Example sentences of "has [verb] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ATHLETICS champion Nadeem Malik who suffers from cerebral palsy has received a grant for equipment from Middlesbrough council . |
| 2 | Consultant Greta Baldwin has received a request for a consultation from an inhabitant of Coutances . |
| 3 | The John XXIII Centre for Social Research and Action in Rio de Janeiro has received a donation for buying books in the areas of faith and culture , anthropology , philosophy , ethics and theology . |
| 4 | This faculty is widespread among the population and there has developed a system for increasing creativity called synectics . |
| 5 | The Nimbus CD company has developed a system for pushing the bumps and grooves closer together . |
| 6 | A company in South Australia , Rib Loc , has developed a technique for turning plastic bottles into pipes . |
| 7 | To have a handicapped child in a society which has developed a fetishism for normality and which fails to even acknowledge the needs of these parents , let alone make any provision to meet them , is clearly a profoundly disturbing experience . |
| 8 | STRABANE-based Adria , the province 's leading hosiery manufacturer has developed a reputation for pushing beyond the traditional boundaries in the hosiery industry . |
| 9 | Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard . |
| 10 | She has developed a passion for a blend of ylang-ylang and patchouli . |
| 11 | The fact is , Jay Chandler has developed a passion for Malawi and Tanganyikan cichlids . |
| 12 | Kinnock fils , who is no mean performer on the rugby field , has developed a taste for academe . |
| 13 | He was a regular in the designer bars that pose in the sun along the Portofino coastline and although he only drinks moderately , he has developed a taste for vintage champagne . |
| 14 | Sentimental as ever , the English refrain from slaughtering the little tablefare until it has developed a taste for grass . |
| 15 | The pig has developed a taste for bones , and is even partial to a bacon sandwich . |
| 16 | Iain Menzies Banks , mayor of the island , has mooted a plan for the preservation of the whale as the centrepiece of Wallyworld , a luxury tourist preserve and family theme park . |
| 17 | Japan 's pivotal role in the world economy has provoked a search for the reasons why Japan 's economy has continued to prosper in the face of a lack of natural resources and a high degree of dependence on international trade . |
| 18 | Instead he has to wait a week for next Saturday 's Victoria Ground clash with Swansea . |
| 19 | The only exceptions are cases in which the court : ( a ) is considering whether to make a residence order in respect of a child in care ( s41(6) ( e ) ) ; or ( b ) has given a direction for investigation under s37 and has made or is considering whether to make an interim care order ( s41(6) ( b ) ) . |
| 20 | General Atomics , based in San Diego , has floated a plan for a $1.5 billion helium-cooled reactor — a novel design it has long wanted to build . |
| 21 | To avoid the husband making a sale or charging the property ( standing in his sole name ) in the period between the decree absolute ( when the Class F protection ceasessee above ) and the completion of the conveyance to the wife or lodging of the transfer at HM Land Registry : ( a ) Unregistered Land A pending action under s5 of the Land Charges Act 1972 ( fee £1.00 ) should be registered by or on behalf of the wife ( in Form K3 ) provided the divorce petition has contained a request for a transfer of real property under s24 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 ; such a registration survives the decree absolute ( see Whittingham v Whittingham [ 1978 ] 2 WLR 936 and Perez-Adamson v Perez-Rivas [ 1987 ] 2 WLR 500 ) . |
| 22 | And one local firm has booked a table for 10 at Splinters in Redland , Bristol , because they ‘ do n't think they will survive for another four months ’ . |
| 23 | In The Favour , The Watch And The Very Big Fish Bob Hoskins plays a Paris photographer of religious themes who has to find a model for Christ on the cross and comes up with Jeff Goldblum , an ex-convict and former lover of an actress ( Natasha Richardson ) , who he meets at a pornographic dubbing studio . |
| 24 | He has sketched a procedure for inventing classifiers in many learning situations , and he suggests a Bayesian approach which helps find good heuristic components for them . |
| 25 | TRIPOS has earned a reputation for outstanding customer support , service and for promoting its customers ' effective research in chemical , pharmaceutical , and biotechnology sciences . |
| 26 | The Displex closed-cycle refrigeration system has earned a reputation for reliability in the demanding field of low-temperature research . |
| 27 | Another candidate is The Food Magazine , edited by Sue Dibb and Tim Lobstein , which has earned a reputation for its thorough research into topics such as food labelling and health products . |
| 28 | LRF has earned a reputation for expertise and innovation in engineering . |
| 29 | ‘ And , Mr Oak , ’ she continued in a clear voice , ‘ I 'm so poor that my aunt has to provide a home for me . |
| 30 | Student Keith Marsh is particularly interested in science and has organised a trip for pupils to use the college laboratories while Clare Phillips is helping in the primary school library . |