Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [prep] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Families and the law Investigators : Dr R W Dingwall , J M Eekelaar , M Maclean The Centre 's work in the field of family law has developed through a series of related projects clustered around a clearly focused concern with the interests of children as members of families and as individuals and with the economic and other consequences of marriage breakdown . |
| 2 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 3 | The sloop apparently ran straight on to the top of the bank under sail in spite of the fact that the top of the bank is 10 m ( 30 ft ) above the level of high spring tides.Jutson ( 1939 ) has pointed to a series of generally narrow platforms cut mainly in almost horizontal rocks in New South Wales and extending up to a height of 10 m ( 30 ft ) or more . |
| 4 | Lord Marshall , the CEGB 's former chairman who has resigned with a £250,000 payoff , said the lower return would be especially disappointing to staff who had ‘ devoted their customary high level of professional commitment to preparations for privatisation ’ . |
| 5 | However in the past few days Hanley has come through a series of rigorous tests , and his return was hastened by the absence of Andy Goodway , who broke a finger at Headingley last Saturday . |
| 6 | I think he has come to a rendezvous . |
| 7 | But the move has come after a series of blows , including poor livestock sales and lower wool prices . |
| 8 | An example of this more sophisticated biological approach is the work of Hans Eysenck , who has argued in a series of studies , that there is a link between genetically based personality characteristics and criminal behaviour . |
| 9 | Mr Appleby said : ‘ This is a long-established business with a reputation for quality workmanship which has suffered from a series of bad debts and disputed accounts . ’ |
| 10 | Inside the tiny system box Elonex has squashed in a 450Mb hard disk and local bus video with 1Mb of video RAM . |
| 11 | This , he said , has translated into a 22% improvement in earnings per share to 17.7 pence . |
| 12 | This has led to a series of attempts to reinscribe a place for , and a relation with , the other as other , outside the sphere of mastery and therefore , logically speaking , both infinite and beyond the scope of knowledge . |
| 13 | As we shall see , its policy of financial retrenchment has led to a series of major changes in the financing of public sector higher education , as advanced further education has increasingly come to be called . |
| 14 | POLICE have applauded members of the public whose information has led to a series of arrests . |
| 15 | POLICE in Darlington this week applauded members of the public whose information has led to a series of arrests . |
| 16 | There are eight other lines of action which the Plans Project has identified as a means of recovering ground or of preventing mistakes from being compounded . |
| 17 | Improved handling has resulted from a series of innovations most of which have been related to aerodynamic efficiency . |
| 18 | His first Philippines gasifier model was made in 1967 ; and through the 1970s his research has resulted in a series of models of increasing practicality , simplicity and cheapness . |
| 19 | Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of OSO is not only that it has continued as a headquarters unit functioning from Glasgow for so long , but that it survived the Thatcher era as an interventionist wing of Government intended to nudge work in the direction of British industry . |
| 20 | GRAND METROPOLITAN , the international food and drinks group , has put in a £150m bid for the Whyte & Mackay spirits business being sold by leisure group Brent Walker . |
| 21 | Work has started on a £17.6 million project to build a five storey office headquarters in Rochdale for Co-operative Retail Services . |
| 22 | Work has started on a £5.3 million project for Netherhall Educational Association to demolish existing premises at Netherhall Gardens and build a school building , two accommodation blocks and a conference centre . |
| 23 | Work has begun on a £13.3 million development for Foss Development Corporation to build three , four and five storey office buildings and three storey car park in York . |
| 24 | Like most other cities with a long history , Milan has evolved as a series of concentric rings . |
| 25 | They have charted complex changes since 1000 BC , showing that even in the last 1500 years the area has evolved from a series of tidal inlets , through the development of spits and dunes , to the triangular area that it is today , with the vast recent pebble dumps of Dungeness . |
| 26 | More significantly , for the long term future of the industry , it has launched into a series of alliances , including a development partership with long-time rival Apple , with chip maker Motorola thrown in for good measure , and former IBM allies Intel and Microsoft left out in the cold . |