Example sentences of "has [adv] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Skokov has rarely spoken in public ( in his three years in parliament , he did not make a single speech ) , yet he has been one of Russia 's most influential politicians . |
| 2 | Bugs and men who study them have inspired great literature and pages and pages of nonsense But even the finest fiction has rarely improved on real life |
| 3 | But one thing I can tell you about Port Vale , the ground has vastly changed from last season , the terracing 's been improved , their seating , it 's pure luxury apart from the press box , because I still have to climb that suspect wooden ladder , and perched on top of the main stand is a shed where I 'm speaking to you from Jane . |
| 4 | The number of mental hospital beds trebled to over 300,000 in 20 years and has since risen to 340,000 . |
| 5 | Originally launched as a diploma in 1957 , the MSc in Applied Linguistics has since grown into one of the most comprehensive Master 's programmes of its kind in the country taught by the department with the close collaboration of the Institute for Applied Language Studies ( IALS ) , which is part of the department with a specialist interest in practical language pedagogy . |
| 6 | As a result he joined the Royal Manor of Portland Athletics Club and has since run in several races for the club in the Dorset Road Racing League , although he has yet to catch up with his friend Tony Coleman from B40 Workshop ! |
| 7 | The restricted B-share has since fallen to 161 , reducing the total market capitalisation to 10.7 billion crowns . |
| 8 | The technology was invented in the early 1920s by Anton Flettner , a German naval engineer , and has since fallen into undeserved oblivion . |
| 9 | Landlord Bill Long , who has since moved to another pub , gave evidence in support of the defendant , verifying that he had been within his sight for the time in question , except for a brief spell when he was collecting glasses . |
| 10 | Council tenure , almost non-existent in 1914 , grew to a maximum or 34 per cent of households in 1980 and has since declined to 24 per cent , plus 2 per cent of households which rent from housing associations . |
| 11 | By 1980 the firm already had eleven consultants in the UK in addition to its directors , and this has since increased to twelve . |
| 12 | Frogmarsh has since developed into one of the most modern tanneries in the UK and today supplies high quality leather goods , mainly for export . |
| 13 | In 1971 , 601 went to California U.S.A. for preservation , and has since operated in downtown San Francisco for the Trolley Festival . |
| 14 | Of the 18 patients who were alive at short term follow up , one has since died of coronary disease ; a second patient with coronary disease died of carcinoma of the lung ; and four further surviving patients have angiographic evidence of disease . |
| 15 | Inspired by these researches , she has since worked on two series of small works , in which Rembrandt pastel is layered and fixed on paper , then multi-layered . |
| 16 | Inspired by these researches , she has since worked on two series of small works , in which Rembrandt pastel is layered and fixed on paper , then multi-layered . |
| 17 | At that time about 90 per cent of households lived in privately-rented accommodation ; the figure has since dropped to 8 per cent . |
| 18 | Only a few months ago , Action newsletter ( issue Nov/Dec 1991 ) reported that Radio RIN , which has successfully broadcast for eight years , had recently boosted its signal , reaching more children in different Mexican states . |
| 19 | Certain human rights treaties grant individuals access to international arenas , when the State in question has expressly agreed to this procedure . |
| 20 | It is rather the kind of causal concomitant of the blow that has wholly to do with internal processes of tissue regeneration . |
| 21 | Even the Liberal party has eventually come to that conclusion — even the Albanian Government have come to that conclusion . |
| 22 | By the mid-century , the novelist 's art has entirely changed in this respect : extensive description of living space is no longer the rare exception but the rule . |
| 23 | It has in the past happened that a client has been advised by the agent to amend an order , has entirely agreed with that advice , but has at the same time pointed out that his authority does not extend to giving a final decision , and this can be awkward . |
| 24 | Erm , there is in fact a , which a number of members have referred to , there is in fact a hundred and fifty thousand being spent this year on day care capital as a result of the two and a half million package which members agreed in October and that has obviously gone to voluntary organizations for them to spend . |
| 25 | society has somewhat changed in twenty five twenty eight years |
| 26 | More importantly , we shall also consider some of the most recent approaches that psychologists have adopted in their attempts to bridge the gap which has hitherto existed between psychological theory and educational practice . |
| 27 | Besides the Dresser drawings , the Met 's exhibition features other notable groups of designs , which Johnson has tellingly juxtaposed with similar examples by different ‘ schools ’ : several rug designs by 1920s British designer Eileen Gray are placed near a group of anonymous Bauhaus rug designs which strongly suggest Klee ; fabric patterns by such diverse talents as the American painter Stuart Davis , French couturier Paul Poiret and anonymous masters from the Wiener Werkstatte are remarkably similar , as are finely finished watercolours for furniture by the American L. and J.G. Stickley Company and Swedish designer Erik Gunnar Asplund . |
| 28 | I am just sorry it has all ended in this way . |
| 29 | The Independent Labour Party has long warned against this . |
| 30 | Regular NI readers will be pleased to note that frogs ' legs get a mention — our Briefly page has long campaigned against this gruesome trade . |