Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [prep] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , the British National Union of Mineworkers ( NUM ) has developed as a strongly formed collectivity in a very different way . |
| 2 | The bar here is a major meeting point for 18–30 's and many an early evening drink has developed into a fully blown party night of the spontaneous kind . |
| 3 | Over the last forty years , farming has developed into a highly intensive manufacturing business . |
| 4 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 5 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 6 | There have , for example , been 29 changes in the method of computing the unemployment figures since the present Government came to power , so that the total number of people out of work has fallen by a far greater amount in appearance than in reality . |
| 7 | " As the ozone has formed over a largely uninhabited region , it seems there is no immediate danger . |
| 8 | Rechem has responded with a rather desperate open-door policy aimed at soothing fears , and more recently by issuing about a dozen writs against the fiercest critics . |
| 9 | As a trial for the Cheltenham Gold Cup , the outcome of the race caused few ripples in the ante-post market , although Chatam has shortened to a best priced 10-1 ( from 16-1 ) with Ladbrokes . |
| 10 | The Beta release of presentations has come with a quite large amount of pre-drawn template material , which will be included with the final release , and which makes actually forming a presentation very simple . |
| 11 | The general opinion seems to be that since the bastard 's decided to stop shooting people , he can remain anonymous , stay at large , enjoy life and freedom , and laugh up his sleeve at an incompetent police force until he decides the time has come for a little more high-velocity fun . ’ |
| 12 | All this has come in a quite unexpected rush . |
| 13 | The real value of the licence fee has grown at a relatively slow pace and has never quite caught up with the rate of inflation . |
| 14 | Throughout the 1970s the share of employment , value added and output taken by firms with less than 100 workers has grown in an unexpectedly resilient fashion . |
| 15 | Describing it variously as a lark and a spree , The Times was satisfied that although ‘ genteel ruffianism has met with a very decisive rebuff ’ , the Cremorne affair was nothing more than something done ‘ on the impulse of the moment , and out of pure love of mischief ’ . |
| 16 | Think , by way of comparison , of the change that man has wrought in a much shorter time by genetic selection of dogs . |
| 17 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 18 | A modern writer , Mensch ( 1980 ) , has argued in a rather different way from Schumpeter that innovations are bunched . |
| 19 | In the past eighteen months he has felt at an appallingly low ebb . |
| 20 | The canal has moved into a heavily industrial area for the final two locks , Perry Barr 3rd Flight , by the second of which is an old lock cottage covered with roses , defiantly holding on in its surroundings of chimneys , water towers , barbed wire , corrugated iron and half dismantled vehicles . |
| 21 | Over the past few years , part of the Left in Britain has moved into a more considered view as to the limits of elements of the British constitution , at the same time as it has become increasingly alive to the merits of elements of that same constitution — especially in so far as they bear on the issues of democracy , the sovereignty of Parliament and the people , and civil liberties . |
| 22 | ( a ' ) expression has expanded to a more anterior domain . |
| 23 | It has expanded in a very exciting way . |
| 24 | More recently , Exmoor National Park has decided on a more active policy of land purchase as the only sure way of conserving existing agricultural landscapes . |
| 25 | Removing the ‘ job weeds ’ from my life has made for a less stressful lifestyle and I actually look forward to every day . |
| 26 | Already he is delighted with the back-up he has had from a professionally run franchisor . |
| 27 | Does it surprise you that the government seemingly has got into a rather insensitive and delicate position over this ? |
| 28 | The emergence of such policies illustrates the dramatic shift that has occurred within a relatively short space of time in the social interpretation of sexual differences and inequalities . |
| 29 | One of them has escaped from a particularly unusual commitment — he was once an angel , but has chosen to become a human being , for the love of humanity . |
| 30 | The parliament has called for a more rational approach to trade and aid schemes as well as investigation into the EC 's role in granting funds in certain cases . |