Example sentences of "has [verb] a [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taunton , Massachusetts-based Kopin Corp says it has developed a transmissive 640 by 480 active matrix liquid crystal display formed from a single crystal of silicon : the AMLCD Smart Slide imaging device has a resolution of about 500 lines per inch , the level seen as necessary for high resolution imaging . |
| 2 | The former world featherweight champion has endured a traumatic eight months since the High Court awarded ex-manager Barney Eastwood damages following McGuigan 's criticism of the ill-fated defence against Texan Steve Cruz in June 1986 . |
| 3 | Over the years 1982 to 1988 , economic growth has averaged a respectable 2.5 per cent , close to the figure for the 1960s . |
| 4 | The engine has done a genuine 25,000 miles so if possible I would like to make use of it . |
| 5 | T John Yandell , one of America 's top coaches , has produced a new 60 minutes teaching video for beginners and those wishing to improve their games . |
| 6 | Since the last time the survey was done ( 1976 ) , the south East of England has had a dreadful 82 per cent increase in the number of unfit houses . |
| 7 | Paul Loughlin has agreed a new two year contract . |
| 8 | However , the seasonal loss was not great enough to cause an ‘ ozone hole ’ of the sort above the Antarctic , where at times the layer has reached a wafer-thin 10 per cent of normal this winter . |
| 9 | Ben Hope 's impressive 3040 feet has become a meagre 927 metres to satisfy Brussels and Luxembourg , who could n't care less . |
| 10 | Leslie Ferrar , a tax partner at KPMG Peat Marwick Mc Lintock , says most companies can expect at least one visit every five years , and has compiled a top 10 hit list of areas currently fascinating the Revenue 's sleuths : self-employed consultants , casual labour , uniforms , ‘ senior management ’ lunches , home phone bills , evening working meals , large allowances in round figures , conferences , staff entertainment and subcontractors . |
| 11 | Neil Kinnock took eight years to ditch the views of his mentor Aneurin Bevan , John Smith has taken a mere eight months to ditch those of Hugh Gaitskell . |
| 12 | It has taken a respectable 15 seats , but Signor Orlando won the personal endorsement of nearly one in five of all voters in Palermo itself . |
| 13 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
| 14 | The exhibition park has taken a staggering six years to construct and ‘ grow ’ using over ½ million flowers , trees and pot plants . |
| 15 | The jaunt from last night 's Brussels show has taken a nifty eight hours , guitarist Julian Swales is grumbling about his stubble , and Patrick is off and running again , revealing what bargains a young man can get for ten deutschmarks in a darkened back room in Hamburg 's reeperbahn . |
| 16 | Souness said : ‘ Mike Hooper has signed a new three year contract and that shows just how highly I rate him . ’ |
| 17 | The broken Mirror , with its tired old political bias , has lost a massive 158,970 circulation compared to this time last year . |
| 18 | This method of roasting has achieved a remarkable 6 per cent weight loss and , this varies dramatically from all previous low temperature cook and hold ovens , because other modes are available to achieve traditional roasting textures and crusts . |