultra vires , or if it has inflicted injury on the applicant greater than that suffered by other affected parties ( ‘ special damage ’ ) , a court might be prepared to allow a tort action even in the face of a statutory default power . |
| 29 | ‘ We have had our differences and I am sorry if it has caused offence . ’ |
| 30 | The ego knows that if it has to make choices in the world of actuality it can not keep its cake and eat it too ; the id does not . |