Example sentences of "it has [verb] [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 | On the other hand it has to hold the interest of a class for at least one viewing . |
| 14 | It has to represent the scholar 's choice — |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Pouring over its latest simulation runs , Sun is confident it has broken the back of the technical problem . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It has gained a reputation for controlling pain and in China is extensively used as an alternative to anaesthesia in surgery . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | BHH Group , the property company , sprang to life after announcing it has received a bid approach . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | On the other hand , it has strengthened the ties with my Tribschen friends even more … |