Example sentences of "has [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This has developed my liking for theatre and I am much more aware of theatre issues than before . ’ |
| 2 | Royal Dutch Shell Plc has given its contract for payphones at 660 UK petrol stations to British Telecommunications Plc after Mercury Communications Ltd to give up the private site end of the business to concentrate on high street sites ; British Telecom will install up to 840 more pay telephones for Shell under the £10 five-year contract . |
| 3 | The government has given its approval for sale of electricity , generated by the station , to regional electricity companies , as part of its scheme to encourage use of renewable energy . |
| 4 | The five , who comprise the four founding directors of Our Price and a senior executive , have agreed to pay WH Smith 's costs and WH Smith has dropped its claim for damages . |
| 5 | PREMATURE baby Leah Roberts has won her fight for life . |
| 6 | Italian firm Same-Lamborghini has done its bit for variety over the years , with a series of innovations that suggest that its research and development department gets a bigger budget than many other companies ' equivalents . |
| 7 | AMP has made its play for Pearl as part of long-term expansion plans . |
| 8 | ’ Scottish Homes has had its budget for rent and ownership building programmes more than doubled for 1993/4 . |
| 9 | FORMER England batsman Bill Athey has had his request for cricket 's equivalent of a free transfer turned down by the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 10 | Graham Hick has got his century for Worcestershire and is on ( 104 ) one hundred and four , not out . |
| 11 | SOME 30 years ago , whenever Professor Wilfrid Bach ventured to blow his nose he faced a hazard which has affected his thinking for life . |
| 12 | Other academic studies have agreed that Westminster has increased its capacity for scrutiny and influence on policy over recent years , not decreased it . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the institute has increased its prediction for unemployment , which it now thinks will peak at 3.2 million in the first quarter of 1994 . |
| 14 | Barry Sheene — once the fastest man on two wheels — has swopped his motorbike for water skis . |
| 15 | Thierry has declared his support for Dallapiccola ; but there are signs that Pugachev may be about to break off his ‘ Long Courtship ’ of Guizot . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , I am remembering ; and please remember , too , Great-grandmother , that I am not a miss any more ; I am a married woman who has run your house for years and has had to put up with a man of your choosing . ’ |
| 17 | A solicitor who was confined to a wheelchair after a routine operation has taken her claim for compensation to the High Court . |
| 18 | The Paris-based club of rich industrial economies has trimmed its forecast for GDP growth this year in the OECD 's 24 member countries to 1.2% . |
| 19 | A sculptor with a sweet tooth has combined her passion for art and chocolate by making a sculpture out of Mars bars . |
| 20 | Erm that factor has enhanced its value for agriculture and intensification has led to a wholesale loss of features . |
| 21 | A nurse , who claims her life has been ruined after her knee-cap was shattered in a fall at a superstore , has lost her fight for compensation . |
| 22 | A solicitor who became paralysed after a routine jaw operation has lost her fight for compensation . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid she has lost her ear for baby-talk , though . |
| 24 | Scotland 's last remaining independent whisky firm , Invergorden , has lost its battle for survival . |
| 25 | A man severely brain damaged in an operation more than twenty-five years ago , has lost his fight for compensation . |
| 26 | The Prime Minister has repeated his plea for Scotland to remain in the United Kingdom warning that independence would lead to bitterness and chaos . |
| 27 | BRITAIN has unveiled its plan for World Communications Year ( WCY ) , a month after the year began and with the maximum of waffle and minimum of hard fact . |
| 28 | Britain 's biggest bankrupt Kevin Maxwell has begun his search for work . |
| 29 | The European Recovery and Recycling Association has stated its preference for schemes which are commercially-XXXX driven , rather than imposed by regulations , while the Industrial Council for Packaging and the Environment ( Incpen ) has criticized its lack of flexibility . |
| 30 | But the company planning the takeover has said its determined to fight on , and has extended its deadline for shareholders . |