Example sentences of "has [verb] [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But rather than fade quietly from view , Colin Angus has racked up a hit album , ‘ Boss Drum ’ , hit singles and , with ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ , orchestrated a good old-fashioned tabloid fuss into the bargain .
2 Thomas Adlercreutz of the Central Board of National Antiquities , Sweden , has pointed out an error in the guide to statutes of limitation published on page 2 of the last issue of The Art Newspaper .
3 Lord Reid 's view that the restraint of trade doctrine only applies if the convenantor has given up a freedom which he previously possessed was supported by Lords Morris and Hodson .
4 Next door has given up a right of way that goes nowhere .
5 French tennis has given out a message .
6 ‘ French tennis has given out a message ’ , says Haguellar .
7 The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year .
8 The Government still has to work out a points system whereby a cross-section of Hong Kong residents , whose skills are needed , will be given full British citizenship rights between 1992 and 1997 .
9 ‘ Chalon has picked up a stone . ’
10 The wind has picked up a bit , and there is a light snow falling .
11 Meanwhile , SNI , armed with its new point-of-sale alliance with Sun ( UX No 436 ) , has picked up a $10m contract with US supermarket chain Kash n ’ Karry Food Stores .
12 This is partly because Labour has picked up a mood of unease about the city among its residents , fearful of Frankfurt taking over its role as Europe 's financial capital , and jealous of Paris 's self-confidence and infrastructure .
13 Oh no what 's he Gavin Ward has picked up a back pass .
14 In the hunt DOUBLE Echo , easy winner of the Crawley Warren Handicap at York on Saturday , will make a quick reappearance in the Royal Hunt Cup next week , for which the gelding has picked up a 7lbs penalty .
15 ‘ My fitness has picked up a lot in the last two or three weeks and I 'm kicking a ball and running fine , ’ said Owers .
16 The company has picked up a string of new applications for the manufacturing , financial and education markets to run under the HP MPE/iX operating system .
17 We now know for certain that the Theobalds are doubtful , that Percy and Lois Hollis will ‘ do their best ’ , and we have had a late flash that Poppy Winterton thinks she has picked up a mystery virus .
18 Ingres Corp is claiming a world first for its Ingres/Enhanced Security relational database , which has picked up an Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria E3/F-B1 security rating .
19 A P Indy is on the reserve list for the Japan Cup , and is likely to be invited to Tokyo because American candidates Solar Splendour has picked up an injury .
20 But now it 's not increasing as quickly , its gradient has come down a bit .
21 Michael Zander , professor of law at the London School of Economics and one of the members of the commission , has carried out a survey of courts .
22 Canadian market research firm DMR Group 's Australian subsidiary , in conjunction with AUUG — the Australian Open Systems User Group — has carried out a survey of open systems strategies down under , polling some 1,000 organisations on their views of open systems technology .
23 Warwick University has carried out a survey of management handling of industrial relations in multi-establishment firms .
24 Theodore Barber of Medfield State Hospital in Massachusetts has carried out a series of experiments which suggest that there is nothing a hypnotised subject will do that a motivated non-hypnotised person will not do as well .
25 Kaimann has carried out a series of randomizing experiments , based on a file of 48 950 records .
26 Labour has carried out a trawl of Departments in order to find something for their Labour colleagues in Newcastle to do and to justify giving them a huge bureaucracy and their own budget .
27 The only water course in this area of which this department has carried out a flood study is the Gogar Burn , which discharges to the River Almond at Edinburgh Airport .
28 The Times Higher Education Supplement has carried out a number of peer reviews of UK University Departments over the years .
29 I was going to say that , I mean if we do do that why do n't we move to a position when , I know it 's not finalized yet , the P As do the twenty six fives , and we try and adapt Sarah to do the whole s the whole of the four sub teams , ma maybe the threshold has to come down a bit , but but at least we 've got some sort of parity of working throughout
30 He added : ‘ He vehemently opposes active regional policies , he has wound up a lot of the government 's aid to the North and during his term as Industry Secretary he has done nothing to create new technology and skills or back new firms and enterprise in Hartlepool . ’
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