Example sentences of "has [verb] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , during the same conversation , discussion switches to Merseyside , when Hounam makes it quite clear he believes someone in the Conservative government has intervened to prevent an investigation into a serious instance of corruption . |
| 2 | Since the return to civilian rule the corporation has claimed to adopt an attitude of impartiality towards the five parties . |
| 3 | Sufficient to say I was deeply embarrassed , and the time has come to put an end to this absurdity . |
| 4 | Glasgow University 's principal , Sir William Fraser , has already expressed concern at the Secretary of State 's decision and has written seeking an explanation of the ruling . |
| 5 | If an authority has decided to do an act which is allegedly illegal but has not yet done it then , of course , the applicant will want to challenge the decision to act and to obtain an order instructing the authority not to carry out its decision . |
| 6 | Since then General Electric has paid $150million for a half stake in the Hungarian light bulb manufacturer Tunsgram and General Motors has decided to build an engine plant there . |
| 7 | The Dalai Lama has sought to secure an agreement with the Chinese Government for the future autonomy of Tibet , which effectively exists at present in name only . |
| 8 | Geoff has had to decline an invitation by Rolls Wood Group 's managing director , Hugh Gibson , to bring the car to Aberdeen . |
| 9 | To excel in these areas , Keyence has had to cultivate an individualist meritocracy unlike that found in most Japanese companies . |
| 10 | Since 1990 , the firm has had to face an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission . |
| 11 | Paul Rivera has attempted to create an amp for all playing seasons and , by George , I think he 's done it . |
| 12 | As a result , the bank has refused to extend an overdraft to allow the farm to grow the fish on , and the salmon are now starving . |
| 13 | A Welsh Office inspector has refused to confirm an order sought by Clwyd county council to divert the path , which runs off Pant Lane , Marford . |
| 14 | Jacques has gone to call an ambulance . ’ |
| 15 | But he 's been telling members of the Environmental Protection Committee this afternoon that he has every confidence in the steps that Thames Water has taken to prevent an recurrence of the events of eighteen months ago . |
| 16 | Microport Inc , Scotts Valley , California , which recently became the first non-hardware licensee of Unix System Laboratories Inc 's unannounced System V.4.2 ES/MP , has started shipping an ANSI C Compiler for Intel Corp 's Pentium processor from Unix System Laboratories Inc . |
| 17 | Microport Inc , Scotts Valley , California , which recently became the first non-hardware licensee of Unix System Lab 's unannounced SVR4.2 ES/MP , has started shipping an ANSI C Compiler for Intel Corp 's Pentium processor from Unix System Labs . |
| 18 | A lake and a big reedbed seem unlikely in a town centre , but at Weymouth some excellent wildlife habitat has survived to become an RSPB reserve . |
| 19 | Although Mercury has made little impact in local telephone services , it has begun to make an impact on BT 's operations in long-distance and overseas links . |
| 20 | Gallium arsenide , long the bridesmaid to silicon in the electronic industries , has begun to make an impact after 30 years of comparative neglect . |
| 21 | On the positive side , high quality nursing research has begun to have an effect on the way nursing practice is carried out . |
| 22 | The former Rangers striker has failed to make an impact at Goodison Park and he must play second fiddle to the raw , 25-year-old prospect at Ipswich tomorrow . |
| 23 | It is not that the west has failed to make an attempt to do so , and I pay genuine tribute to the work done by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and by my hon. and learned Friend the Minister of State , Foreign and Commonwealth Office , who is to reply to this debate , and to the tireless efforts of Lord Carrington and , more recently , Mr. Cyrus Vance . |
| 24 | SENALEP has managed to negotiate an interlude in the women 's backbreaking workload : one group is freed from manual labour for two or three hours each day to join in the literacy programme . |
| 25 | The Lake District has managed to retain an atmosphere of remoteness , peace and beauty . |