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

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1 EVOLVING humanoids grew more intelligent at about the time they began using tools to hunt ; this finding has encouraged anthropologists to speculate that it was tool use that made intelligence particularly adaptive .
2 This change has focussed attention on the effectiveness of organisations in the member states .
3 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 .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 Evidence of this kind has led Dr Harrison to challenge the linking of modern work disciplines to the arrival of the factory system .
6 Er Dennis this afternoon has got Adam Faith on on Afternoon Special .
7 This technique has demonstrated recognition rates of 96% when applied to images of 12,600 words .
8 Experimentation with this technique has yielded accuracies of 50-70% on short samples of text [ Lesk , 1987 ] .
9 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 .
10 This provision has prompted FIATA to request that the ICC Banking Commission rule that a single transport FBL be deemed to satisfy the letter of credit requirement of a marine bill of lading if all the other requirements of UCP Article 26(b) are met .
11 This reduction has forced others to move in a similar direction .
12 Within the national parks ‘ service industry and in particular tourism is a large and growing sector of the economy of each park ’ ( TRRU , 1982 , 127 ) and this experience has raised doubts about the validity of ‘ the conventional wisdom that the creation of employment to replace jobs lost from primary industries is best pursued by encouraging small-scale manufacturing industry ’ ( Countryside Commission , 1981a , 73 ) .
13 In conclusion , this study has shown EGF or EGF-like peptide in the capillaries of the oesophagus and in the glandular tissue of Barrett 's mucosa , and confirms previous reports .
14 This action has consolidated production into an easier-to-manage , smaller number of units more suited to a continuing investment in new technology .
15 This chapter has examined spheres in which the experiences of men and women diverge in modern Britain and differ in a way which is , typically , to the disadvantage of women .
16 This chapter has provided evidence of the increasing isolation of some rural communities , particularly in terms of public transport provision .
17 This chapter has provided information on the difficulty levels of tasks from a whole range of topics in the Cockcroft foundation list .
18 This chapter has reviewed evidence concerning language lateralisation in left and right handers .
19 This humiliation has given rise to an array of bitter jokes , reversing the official slogans from the Maoist past .
20 This plan has upset bankers holding bad loans as they want ‘ the pain to be shared ’ by everyone .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 This discovery has given scientists a unique opportunity to study these unusual phenomena .
24 However , this test has attracted criticism — see for example Edel and Sclar ( 1974 ) and Hamilton ( 1976 ) .
25 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 .
26 Erm perhaps also say how urgent a lot of people but perhaps there ought to be sort of changes in planning law er changes indeed which erm this Council has sent messages to government about erm er previously .
27 This projection has given data , evidence and instances of these failures and the runner 's collapse is his reaction to the outpouring of this data .
28 This proposal has whetted peoples appetites are formal speakers erm Mr ?
29 It 's small wonder that this plateau has claimed lives , since in the weather that I experienced it 's impossible to have any sense of direction at all without the constant use of a compass and map .
30 I regret if this remark has misled Mr Blair or you to think that I could preach at Kildalton as a Candidate .
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