Example sentences of "it has [verb] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has saved many lives |
| 2 | Being part of C&P has softened the blow because it has enabled many employees to switch to other growth areas of the chemicals business . |
| 3 | It has survived many more recent attempts by central government to have it replaced but since a major overhaul took place in 1986 this fine landmark has a secure future . |
| 4 | It has survived many a crisis and witnessed many turbulent conflicts but today revels in simple pleasures and peaceful serenity . |
| 5 | Such confusion has , on one hand , led many scientists and doctors to reject acupuncture as a foreign superstition , while on the other it has led many people , not trained in science , to react by rejecting modern biomedical science as being blinkered and dogmatic . |
| 6 | The difficulty with all this is cost as , despite the Lands Tribunal decision , there is nothing to prevent the Capital Taxes Office from raising a new demand based on fresh grounds , as it has done many times during the past 11 years . |
| 7 | It has cornered many lucrative short-hop routes . |
| 8 | Mr Miller started his London restaurant business Kenny 's at the beginning of the recession and says that , what with high interest rates , business rates and rents , an increase in value added tax , plus the recession , it has had many problems . |
| 9 | Still ploughing onwards into the '90s — but with Steve Coogan and Hugh Dennis as its rather disappointing vocal suppliers and a rubbish PM to lampoon — it has had many ups and downs , usually within the space of one show . |
| 10 | Although the Funny Farm has been operating for just over a year it has had many bands through its doors already including The Proclaimers , The Silencers , Botany 5 , Kith ‘ n Kin , Avalon , Fini Tribe , Jools Holland and Nazareth . |
| 11 | IT IS no secret that , however welcome the social change in the former Soviet Union , it has left many orchestras and opera houses in parlous financial circumstances . |
| 12 | It has claimed many converts . |
| 13 | Thanks to its alliance with Fine Gael it has attracted many low-preference votes from that party 's supporters . |
| 14 | Religion has been , and is , capable of sustaining some of the finest civilizations the world has seen , and it has attracted many of the most brilliant and high-minded people who have ever lived . |
| 15 | But there are some very good reasons why dBase is the dominant DOS database , why it has outlasted many superficially more attractive competitors , and why Borland was so eager to acquire dBase 's developer , Ashton Tate , just over a year ago . |
| 16 | But it has taken many years for such discoveries to be accepted and acted upon , especially when they conflict with public convenience and related commercial interests , as the sad story of tobacco promotion and consumption shows . |
| 17 | ‘ It has taken many geologists a long time to accept plate tectonics ’ , Dr Blake told New Scientist at the survey 's west coast headquarters in Menlo Park , south of San Francisco . |
| 18 | They do n't realise that it has taken many years to bring the town up to the standard it is now . |
| 19 | It has taken many years for these professionals to gain recognition and acceptance . |
| 20 | Critics of multimedia say that it is a solution looking for a problem , but during the past few years it has delivered many useful applications , some of them in the financial sector . |