Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 The criticism the Oregon experiment has received highlights the general difficulties of moving towards this kind of explicit rationing system .
2 Practice with ‘ sticks ’ ( miniature kites on the end of a I metre ( 39in ) dowel ) forms a good start for understanding both the figures and the jargon which has developed to describe the shapes .
3 Since then a strong movement has developed using the oral history/life story method to document the tragic experiences of the ordinary population over the last seventy years .
4 If the score is a 6 then some fault has developed placing the Steam Tank in danger .
5 A branch of mathematics called network analysis has developed to provide the answers to the type of problem just cited , and network analysis algorithms are incorporated into comprehensive Geographical Information Systems as well as being available for stand-alone PCs .
6 With this religious overtone in Northern Ireland , the belief in majority dominance has justified ignoring the rights of the catholic — nationalist minority within the Ulster statelet .
7 The Sovetskiy khudozhnik press has stopped publishing the unique annual publication Sovetskoye iskusstvoznaniye , a collection of the year 's best articles by art historians .
8 Poland has stopped building the only atomic plant it had in mind .
9 Hereford MP Colin Shepherd has lobbied to keep the base open .
10 Emma has arranged to spend the weekend with a cousin , so there 's no possibility of being disturbed .
11 In Piata Universitatii , in central Bucharest , under the looming tower of the Intercontinental Hotel and the glaring neon of a Castrol sign , a crowd has gathered to mark the anniversary and hear political speakers .
12 For example , if another company in the group has provided guarantees in respect of dividends or redemption , or has undertaken to purchase the shares , the issue will constitute a liability of the group and should be reported as such .
13 Peter White of Midland Bank was less convinced , complaining of the failure of some large firms to adhere to a strict off-limits policy , and described an even worse practice of advancing a candidate who has undertaken to engage the headhunter involved at a later date if he or she lands the job .
14 We did not achieve that , but the Regional Council has undertaken to carry the full costs itself .
15 The Forestry Commission has undertaken to bear the report 's findings in mind when embarking on future tree-planting programmes .
16 ‘ Mr Bean has undertaken to supply the horses , ’ Sam said .
17 The institutions are required to monitor their use of the access funds and the Secretary of State for Education and Science has undertaken to review the operation of the funds in due course .
18 A different possible interpretation of a contract is that , not the buyer , but the seller has undertaken to accept the risk that the goods might not exist , i.e. he has undertaken as part of the contract that the goods do in fact exist .
19 The developer of the site , Ideal Homes Holdings , has undertaken to reserve the site and provide it free of charge to the school trustees in addition to a one-off payment of up to £150,000 .
20 But it does not follow that there may not be a difference in the procedures which are appropriate on the one hand in requiring the driver to provide a specimen of blood or urine under section 7(4) where it is obligatory for him to do so because one of the circumstances specified in section 7(3) has arisen , and on the other hand in informing the driver of his right under section 8(2) to claim that the specimen of breath which he has given containing the lower proportion of alcohol should be replaced by a specimen of blood or urine under section 7(4) .
21 He should be told that the specimen of breath which he has given containing the lower proportion of alcohol exceeds the statutory limit but does not exceed 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath ; that in these circumstances he is entitled to claim to have this specimen replaced by a specimen of blood or urine if he wishes ; but that , if he does so , it will be for the constable to decide whether the replacement specimen is to be of blood or urine and that if the constable requires a specimen of blood it will be taken by a doctor unless the doctor considers that there are medical reasons for not taking blood , when urine may be given instead .
22 The driver is faced with the prospect of conviction on the basis of the breath specimen which he has given containing the lower proportion of alcohol .
23 ‘ Mr Taylor has completed ignored the fact that Catholics have been under the jackboot of the IRA and loyalists for over 20 years and it is ridiculous to say that they have not been living in fear . ’
24 A local group has formed to oppose the mining and has held its first public meeting .
25 Kurt Forster , for the last eight years Director of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities at Santa Monica , has resigned to accept the Chair in the History of Art and Architecture at Zurich 's Federal Polytechnic .
26 Dungannon District Council has voted to scrap the Post Office addressing system which insists letters must include house numbers and road names .
27 Unhappy about EC proposals on waste transport , the European Parliament has voted to stall the Commission 's draft legislation , with the aim of pressing Brussels into framing even tougher controls .
28 Responding to growing public pressure , the Ukrainian parliament has voted to close the Chernobyl nuclear reactor , the site of the world 's worst nuclear accident in 1986 , two years ahead of schedule .
29 Leeds polytechnic has voted to change the method by which it elects its President .
30 During the same period , it has voted to change the Russian constitution — itself new — on roughly 50 occasions .
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