Example sentences of "has [verb] from an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , the number of days lost each year through strikes has fallen from an average 12.9 million in the 1970s to less than a million last year — the lowest figure since records began a century ago . |
| 2 | First , the length of time which couples spend in shared accommodation has fallen from an average of almost three years for people who married before 1955 , to around one and a half years for people married in the late 1960s ( p. 12 ) . |
| 3 | Part of this has come from an influx of retired people , and it has therefore accentuated the already very unbalanced age composition of the population resulting from the emigration of the younger people . |
| 4 | Too often in the past , schools/industry work has suffered from an inability to present value for money indicators and this we suggest is one of the strengths of the TPS . |
| 5 | It is recognisable even when it appears in feminist dress , as it does , for example , in these remarks of Hester Eisenstein ( 1984 ) : ‘ I argue that feminist theory has moved from an emphasis on the elimination of gender difference to a celebration of that difference as a source of moral values . |
| 6 | Steve Bates , the Wasps scrum-half , has recovered from an ankle injury in time to take his place in the England B team for Saturday 's match against the Soviet Union at Northampton . |
| 7 | Rob Wainwright , who could well have picked up another four caps this season , has recovered from an Achilles tendon operation and hopes to turn out for the home XV , while David Hunter is at full-back for Selkirk . |
| 8 | A bleak picture of Government higher education policy has emerged from an opinion survey of the heads of new universities ( former polytechnics ) and colleges of higher education . |
| 9 | The Pacific Region has benefitted from an animateur since 1987 and Latin America/Caribbean since 1988 . |