Example sentences of "a [noun sg] has [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Once a case has reached the magistrates ' court , responsibility for granting or refusing bail becomes a matter for the court itself , but only after hearing representations from the Crown Prosecution Service if the latter decides to oppose a bail application .
2 ‘ The time has come to make it clear that it is only where a taxpayer has established the existence of a profit-generating operation carried on by him outside Hong Kong that he can hope to escape the charge to profits tax imposed by section 14 .
3 Derek Polson , a CCG storeman at KG Ethylene Offsite stores , showed he knows all there is to know about fork lift driving when he scored a perfect 100 per cent in his driving test — the first time a driver has achieved the maximum score at Hargreaves Training in Glasgow .
4 Moreover the interpreter of a text has to make a decision on the relative importance of the different elements in a work , and he has to find a way of relating these elements to one another .
5 If a writer has produced a song he or she thinks is a must for Cliff Richard , a major publisher is most likely to get that song where it needs to be in order to interest Cliff .
6 For example , it may be a fact that a writer has used the work of others without their permission .
7 Such a measure has taken a long time to appear .
8 Not many people know this , but Othello is the only game at which a computer has beaten the world champion .
9 Also until such time as a creditor has lodged a proof of debt , he can not vote at meetings of creditors .
10 When a retailer has placed an order with a manufacturer , he enters it on to a stock record card .
11 A scientist has designed a bank cashpoint machine that you can talk to .
12 But in Nephila and many other spiders , the value of b will be low as once a male has located a female 's web , he stays there .
13 A friend with a Spitfire has bought a similar machine and a small group will no doubt emerge to enjoy this new game .
14 I would argue that the introduction of literate/pre-literate as the criterion for making such a division has given the tradition a new lease of life just as it was wilting under the powerful challenge of recent work in social anthropology , linguistics and philosophy .
15 A DC changes state to REJECTED if a user has rejected the DC using option 2.2.0 but only when the last interested user has assessed the DC .
16 A Monastery has won a tourist award for providing some of the best accomodation for holiday makers .
17 Where a club has applied the section , the secretary must notify the licensing board for the area of any alteration to , reconstruction of or extension to , that part of the premises where the main meal is provided .
18 In October , they issued a new set of tariffs which provide that a car owner who suffers a loss has to make a larger contribution and introduce the principle and concept of a premium reduction for certain security devices .
19 Finally , that a poet has written a good poem does not mean he or she is always capable of another , and to read Duck 's career as an arrested development may be sentimental .
20 With the Gloucester mosaic , however , it seems that a mosaicist has attempted an elaborate design which he has executed without much success .
21 And who as a result has acquired a rather topsy-turvy view of her own importance .
22 A study has linked the high rate of birth defects in a Hungarian village to pesticide use at a local fish farm .
23 ( a ) Once a shareholder has incurred a debt or liability to the company , it has an equitable charge on the shares of that shareholder to secure payment which ranks in priority to later equitable interests and , it seems to earlier ones of which the company had no notice when its lien became effective ; and ( b ) in determining whether the company had notice , section 360 has no application ; if the company knows of the earlier equitable interest ( because , for example , a transfer of the shares has been lodged for registration even if that is refused ) it can not improve its own position to the detriment of the holder of that known equitable interest .
24 Once a chemical has entered a pond and caused widespread damage , it is essential to take everything out and scrub the entire pool several times , emptying and refilling with clean water before restocking with fish and plants .
25 How the hell can I calm down when that fucking idiot of a chef has got the entire kitchen staff making canapés when they should be preparing the buffet ?
26 A SOLDIER has described the dramatic moment when he claimed a joyrider 's car sped past and struck him .
27 Though not used by homoeopathic pharmacies in this country for potencies below the 1M , it is used commercially in Belgium for all potencies , and is also used when a practitioner has to make a specific potency for a particular patient , such as a potency of chloroform for a case of chloroform allergy .
28 The practical question which this paper also addresses is ‘ how can one tell when and whether a lawyer has done a good job ? ’ .
29 Sometimes a parent has suffered an illness that has caused mental change or changes in personality , and the family has already gone through much of the bereavement process beforehand .
30 Why should you have to go round with a frozen face because a child has kicked the cat ?
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