Example sentences of "and has [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It has given parents and teachers much more responsibility for running their own schools and has freed the schools from the dead hand of local education bureaucracy in many places .
2 As Hargreaves ( 1982 ) has pointed out , much of this is rhetoric rather than reality , especially when secondary education comes within the orbit of public examinations , which have hitherto largely emphasized cognitive development , but it does constitute a strong element in ‘ progressive ’ models of primary education , and has influenced the content , teaching and assessment of courses leading to the General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE ) .
3 It is also used in various music libraries and has influenced the development of music schedules in BC2 and DC .
4 Notwithstanding its critics , the continuum hypothesis has been an influential one in the study of Caribbean Creoles , and has formed the basis for significant studies of at least two of the Caribbean territories , Jamaica ( De Camp 1971 ) and Guyana ( Bickerton 1973 , 1975 ) Whatever the merits of the continuum hypothesis as a linguistic theory , its terms , " acrolect " for the local standard , " basilect " for the broad Creole , " mesolect " for the in-between varieties used mainly by the middle classes , have become widely accepted .
5 Phillips is reportedly in good condition and has renounced the drugs and alcohol that caused his cirrhosis .
6 Since then , Polygram has bought Island Records and has anounced the takeover of A&M records .
7 He has shied away from too many tournaments and has escaped the pressures of London , including his 10-month-old daughter Kiveli to spend long periods with Grandmaster Lubosh Kavalek , his trainer , in Virginia .
8 It is still a major world religion , adhered to by millions , and has affected the cultures of Europe , Russia , the United States , Canada , Australia and New Zealand , many societies in Latin America , and in sub-Saharan Africa .
9 The impact of that has been different for older and younger generations and has affected the position of each generation in relation to financial support from relatives , and also assistance with accommodation .
10 It has been exploited to a degree by all human beings to hurt and control each other , and has affected the lives of everyone that has ever lived .
11 In a new report , the Society suggests the application of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas ( ESAs ) scheme , which already subsidises the use of traditional farming methods , and has costed the project at £10 million .
12 Hydro-Quebec , the state-owned electricity company which is undertaking the James Bay project , has undertaken to comply with all environmental rulings made by the provincial or federal governments , and has invited the IWT to take part in environmental assessment .
13 One historian has written that the criticism was not that the charges were too high , but that there were any at all and has explained the opposition to fixed charges as conservative reaction to a money economy in which one paid for services rendered .
14 Mrs Ashton used to sing with the London-based Salvation Army Songsters and has travelled the world with them , says Mr MacConachie .
15 The Community has taken on additional powers , particularly in the foreign policy and security area , and has expanded the role of qualified majority voting .
16 The USSR is also supplying equipment for thermal electric stations at San Nicolás , Luján de Cuyo and Costanera , and has prepared the design for the huge $4 billion Paraná Medio scheme .
17 Because I believe that it is the women that goes through all the pain , suffering and has to carry the burden of the chance of getting pregnant which a man does not have for obvious reasons .
18 Atkinson wants to sign a striker before next month 's transfer deadline and has placed the North-East duo under scrutiny .
19 Unfortunately , for the traditional printing and graphic arts industries , the desktop publishing ‘ revolution ’ has taken place largely outside their control and has placed the capability to generate complex artwork directly in the hands of anyone with access to a computer and around £1,000 or less for the necessary software .
20 In general , however , the scheme has been successful and has achieved the purposes for which it was instituted .
21 Nature does not differentiate between species , and has arranged the life cycle of gut parasites to match the optimum opportunity to infest a very new and , immunologically ‘ naive ’ generation .
22 Our use of creatinine molar ratios has removed the source of experimental error involved in collecting total urine volumes over a relatively short period , and has revealed the existence of a log/ linear relation between concomitant changes in gastric acid secretion and UAO .
23 It often loses its grip on the ball of bedding along the way and has to regather the bundle .
24 The Roman stage remains in ruined form and has curtailed the orchestra to a semi-circle , but the seating of the auditorium shows the Greek plan carved out of the hillside ( 125 ) .
25 John Daubney is no fool and has sought the solution because he , like many others , looks for reasons for unexpected noises occurring at 3 a. m. in the morning .
26 To ensure the successful flotation of all 10 , the Government has attempted to gloss over differences and has reconstructed the authorities financially to make them seem equally attractive .
27 The government will and has supported the provision of these stocks into areas where it is practical to get them . ’
28 This cooperation has also served to strengthen the sole regulatory powers of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) , and has reinforced the opposition to a transaction tax proposal on futures transactions .
29 ‘ It has accelerated progress in changing out-dated organisational attitudes and has reinforced the need for employers to treat equal opportunities as a mainstream business issue , ’ says Lady Howe .
30 However unorthodox our dual role on the cutters might seem to professionals it works out in practice and has stood the test of time .
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