Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Local management of schools has done to education what opted-out hospitals has done for the NHS .
2 ICI 's programme has centred on alternatives which include the ‘ Klea ’ family of HFC refrigerants , which are ozone-benign and have an insignificant effect on global warming , as well as a range of non-fluorocarbon alternatives .
3 The collapse of part of the roof had let in air which intensified the conflagration .
4 Focal places have already been considered , but much of the discussion in the past on settlement sites has concentrated on places which were in some way in competition with others for trade , communication or exchange activity .
5 At the end of the sixth book of The Faerie Queene , Spenser alludes to the troubles some of his earlier work has caused through slanders which provoked ‘ a mighty Peres displeasure ’ .
6 This year Medau has returned to Cromer which in the days before Norfolk had any training scheme was the venue of the Medau Society 's Summer School .
7 Eva had heard from Dad what a poet among builders Ted was .
8 By the time the second local meeting took place on Wednesday 28 February 1990 at Myshall , concern over the mining had hardened into opposition which was strongly expressed .
9 Aggie had explained to Ben what had turned out to be the reason for their invitation to tea ; and now she broke into his silence by saying , ‘ Well !
10 As women become increasingly involved in sports and aerobics activities , so the demand has grown for bras which offer moisture absorbing properties .
11 The meeting took place against a background of disputes over ( i ) the extent to which whale populations had recovered to levels which permitted sustainable hunting ; ( ii ) the system by which hunting quotas might be determined ; and ( iii ) whether whale killing was inherently unethical .
12 At last his father had put into words what Frank had known instinctively lay between them .
13 In the agricultural sector , the self-interest of the state has led to policies which have favoured distorted exchange rates , consistently favouring government and the urban population at the expense of the incomes of rural families , and ultimately at the expense of marketed production .
14 While sociology , and the sociology of knowledge in particular , are rooted in a social conception of man , the critique has come from positivism which is rooted in an individualistic , asocial , conception of man .
15 George Walsh , care manager , mental health , Surrey SSD : ‘ Legislation has put into law what is good practice .
16 No one was permitted to build outside the city wall — indeed it would have been more or less impossible given the sheer drop to the plain — and as a result the ever-industrious Kinsani merchants had expanded in directions which were not forbidden by the law .
17 A publishing company , financed by Edinburgh District Council and the Wester Hailes Partnership in Edinburgh has collapsed with debts which are thought to run to over a quarter of a million pounds .
18 Skiing adventurers have taken to heli-skiing which involves learning to operate an electronic transmitter in case of avalanches .
19 All too often it is this harsh environment which actually develops some of the best management , and it is noteworthy within our own company , how many of the leaders of the company have come from businesses which have had more than their fair share of struggle and adversity .
20 The Post Office and its unions have entered into agreements which are designed to improve productivity .
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