Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | After so-far fruitless attempts to create a ‘ scrambler ’ signal which could be inserted onto a disc or tape to prevent copying , the record industry has lobbied for a royalty to be placed on blank tapes and tape recording hardware . |
| 32 | Certainly small business , through its close connections with the ruling LDP party , has lobbied for a shift in the established policies of support and protection for big business . |
| 33 | The South African has withdrawn with a hamstring injury from the side to play Australia at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 34 | The resultant design has leaned towards a course more heavily weighted towards interviewing skills . |
| 35 | Most groups of pirate enthusiasts number around 10 , but New Scientist has heard of a group of 60 people swopping bootleg software . |
| 36 | She has told the local Home Care Organiser about Mrs B and the Organiser has arranged for a Home Help for the old lady , and is now arranging for the Community Laundry Service to be provided . |
| 37 | It has fallen for a number of reasons . |
| 38 | Over time , excise duty revenue from alcoholic drinks has fallen as a share of total indirect taxes excise duties plus VAT — from 13.4% of the total in 1980/81 to only 8.6% in 1991/92 . |
| 39 | However , public expenditure has fallen as a proportion of GDP . |
| 40 | over , over the century , er , although as a proportion , agricultural trade has fallen as a proportion of total trade , right , and that reflects a number of influences . |
| 41 | Adjusted to take account of interest paid — which has fallen as a result of significantly reduced borrowings — net investment income in sterling terms increased from $215.1m to $238.8m — a growth rate in original currencies of 9.1% . |
| 42 | The college has fallen into a state of such disrepair since it was closed down that I doubt if anyone could truthfully class it as that . ’ |
| 43 | 10–17 Jesus violates the taboo against healing on the sabbath by healing a woman who has been bent over for many years , justifying this on the grounds that it is even more urgent to help a fellow human being , a woman , than to rescue an animal that has fallen into a ditch ( an exception allowed under the law ) . |
| 44 | Workers could conceivably mistake a rise in money wages for a rise in real wage à la Friedman ( 1968 ) , but the Friedman speculation only makes sense if employers think ( perhaps mistakenly ) that the real wage rate has fallen to a level such as in Figure 6.10 . |
| 45 | The jobs are an attempt to inject ‘ new blood ’ into university departments where the turnover of staff has fallen to a trickle and to give new emphasis to information technology . |
| 46 | Now if I 'm not mistaken , GM is vying for second place , Fiat , which at that point was tied neck and neck with VW for first place , has fallen like a rock . |
| 47 | As in that sequence ( 1 — 17 ) , so in this ( 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ) the I is suppressed altogether , the Thou has fallen from a pedestal to the gutter . |
| 48 | In its short life the EMS pound has fallen from a peak of DM3.03 to as low as DM2.86 . |
| 49 | Employment among lone mothers ( now 42 per cent ) has fallen from a peak of 49 per cent in 1979–81 although it is now higher than the low of 39 per cent in 1983–85 . |
| 50 | Since this treatment was introduced , the number of fatal overdoses has fallen from a peak of 192 in 1978 , to 152 in 1980 , the last year for which figures are available . |
| 51 | The number of occupied psychiatric beds in England has fallen from a peak of 148 000 in 1954 to about 55 000 in 1990 . |
| 52 | Tree-planting has fallen from a peak of 29,000 hectares in the year to March 1988 to 17,300 hectares in 1992 , following the replacement of tax incentives for planting by a grant system in the 1988 budget . |
| 53 | Neither has the polarity between Male and Female which we so take for granted ever been based on rock-solid foundations , but has depended on a variety of shifting meanings . |
| 54 | In many cases the granting of such credits has depended on a country 's general creditworthiness . |
| 55 | BGS has studied the hydrogeology of Jersey in response to the island government 's increasing difficulties in meeting demands for water , and has collaborated in a project to develop a simple and reliable technique for estimating groundwater recharge in the Sahel . |
| 56 | The power plant could help dispose of the offal surplus which has gathered as a result of the BSE scare , which has led to a ban on the rendering of brains , spinal cords , spleens and tonsils into pet food or animal feed . |
| 57 | Herodotus has long been regarded as a mythographer as much as a historian , for he records not just the bare facts , but the multiple versions of events he has gathered from a variety of sources . |
| 58 | The overall trading volume on the EOE , which is mainly in stock options , has fluctuated around a plateau in recent years , and in 1990 was about one third that on LIFFE . |
| 59 | Lazio midfielder Diego Fuser will make his international debut while gifted Juventus striker Roberto Baggio has shaken off a thigh strain to play up front . |
| 60 | THE WELSH Rugby Union 's inability to interpret a communique from their French counterparts has given Neath a stay of execution following their pitch walk-off in France two months ago . |