Example sentences of "has [vb pp] in a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this has come in a quite unexpected rush . |
| 2 | Think , by way of comparison , of the change that man has wrought in a much shorter time by genetic selection of dogs . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | A modern writer , Mensch ( 1980 ) , has argued in a rather different way from Schumpeter that innovations are bunched . |
| 5 | It has expanded in a very exciting way . |
| 6 | Foreign direct investment in some countries of the Third World has resulted in a predominantly male state sector industrial labour force being augmented by many more women in private , especially foreignowned , industry . |
| 7 | While most environmental health officers are keenly applying the new regulations , the shortage of staff coupled with the wide range of new products and processes which have to be assessed has resulted in a somewhat irregular interpretation and application of the Act . |
| 8 | Paradoxically , this move beyond the individual to the social has resulted in a much more pessimistic prognosis for disabled people . |
| 9 | In the last general election it was encouraging to find where contest had taken place that enthusiasm for cooperative representation had been considerably increased , and in addition the opportunity of bringing before the general public the benefits of cooperation has resulted in a very material addition to the cooperative forces in the district . |
| 10 | The excessive concern with disincentive effects has resulted in a less equitable system of taxation . |
| 11 | Since then they 've built their own homes out of the earth … and Oxfam has put in a desperately needed water supply . |