Example sentences of "has developed [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Families and the law Investigators : Dr R W Dingwall , J M Eekelaar , M Maclean The Centre 's work in the field of family law has developed through a series of related projects clustered around a clearly focused concern with the interests of children as members of families and as individuals and with the economic and other consequences of marriage breakdown .
2 Language has developed as a sign system — one of the ways in which humans communicate and make sense of the world around them .
3 Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike .
4 Though deregulation is a difficult concept to define , the reshaping process which has developed as a result of it is readily apparent .
5 Gooch has developed as a captain , too , pulling strings whereas before he might have retreated .
6 Gooch has developed as a captain , too , pulling strings whereas before he might have retreated .
7 Dead empires have bred leaping ambition ; international politics has developed into a struggle between competing ethnic groups ; the United Nations has to pick an impossible path between respect for sovereignty and respect for nationalism .
8 In practice case management for people with long term mental illness has developed into a range of techniques that can be described along 12 different axes ( box 2 ) , which aim to ensure that patients with long term psychiatric disorders receive consistent and continuing services for as long as they are required and that services do not focus inappropriately on patients with less severe conditions .
9 ‘ Photography has developed into a weapon of resistance in the constant struggle for survival , ’ Mr Müller said .
10 A mixture of language ( usually incorporating English or French ) which has developed into a language in its own right .
11 ‘ Ince has developed into a player of substance and people forget he is still only 24 .
12 Kevin Wilson was another who had a fine game ; he has developed into a player Northern Ireland can not afford to be without .
13 However , when the weathering mantle has developed to a depth of several metres the rate of water movement at the weathering front becomes very slow .
14 Eddie Alcock , who has represented the Castle Hill , Ipswich , division at County Hall for eight years , said : ‘ It is to do with a difficult situation which has developed in a company which I am associated with . ’
15 He points to the way in which the law has developed from a maze of individual sets of circumstances in which one or other of the prerogative writs would lie to a general principle under which courts will review decisions on the three grounds of illegality , irrationality and procedural impropriety : see per Lord Diplock in Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service [ 1985 ] A.C. 374 , 410 .
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