Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This action , which has seen a 22% reduction in the workforce in the past twelve months , has brought costs under control and the recent devaluation of the Italian Lira is bringing new export opportunities . |
| 32 | We will continue to increase the Special Constabulary , which has seen a rise in recruitment this year of 10 per cent . |
| 33 | The accident was one of the worst on the A420 which has seen a catalogue of crashes and a safety campaign from residents . |
| 34 | For example , a company which has given a preference to a person connected with the company is rebuttably presumed to have been influenced by a desire to prefer that person . |
| 35 | ‘ It was described by Lord Provost Black in 1845 as a school which has conferred a lustre upon our city and which has given a tone to the manners and intellect of all its inhabitants . |
| 36 | To have a handicapped child in a society which has developed a fetishism for normality and which fails to even acknowledge the needs of these parents , let alone make any provision to meet them , is clearly a profoundly disturbing experience . |
| 37 | Some of that research was provided by a sub-division of Milward Brown International which has developed a track record in analysing arts audiences . |
| 38 | Towards the end of 1986 this part of the business was expanded with the acquisition of the electrode coatings manufacturer , Marston Palmer in Wolverhampton. , UK , and by the purchase of a controlling interest in a company in California , Ebonex Technologies , which has developed a conducting ceramic . |
| 39 | A POST-MORTEM examination may help explain the shooting tragedy that killed the son of late Kung Fu star Bruce Lee on a U.S. movie set which has suffered a spate of accidents . |
| 40 | Underwriters in the insurance markets in London and New York are making no bones about being more willing to insure craft launched with the American orbiter than with Europe 's Ariane rocket , which has suffered a number of teething problems . |
| 41 | She packs me bag upon me back which has to last a week . |
| 42 | LASMO is one of the three companies which has made a gas discovery about six miles east of Scarborough off the Yorkshire coast . |
| 43 | ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or |
| 44 | The most startling example is ‘ Batman ’ , one of the most successful films in recent years , which has made a loss ( see table ) according to a recently leaked profit-and-loss statement . |
| 45 | For a discipline which has made a speciality of the modern world we are somewhat at a disadvantage compared to journalists . |
| 46 | The introduction of the five-point try was announced in Wellington , New Zealand , yesterday by rugby union 's International Board , which has made a series of sweeping rule changes in an attempt to quicken the flow and generally brighten up the game . |
| 47 | Management consultancy Kinsley Lord , which has made a study of empowerment , recognises that a major effort is required to bring about a fundamental change of attitude . |
| 48 | One of the most advanced examples of development has been CLIMAP ( Climate , Long Range Investigation , Mapping and Prediction , Hays and Moore , 1973 ) which has made a reconstruction of global sea surface , ice extent , ice elevation and continental albedo for the northern hemisphere summer at 18,000 years BP and this has provided the boundary conditions for global general circulation models to simulate the climate when the northern ice sheets were at their maximum extent ( see Lockwood , 1983a ) . |
| 49 | The first is the animal , the bestial , which has played a part in symbolising occult and malevolent forces throughout history . |
| 50 | A new department in the Ministry of Culture was set up last year which has imposed a ceiling of DFl. 3 million ( £937,500 ; $1,640,625 ) in subsidies and has ruled that galleries which have been selected to sell under the scheme will have to submit a yearly programme of exhibitions to the Arts Council who in turn will decide which of those exhibitions are eligible for the interest-subsidy scheme . |
| 51 | WARSAW ( Reuter ) — Carmelite nuns denied a report that they had moved out of a convent at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz which has caused a row between Roman Catholics and Jews . |
| 52 | Bob is writing for a third ( ! ) attempt on his prostate gland , but seems to have got caught out by overspending on the part of the hospital involved , which has caused a delay in non-urgent ops . |
| 53 | In other words it is the product of a misguided training which has caused a fear of a course of action which has not been outlawed by society . |
| 54 | Part of the problem which has created a shortage of church organists or directors is the level of remuneration which is offered to them . |
| 55 | This was mainly due to the work of Felixstowe-based Harvest Shipping Services , which has converted a transit shed on the North Quay of the Dock Basin for storage of up to 10,000 tonnes . |
| 56 | Thanks to the sponsorship of Pampers , the NCT has been able to produce a video ‘ Informed Choice ’ which has generated a lot of interest in the Trust , including 36 local radio interviews around the Country . |
| 57 | Jeremy Woodhouse is Registrar at Marlborough , which has led a number of ambitious expeditions , including a six-week stint living 10,000 ft up Mount Kenya helping local people with projects . |
| 58 | Stress is a subject which has received a lot of attention and study in recent years . |
| 59 | Revamp or not , she may be forced to update the tone of the Herald , which has gained a reputation for propagating earnest 1960s opinions . |
| 60 | After repeated downgradings , the bonds of New York , which has run a deficit in six of the past eight years , are now rated barely above junk-grade . |