Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] it has " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , a ridden horse with his ears pricked forward is probably concentrating on an object or another horse it has seen , which could result in a shy or other forms of misbehaviour . |
| 2 | To sum up then , according to the so-called unorthodox view , the company , or rather individuals on the conglomerate 's behalf , deals on either inside information acquired in the course of business about another company , for example , an investment banking client on the verge of announcing an increase in expected profits ; or on information ‘ leaked ’ by one arm of the conglomerate about a long or short position it has taken as market maker on specific shares and which it would like to off-load into the accounts of customers in the conglomerate 's fund management arm . |
| 3 | They are free to be energetic and enterprising ; they are equally free to be lethargic and dilatory ; the self-respect of the voluntary group depends on the fact that any success it has is due to its own efforts . |
| 4 | In its impact on British politics and economic policy it has already been remarkably successful . |
| 5 | You know , it 's a nice quiet time of the year , we 're up to peak and busy up till Christmas , but in January we are a bit quiet , and this year it has n't been a bit quiet . |
| 6 | This self-obsession , the looking inwards and away from the real world , represents a full circle turned in approximately twenty years , and this time it has official sanction and encouragement . |
| 7 | Through their work jewellery ceased to be something merely ornamental but attained a level of artistic and symbolic importance it has rarely equalled since . |
| 8 | The independent status ascribed to this concept by elite theorists , as opposed to the reflective and subordinate quality it has in late Marx and early Marxism , is an important characteristic of elite theory . |
| 9 | 3 In addition to providing for strong and responsible government it has been claimed that the system provides for moderate government because the two parties in a two-party system must strive to occupy the middle ground where the votes lie thickest and this obliges them to control their extremists who might dissuade the middling voters from giving their support . |
| 10 | For treachery and cold-blooded murder it has seldom been surpassed . |
| 11 | Last year it only sold 5,500 houses in 12 months , but this year it has already sold 4,160 houses in the first five months . |
| 12 | Like LOEX it operates on a subscription-fee basis , but unlike LOEX it has a relatively small catchment number of libraries which might subscribe , and because of this its ability to maintain itself as a self-financing clearinghouse is in question . |
| 13 | As Global Custodian it has over £100 billion of assets under custody and provides custody and investment administration services to many leading UK institutional investors , pension funds , insurance companies and fund managers . |
| 14 | It will be at least five years , Earle estimates , before users creep away from their mainframe dependencies , though recent research it has done shows 10% of major mainframe users do want to talk about downsizing their operations . |