Example sentences of "has [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their rhetoric has emphasized national unity and social cohesion , as well as the development of skills for the economy . |
| 2 | ‘ He has failed in his attempt to downgrade Darlington 's Catholic schools but his assault on the 1944 Education Act has delayed vital improvement work at St Bede 's and St Augustine 's for at least a year . ’ |
| 3 | This argument has received wide currency , in part because it again presents Gloucester as the victim of circumstances rather than their manipulator . |
| 4 | This argument has received wide currency , in part because it again presents Gloucester as the victim of circumstances rather than their manipulator . |
| 5 | If a friend or colleague whose opinions you respect tells you that he or she has received beneficial treatment from a particular hypnotherapist , perhaps that is the one for you to consult . |
| 6 | For example , the Leidsebuurt district of Haarlem has received comprehensive treatment as a 30 km/h zone ( Figure 4.11 ) , with a concentration on the creation of raised plateaux in the roadway ( speed tables ) spectacularly patterned with black and white paviours ( Figures 4.12–4.15 ) . |
| 7 | My little girl has received Dutch lace … cloaks , coats and so forth . |
| 8 | The court can proceed in the absence of any respondent but should not do so unless satisfied that the respondent has received reasonable notice of the hearing or that the circumstances justify proceeding in his absence ( FPCR , r16(3) and ( 4 ) ; FPR , r4.16(3) and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 9 | Evidently the customer has received exemplary service . |
| 10 | The use of import quotas has received scant attention in the strategic trade policy literature , the one exception being Fung ( 1989 ) . |
| 11 | It is becoming increasingly apparent that drugs , which act through mechanisms other than acid inhibition , can control duodenal ulcer disease as effectively as H 2 receptor atagonists ; the findings of this study suggest that stimulation of normal gastroduodenal motility ( and thus acid clearance from the bulb ) may be an important mechanism in this respect , but one which has received scant attention to date . |
| 12 | Just as the publication of the moving image section of the Charter for the Arts in Scotland has received scant attention , the erosion of BBC Scotland 's operational autonomy and the potential denudation of its programme-making resources should be a matter of widespread concern . |
| 13 | The project has received Irish Government funding . |
| 14 | The application of radionuclide angiography in assessing portal vein patency or occlusion has received limited attention . |
| 15 | In particular it lends itself to analysis by a technique which has received limited application to extensive data for a British conurbation , namely the technique of trip chains . |
| 16 | The magazine has received good support recently with a number of members submitting articles for inclusion . |
| 17 | The subject of the effect of acid rain on the environment ( Forum , 24 February , p 535 ) has received increasing recognition and it certainly behoves those with influence to reduce the quantity of sulphur compounds being released into the atmosphere . |
| 18 | The team approach , in modified form , using case managers to co-ordinate team efforts , has received strong support in the recent Griffiths Report ( 1988 ) and subsequent White Paper ( 1990 ) in their recommendations regarding care for people within the community . |
| 19 | There is one particular difficulty in extending the notion of the linguistic variable to the analysis of syntactic variation which has received extensive discussion in recent years ( see for example Lavandera ( 1978b ) , Romaine ( 1984b ) and Coveney ( 1986 ) ) . |
| 20 | The exhibition has received extensive coverage in the Dutch press and has been visited by groups organised by enthusiastic retailers in the Netherlands . |
| 21 | Seaman badly bruised a hip and came off early in the second half last weekend but has received extensive treatment . |
| 22 | " In general , Lenneberg 's ( 1967 ) contention that the extent to which a speaker will have a foreign accent correlates fairly well with the age at which the second language is learned has received extensive confirmation . |
| 23 | One of the major retrospective strands of this year 's Festival is a tribute to the French film director Bertrand Tavernier , whose latest film THESE FOOLISH THINGS starring Dirk Bogarde and Jane Birkin , has received critical acclaim and a warm reception from audiences . |
| 24 | Some forty environmental organizations are taking part in the Ecological Bricks project , which has received financial assistance from the European Community ( EC ) and also from the World Wide Fund for Nature . |
| 25 | The publication has received financial support from the Czech Ministry of Culture but is still in need of funding to ensure its survival . |
| 26 | Nevertheless the relationship between the money supply and price has received continued attention , with the monetarists trying to provide theoretical and empirical support for the argument that changes in the money supply cause fluctuations in money incomes and prices . |
| 27 | Although the 56-inch diameter pipeline has received great publicity it is , in fact , one of six similar lines being laid along the Urengoy ‘ energy corridor ’ , totalling 20,000km in length . |
| 28 | One particular aspect of the economic life of Israel which has received great attention in the history of the Church and which needs further expansion is the prohibition on usury . |
| 29 | He had been at the forefront of Indian film-making for more than forty years and his work has received international acclaim . |
| 30 | It has received international recognition and a long and impressive list of visitors — including the Prime Minister — have lauded its achievements . |