Example sentences of "it has [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On the one hand it has dragged the name of this club through the mud and on the other , as a manager , I have got to be worried by the implications . ’ |
| 2 | Input/output board manufacturer , Specialix Ltd , Byfleet , Surrey , says it has secured an agreement with IBM for its Transputer-based RIO multi-port I/O controller which IBM will use in the RS/6000 . |
| 3 | The jurisdiction of the High Court is an expanding one : in recent years , for example , it has embraced the supervision of the Take-over Panel ; Reg. v. Panel on Take-overs and Mergers , Ex parte Datafin Plc. [ 1987 ] Q.B . |
| 4 | It has stunted the growth of many a fine band — and promoted horseshit to sheep . |
| 5 | Although it is hampered by a lack of trained community nurses , it has undertaken a process of community diagnosis to determine local health problems and conducts numerous preventive and health education activities , including cervical cytology programmes , visits to schools , group work with mothers , and the training of health agents . |
| 6 | By its control of entry into the profession , it has maintained a shortage of doctors and so ensured high rewards for medical services . |
| 7 | Up until now it has maintained a purity of vision that sees a workstation not a terminal on every desk . |
| 8 | It has criticized the government for not stressing the responsibilities of scientists in its draft safety guidelines on working with genetically modified organisms . |
| 9 | To begin with , after it has turned the head with its slightly bulky but macho presence , the ergonomics of the thing strike you . |
| 10 | It all made good sense at the time , but it has turned the middle-classes into sitting ducks , waiting to be plucked by Mr Smith . |
| 11 | The bank says it has turned the cost centre into a business in an attempt reduce overheads . |
| 12 | They include Wallaby coach Bob Dwyer , who said : ‘ It has turned the game into basketball . |
| 13 | ‘ The phone 's been out of order all week , and the man who came to mend it has broken a lamp I was very fond of . ’ |
| 14 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |
| 15 | The Colombo government believes it has broken the back of the rebellion in the south by leftwing Sinhalese guerrillas , but is still faced with near anarchy in the Tamil north and east . |
| 16 | Pouring over its latest simulation runs , Sun is confident it has broken the back of the technical problem . |
| 17 | Roy Jenkins , chancellor from 1968 to 1970 , acknowledged the strain when he said : ‘ I think it is the most back-breaking job in government and indeed it has broken the back of nearly everyone who has held it since the war . ’ |
| 18 | His red beard has grown very long , right through the stone table ; when it has encircled the table three times it will be the time of awakening . |
| 19 | It has rejected the use of punitive taxes to discourage proliferation of company cars , on the grounds that this would increase private ownership of older and less efficient vehicles . |
| 20 | It has gained a reputation for controlling pain and in China is extensively used as an alternative to anaesthesia in surgery . |
| 21 | Terms were not disclosed , although the tabloid did say that it has received a capital injection from Duna , which will be used for investment purposes . |
| 22 | Boise , Idaho-based Morris Knudsen Corp says it has received a contract from IBM Corp to assume responsibility for much of the distribution function at the distribution centre in Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania ; IBM Mechanicsburg is the central distribution centre for all parts that IBM uses in maintenance . |
| 23 | B&C says it has received a stream of offers for Gartmore , the international group which employs about 500 people and has some £6.4billion under management , over the past two to three years . |
| 24 | BHH Group , the property company , sprang to life after announcing it has received a bid approach . |
| 25 | Zenith Electronics Corp , Glenview , Illinois reports that it has received a commitment from two major institutional lenders for a new $90m revolving credit agreement that is good until December 31 next year . |
| 26 | It has received the support of the Howard League for Penal Reform and the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency , and also of other experts in Criminology , including several judges , as well as of very many doctors , psychiatrists and social workers . |
| 27 | The Northern Regional Health Authority said it has received the report it had requested from Dr Lawler and had now asked South Tees Health Authority to investigate . |
| 28 | On the other hand , it has strengthened the ties with my Tribschen friends even more … |
| 29 | In the past it has expressed an interest in taking on Cypress ' SuperSparc-compatible part ( UX No 408 ) . |
| 30 | It has expressed the view that the increased sophistication of stockmarket capitalisation throughout the Community will lead to growth in takeover activity and that the liberalisation of capital movements throughout the EC will further encourage the inter-action of national capital markets , thus giving companies easier access to finance for takeover activities . |