Example sentences of "this [noun] have [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This change has focussed attention on the effectiveness of organisations in the member states . |
| 2 | The last user to whom an SPR is passed is regarded as its current holder whether or not this user has accepted responsibility for it . |
| 3 | ‘ Only a relatively small part of this literature has stressed man 's role as a geomorphic agent , exerting a notable effect on the earth 's crust . |
| 4 | ( Truly revolutionary changes in this field have taken place very recently , since the publication of Nadel 's paper , through the discovery of near-room-temperature superconductivity in synthetic metal/ceramic alloys ) . |
| 5 | This technique has demonstrated recognition rates of 96% when applied to images of 12,600 words . |
| 6 | Although initial studies using this technique have shown promise , further tests are required to determine the optimum settings for the various parameters . |
| 7 | Since this decision has caused controversy , we thought it important to disclose the details and results of the analysis used at the Barcelona Olympic Games . |
| 8 | Tolstoy 's evidence for this massacre having taken place comes from three alleged eyewitnesses whom he quotes at length , and whom he interviewed while writing his book 40 years later . |
| 9 | This action has consolidated production into an easier-to-manage , smaller number of units more suited to a continuing investment in new technology . |
| 10 | This scorpion had had prey of an entirely different nature in his sights . |
| 11 | This chapter has provided evidence of the increasing isolation of some rural communities , particularly in terms of public transport provision . |
| 12 | This chapter has provided information on the difficulty levels of tasks from a whole range of topics in the Cockcroft foundation list . |
| 13 | This chapter has reviewed evidence concerning language lateralisation in left and right handers . |
| 14 | This humiliation has given rise to an array of bitter jokes , reversing the official slogans from the Maoist past . |
| 15 | This fall has subjected part of the income of the poor to taxation , while , conversely , continuing to exempt part of the income of well-heeled tax payers . |
| 16 | This question has given rise to a whole spectrum of views , whose exponents are united by two traits : their desire to explain why an industrial revolution occurred in Britain and not in other comparable nations , and their adherence to the Millean method of difference . |
| 17 | However , this test has attracted criticism — see for example Edel and Sclar ( 1974 ) and Hamilton ( 1976 ) . |
| 18 | I doubt whether the working party will get any further than recommending the status quo , because I 'm absolutely sure in my own mind , that it is a duty that this council has to support village schools , where the parents support them , and where they 're educationally beneficial , to support them in the village communities , because they are , they have other importance than just education . |
| 19 | Econometric studies of this type have given support to those in favour of limiting overall rates of tax . |
| 20 | Although the majority of individuals have a high-grade stenosis , this lady had marked irregularity of the first part of her left anterior descending vessel , with a narrowed perforator branch , angiographic features of thrombus but without vessel occlusion . |
| 21 | This period has seen capitalism shake out labour in such a way as to decimate the working class , now much smaller , living in decaying urban areas , with little chance of upward mobility , and yet create the conditions for a relatively secure middle class . |
| 22 | This place had bred romance after romance , and it was as if it was that she had felt tingling in the air all night , like a presence … |
| 23 | This meeting had taken place about two weeks ago ; two weeks of frustration and boredom rubbing away at the monkey 's sanity , its only hope to keep concentrating ; to put all its energy into finishing the task the computer had set for it ; another four , maybe five hours of programming . |
| 24 | The knowledge that he was not going to be charged with Angy 's murder had aroused profound relief but not elation ; his invitation for this evening had brought pleasure but no excitement . |
| 25 | The system has found itself in dire need of a new way of legitimating itself , and this need has given rise to a variety of responses . |
| 26 | Inevitably this assault had to mean trouble for some of their own folk , since they must drive through the outer ring of Scots to get at the enemy — the cost which had caused Ramsay momentarily to hesitate . |
| 27 | There is no mention of the occasion when this forgiveness had taken place . |
| 28 | But this revival has seen business booming . |
| 29 | This development has made sight accounts more popular with many customers , offering as they do the benefits of a time account ( namely , interest ) but with instant access with no loss of interest , and cheque-book and debit-card facilities . |
| 30 | Much of this development has involved sugar-cane cultivation on sloping terrain in contrast to its confinement to flat alluvial areas prior to 1960 . |