Example sentences of "[noun pl] has [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The growth of large corporations and banks with international involvements has expanded commercial activity which requires clerks and salespeople . |
| 2 | In particular , many local authorities has acquired high-rise flats which were hard to let . |
| 3 | In the large conurbations , the creation of unitary authorities has required new quangos and joint boards to handle such issues . |
| 4 | The rapid increase in the number and diversity of states has had long-term consequences for global politics . |
| 5 | A new book criticising Hollywood 's current output and accusing it of undermining traditional values has provoked fierce debate in the US . |
| 6 | Conversely , bankers ' unwillingness to rely on some electronic sea waybills as collateral for present day letter of credit issuances has thwarted generalized acceptance . |
| 7 | However , even with careful recognition molecule design , selective recognition of quite simple organic solutes , and solutes involved in enzyme reactions has proved difficult . |
| 8 | The administration of the business has been rationalised and the need for specialists in a range of disciplines has become apparent . |
| 9 | The continued expansion of the S.M.E. Centre 's activities has created excellent opportunities for high calibre staff in the following posts : |
| 10 | Although an independent report on its activities has recommended continued support for the centre at Rijswijk in the Netherlands , many fear that the Dutch government will adhere to an austerity programme that provides no money to operate the centre . |
| 11 | In the West Cumbria project , funded by DOE , evaluation of existing geological records and mine plans has enabled solid and drift maps of the Coal Measures and Lower Carboniferous sequences to be compiled at 1:10 000 and 1:25 000 in more detail than was possible during the previous survey almost 60 years ago . |
| 12 | A new generation of chefs has raised British cooking to poetic heights — with some unfortunate exceptions , says AISLING FOSTER |
| 13 | Ecuador 's Ministry of Energy and Mines has granted provisional approval for the project in spite of local and international objection . |
| 14 | The terminology of fractions and strata has proved popular amongst Marxists because it provides a framework with which divisions within the working class and capitalists can be analysed . |
| 15 | The growing diversity of family patterns has received widespread public and political attention in recent years . |
| 16 | The sale of council houses has produced substantial capital receipts , and smaller amounts have come from the sale of other assets . |
| 17 | The security market line is usually stated in terms of rates of return but , as discussed in Section 7.1 , the notion of a rate of return for futures has proved problematic . |
| 18 | But the first reason was religious : ‘ part of the leiges has taken new opinions of the scripture , and has done against the law and ordinance of holy kirk ’ . |
| 19 | The geotechnical index programme is now complete and sophisticated triaxial testing of undisturbed samples from depth profiles has yielded important new research data . |
| 20 | Recently the use of photolysis in matrices with plane polarized light and the subsequent recording of the polarized infrared spectra of the products has given important additional information about the structures of unstable intermediates . |
| 21 | The excellence of our products has created major markets for us in healthcare , research and industry . |
| 22 | But none of these mail order products has undergone regulatory scrutiny . |
| 23 | Hence , tests of this relationship have had to use historical data and have had to assume that the distribution of returns has remained stable over time . |
| 24 | The predilection in established forms of leftist media analysis for unravelling hidden agendas has proved incapable of grasping the dynamics of the new situation . |
| 25 | From Metropolis to R2-D2 , C3-P0 and Robocop , only the robot able to demonstrate human characteristics has proven capable of inspiring the writers of science fiction and capturing the imagination of the public . |
| 26 | THE National Union of Journalists has elected 55-year-old John Foster as its new general secretary . |
| 27 | The combination of movement in the brick core , ingress of moisture and the corrosion of iron cramps has produced numerous cracks in the marble skin which have further weakened the structure . |
| 28 | Part of the problem is that the church over the centuries has given mixed signals about the family . |
| 29 | ‘ One of my clients has got long hair and there 's no way I 'd let anybody cut it . |
| 30 | Dance in all its aspects has proved capable of embracing the whole range of emotions and behaviour that emerge from a proper reading and understanding of the text . |