Example sentences of "this has [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has stimulated hotel interest in the development of leisure centres . |
| 2 | This has made farmers think about changing the amount of money they spend on the first two inputs , shown at X on the diagram . |
| 3 | In spite of these objections , there may be some truth in the statement that UK labour costs have been too high in recent years and that this has made UK industries less competitive in world markets . |
| 4 | A critical account of such shifts ( Baldwin , 1985 ) suggests that this has made evaluation of the concept particularly difficult to achieve . |
| 5 | All this has made Microsoft immensely profitable . |
| 6 | This has placed trade unions in something of a dilemma . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm afraid this has hit Harvey pretty badly . |
| 8 | Unfortunately Aisling has had to have eye operations after developing glaucoma and this has prevented treatment resuming . |
| 9 | This has created problems of accountability . |
| 10 | This has given DEC a considerable advantage in picking up small and medium-sized accounts . |
| 11 | In some cases , the handicap may be so severe that the fullest possible efforts may not be taken to prolong the life of the afflicted child , and this has given rise to much public concern about medical ethics . |
| 12 | The question therefore arises as to whose rules should govern the conduct of the branch 's business and this has given rise to much debate . |
| 13 | This has given rise to speculation about the origins of such territorial units and the rationale behind the siting of cemeteries . |
| 14 | This has given rise to a series of , occasionally bizarre , arguments to account for the pattern . |
| 15 | In 1972 , 41% of women over 16 were daily cigarette smokers ( a figure that had been fairly constant since the 1950s ) whilst in 1986 that figure was 31% , compared with 52% and 35% for men [ 1 ] : this has given rise to the assumption that women find it more difficult to give up smoking than men . |
| 16 | This has given rise to fears that the electoral process in the US has become corrupted , as money increasingly ‘ buys ’ political influence through elaborate election campaigns that concentrate power in hands of a ‘ small monied minority ’ [ Alexander ] . |
| 17 | The problems this has given rise to are compounded when one examines our import record . |
| 18 | This has given time for the ‘ marked ’ isotope to work its way through the environment much more thoroughly than in Turin . |
| 19 | It will be used following a routine AFP test if this has given cause for concern , and will be preceded by an ultrasound scan in order to determine the position of the baby in the womb . |
| 20 | This has given Intergraph Europe-wide multicurrency consolidation , and at the push of a button . |
| 21 | Extralinguistic deixis is that which is accompanied by phenomena such as gestures ( this has led Lyons to call the phenomenon , rather oddly " deixis at its purest " ) . |
| 22 | This has led scientists to speculate that all galaxies might go through a quasar phase , then a less active phase , and finally settle into the stability typical of our own and many local galaxies . |
| 23 | This has led companies to expand their in-house basic research efforts , and to devote more resources to monitoring scientific research trends world wide and tracking the R&D activities of their competitors . |
| 24 | This has led planners to focus on the substantial private sector already in existence in some countries . |
| 25 | This has led psychologists to develop the concept of the self which is central to an individual . |
| 26 | This has led officials from the Department of Antiquities to offer rewards to anyone who helps them recover a lost item , as happened in Kirkuk where some people have already received between two and three thousand Dinars ( less than £1 ) for turning items over to the Department . |
| 27 | This has led supporters of this particular point of view to deny the premise . |
| 28 | This has led authors to suggest that a rate somewhere between these two rates should be utilized — a synthetic rate . |
| 29 | This has led vulture-investors to the bonds of other prospective bid victims such as USG , a building-materials group , American Standard , which makes plumbing fixtures , or Burlington Industries , a textiles firm . |
| 30 | This has faced management development proposals with hard competition from patient care and professional imperatives . |