Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Without an art school training , Romanowski , now in his late 20s , has taught himself the methods of the masters through reproductions in books and paintings hanging on gallery walls .
2 The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics .
3 ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’
4 There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams .
5 Listening to those criticisms has taught me a salutary and humbling lesson .
6 I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot .
7 ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine .
8 Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me .
9 Modern psychoanalysis has taught us a great deal about the ‘ splitting ’ and division that takes place within our own personality .
10 ‘ The Braer has taught us a terrible and forceful lesson and the real tragedy will be if we fail to learn from it …
11 ‘ The Braer has taught us a terrible and forceful lesson and the real tragedy will be if we fail to learn from it . ’
12 No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’
13 Or to put it another way , let us see how badly Miss Honey has taught you the three-times table . ’
14 Here , Pip has realised what a disaster he is and he has been hit by hard consequences as a result of his greediness .
15 A local garage owner has leant them a car to help in the short term .
16 The Treasury Bench has heard what the hon. Gentleman said .
17 The Queen has been told that she is not to summon anybody to form a Government until she has heard who the new Leader is .
18 In the political parlance of 1992 , I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy .
19 ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend .
20 A civil servant by day he has given himself a mission : to show the rest of the world just what can be done in a glider .
21 Odd-Knut has given him a hunting knife , and pointed him at the trees .
22 The Amstrad PCW he bought for writing letters when handwriting became too difficult has given him a new interest in life .
23 He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections .
24 The 5ft 6in speedster felt he was persona non grata throughout Dave Stringer 's five years in charge at Carrow Road , but Mike Walker 's arrival in the summer has given him a new lease of life .
25 Oliver 's experience of returning to Metastasio 's original text has given him a new respect for that most maligned of operatic dramatists .
26 When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all .
27 After paying the price of fame brought by The Godfather and beating the booze Al Capuccino — as he 's known on set — says his three-year-old daughter has given him a new meaning to life .
28 The customer must not only know the protections he is giving up ( see ( 2 ) below ) but must also be aware of the effect of giving them up ; ( 2 ) The firm has given him a clear written warning of the private customer protections he will lose ; all the main protections must be listed ( and include , for example , derivatives risk warnings and suitability of advice ) and not just those specified by SFA itself in its guidance .
29 Yet at the Enterprise Works has given him a full-time job , making components for local firms .
30 The Red Cross has given him a Care award backed by the Princess Of Wales .
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