Example sentences of "it has [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a superbly-run event staged upon a sumptuous golf course , and although it is the youngest of the four major championships , it has built itself a tradition founded on the legendary career of Bobby Jones . |
| 2 | The Court also considered the reverse situation , where the third party claims that it has become entitled to the benefits of a Convention , either because it has declared itself willing to be bound , or because it has shown its willingness by its conduct . |
| 3 | But it has appointed itself Her Majesty 's Opposition in the absence of any other . |
| 4 | It has regarded itself solemnly , satirically , whimsically , respectfully . |
| 5 | That play has as an epigraph a Christian equivalent of the escape through ‘ Shantih ’ from the cycles of creation : ‘ Hence the soul can not be possessed of the divine union , until it has divested itself of the love of created beings . ’ |
| 6 | For a long time it has been content with this unchanging splendour but more recently it has treated itself to a quartier in the most modern style , complete with a magnificent new concert hall , the Corum ( which unfortunately appears to have been built on ground that it is less than stable ) . |
| 7 | By waiting so long , it has made itself vulnerable to a systemic collapse . |
| 8 | It has lent itself admirably to the finishing of chairs , cabinets and desks — pieces where a very sensitive finish is required . |
| 9 | It is this sovereign self of Europe which is today being deconstructed , showing the extent to which Europe 's other has been a narcissistic self-image through which it has constituted itself while never allowing it to achieve a perfect fit . |
| 10 | It has involved itself energetically in such issues as pub opening hours and the additives and adjuncts used in the brewing process . |
| 11 | It finds that it has lost itself upon |
| 12 | The Synod meets at Westminster , just over the road from the Palace of Westminster , and although a relatively modern institution ( 1970 ) , it has modelled itself on its parliamentary cousins . |
| 13 | During my discussions with President Yeltsin , he explicitly accepted the disproportion between the British nuclear deterrent , Trident , and the nuclear capacity that will be available to the Soviet Union even after it has carried out the reductions to which it has committed itself , and which will take a decade or more to implement . |
| 14 | In so doing , it has committed itself to protect the area and prevent deterioration to its habitats . |
| 15 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 16 | In the past it has marketed itself primarily at existing customers by concentrating on improving services . |
| 17 | At present , everything that Hewlett-Packard is doing looks right : it has won itself a reputation of taking better care of its customers , an example being the way it is not forcing its MPE users to move to Unix , instead letting them migrate at their own pace . |
| 18 | This report has therefore left until the end the question of the degree to which the ESSE/L Project has achieved the targets it has set itself , and has roamed widely across the experiences of those involved both directly and indirectly with the project . |
| 19 | These states also complained that Germany was dumping waste in other EC states because of its own inability to deal with the high targets it has set itself under its own laws . |
| 20 | It has shown itself all at once , she can not remain at home for very much longer . ’ |
| 21 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
| 22 | While Parliament itself can regulate such matters it has shown itself reluctant to do more than call on " the good sense of M.P.s not to abuse their privilege . " |
| 23 | Although the Challenge is only a year old it has established itself as the biggest single charity fund raising event in the region . |
| 24 | The tall , spire-like stems of this yellow-flowered plant are often seen growing wild in Britain and North America , though it has naturalized itself , and is not indigenous . |
| 25 | It has concerned itself not simply with financial concepts , such as ‘ cost per pupil ’ but also with outcomes , including in its 1986 report , examination successes , staying-on rates and ‘ sickness absence amongst teachers — a barometer of staff morale . ’ |
| 26 | He says that Childine must survive because it has proved itself a lifeline for thousands of frightened , lonely and distressed children . |
| 27 | So continuous is this precipitation that it has earned itself the name of ‘ marine snow ’ . |
| 28 | Its introductory offers , plus a discount on long-distance telephone calls , have now been dropped , as the company seeks to wring profit out of the 9.8m cardholders it has bought itself . |
| 29 | It has allowed itself to be outsmarted by governments who are not afraid to bend the rules in their favour , aided and abetted by American multi-nationals whose allegiance is to the United States , naturally . |
| 30 | It has allowed itself to be pushed into juggling words to fit industries ' interests and has ignored the legitimate moral concerns of many . |