Example sentences of "has [vb pp] a [n mass] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Northern Echo has received a series of telephone calls and letters from people who have contributed and want to know what is happening . |
| 2 | At the Central Information Service at the University of London , Vickery has developed a series of interactive online simulation programs using microcomputers — the Commodore PET and the Superbrain . |
| 3 | A social worker has developed a means of measuring ‘ emotional stability ’ in children by means of a short interview with the child . |
| 4 | My hon. and learned Friend has listed a series of initiatives taken by the Government in relation to the member states of the CIS . |
| 5 | But the diocese , seeking to realize maximum financial gain for the valuable site , has pursued a series of schemes for wholly unsuitable uses . |
| 6 | The Brazilian cocoa research organisation , CEPLAC , has organised a series of expeditions in the Amazon region of Brazil , a vast area that will take many years to cover completely . |
| 7 | The Laboratoire de Conservation de la Pierre , now in its tenth year , has organised a series of lectures on how science can contribute to the restoration of works of art . |
| 8 | The Whitbread Education Partnership has organised a series of ‘ French Fiesta ’ events with their prestigious Landsbury Hotels providing the setting for a three-day French food project . |
| 9 | The Whitbread Education Partnership has organised a series of French Fiesta events with their prestigious Landsbury Hotels providing the setting for a three-day French food project . |
| 10 | As with the changing character of British industrial conflict , American ‘ labor violence ’ has undergone a series of transitions since the late-nineteenth century . |
| 11 | The announcement of their sentences — seven and eight years respectively - has precipitated a series of clashes between students and members of the security forces , who were said to have used bayonets . |
| 12 | It was profitable almost from day one — and now Koch has built a series of these plants . |
| 13 | As a result of working on these matters , the Legal Services Committee has prepared a series of papers and has been preparing advice on the steps the profession needs to consider taking in the future in relation to such issues as direct access , partnerships , split fees , cab rank rule and how to compete with solicitors in a brave new world . |
| 14 | In particular , the shift from Fordism to neo-Fordism has wrought a series of structural changes : |
| 15 | Newton Aycliffe 's industrial estate has suffered a series of burglaries and car crime this week . |
| 16 | According to security sources , a UDR man recently charged with serious terrorist offences has made a series of detailed statements to police naming other members of the regiment as being involved in illegal activities . |
| 17 | Roberto Baggio , the new ‘ wonder boy ’ of Italian soccer , is not only an outrageously talented footballer , but he is also intelligent and responsible , a player who on his own initiative has made a series of public anti-violence appeals . |
| 18 | The company has made a series of acquisitions in recent years but sold its Skelmersdale Packaging subsidiary , which contributed profits of £1.7m on sales of £12m in 1990 , in a deal worth £11½m in December 1990 . |
| 19 | The introduction of the five-point try was announced in Wellington , New Zealand , yesterday by rugby union 's International Board , which has made a series of sweeping rule changes in an attempt to quicken the flow and generally brighten up the game . |
| 20 | Thom Merrick , for example , who is twenty-seven and exhibiting at Documenta this year , just made about twenty original pieces at $1200 each ; Larry Bell has made a series of paintings one metre square , priced at $1500 . |
| 21 | CAMRA has produced a series of fact sheets on the Campaign , how beer is brewed and other aspects of the modern brewing industry . |
| 22 | Photography meets Kev Dutton , who has produced a series of unconventional portraits of British comedians . |
| 23 | More recently he has produced a series of pieces decorated with routed fluting , such as the box he entered in the national box competition and a citrus fruit squeezer with a range of ribbed heads . |
| 24 | The ILO 's ‘ Multinational Enterprises Project ’ has produced a series of reports on the employment effects of the TNCs , mostly in Third World countries and , although some abuses are documented , the general conclusions of Frobel et al . |
| 25 | Dr Leo Kinlen , the director of the Cancer Research Campaign 's epidemiology unit in Oxford , who carried out the research , has produced a series of studies pointing to an infectious agent being involved in leukaemia . |
| 26 | Watt , who had to withdraw from the loose-head prop berth for last weekend 's Paris international on account of a ‘ viral complaint ’ , has had a series of tests under the care of the SRU 's honorary surgeon , Donald MacLeod , and they will continue when he sees another specialist on Monday . |
| 27 | The activity of corticosteroids ( see Chapter 5 ) against lymphocytes has offered a means of controlling lymphocyte tumours . |
| 28 | A working group established at the Berlin conference has elaborated a series of proposals for the Budapest conference to adopt , said Mr Loeschnak . |
| 29 | A working group established at the Berlin conference has elaborated a series of proposals for the Budapest conference to adopt , said Loeschnak . |
| 30 | The International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) , the UN organization responsible for the regulation of commercial shipping worldwide , has agreed a series of measures to reduce pollution from ships . |