Example sentences of "the [noun prp] has [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past few years , the Pentagon has invested several billion dollars in technology related to defences against ballistic missiles , including guided anti-ballistic missiles , particle beams and high-energy lasers . |
| 2 | The EEC has promised 20 000 tonnes of grain , the World Food Programme 15 000 tonnes , West Germany 4000 tonnes . |
| 3 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 4 | A pilot who was taught to fly by the RAF has spent much of the past eighteen months in his garden shed making his own aeroplane . |
| 5 | During its 25 years with the RAF , the Hercules has fulfilled all the transport demands that were ever placed on it . |
| 6 | He says the Hercules has had 30 years service , and there are 2,000 of them . |
| 7 | The C.C.P.R. has done much to help the Society and other Organisations establish themselves , and Festival Producer Olive Newson is well known to us for her encouragement and help . |
| 8 | Thus , the SCC has applied all three , already mentioned , Community law principles relating to sanctions ; the principles of proportionality , of effectiveness and of non discrimination or comparability . |
| 9 | In hotter climates the Sussex has demonstrated several advantages : it has a smooth coat , and twice as many sweat glands as other European breeds ( in this respect it is on a par with the Africander ) and has been able to adapt well to the heat . |
| 10 | More recently , the BLM has leased large tracts of wilderness to be used as garbage dumps for cities in the Los Angeles area . |
| 11 | The G-BUM series appears to have been passed over — with G-BUMF and G-BUMP allotted some time ago we can not believe the CAA has turned prudish in its old age … ! |
| 12 | The hotel leaflet ends a few paragraphs on : ‘ The Newton has had many celebrities who have stayed with us over the years , including the late Harold Macmillan and Charlie Chaplin … ’ |
| 13 | According to a report by Dr Chris Van Sway of the government funded Dutch Butterfly Foundation , the Netherlands has lost 15 of its 63 species and 10 more could be under threat . |
| 14 | The government of the Netherlands has proposed radical measures to cut pesticide use . |
| 15 | The EPA has received considerable criticism concerning the length of time it takes to set such emission standards . |
| 16 | The EPA has analysed 109 of them . |
| 17 | The Dorchester has used black Spanish glass panels and sheets of blue and dusky pink mirror to splendid effect in its ballroom . |
| 18 | But some believe the DoH has stopped short of adequate advice , while others believe the new guidance opens up the system to abuse . |
| 19 | The DoH has taken six months to revise the guidelines because of the initial controversy over the draft , followed by the publicity surrounding juvenile crime and new plans from the Home Office to set up ‘ secure training units ’ for 12- to 15-year old offenders . |
| 20 | There are also foreign policy considerations , for the loyalty of the Pashtuns has proved flexible throughout history . |
| 21 | The Kremlin has told four Soviet republics to drop controversial new laws on elections . |
| 22 | Similarly , the Estates Times ( 1987 ) has suggested the LDDC has promoted substantial change in a development desert . |
| 23 | Moreover , it is far from clear that the LDDC has managed to obtain anything like the best financial deals in its negotiations with developers : land appears to have been sold at substantially less than might have been achieved , and as the freeholder the LDDC has retained little control of , nor gained any benefit from , subsequent development . |
| 24 | The LDDC has used compulsory-purchase powers to acquire and to remove transport and manufacturing jobs . |
| 25 | The Jag has got private plates on it . ’ |
| 26 | And plants exploit the Thames in the few areas where tidal scouring is not too great : the LNHS has recorded wild and garden angelica ( Angelica sylvestris and A. archangetica ) and hemlock water dropwort ( Oenanthe crocata ) at Battersea . |
| 27 | Sibton Abbey 's shock win in the Hennessy has thrust 44-year-old Ferdie Murphy into the limelight as the key member of National Hunt 's most unusual team . |
| 28 | The WRU has to arrange such matches — the more the better so that the selectors can see up-and-coming players in the proper environment . |
| 29 | You set a blurb or something in proper Caledonia and then in Neue-Caledonia and it hits you that the Neue-Caledonia has gone all sort of thin and sharp and it 's the perfection of that shape there and the old one sort of boings about a bit and looks happy on the page . |
| 30 | Government troops seem to have abandoned some positions quickly , while the KPNLF has avoided key garrisons . |