Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [noun] [conj] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thousand pound machine he 's riding is called a recumbant , it 's faster than the usual type of racing bike and has the added advantage of giving it 's rider , as the name suggests , a more leisurely riding position . |
| 2 | The UK division of FoE produces the Good Wood Guide , a simple run down of tropical hardwood products and their alternatives for consumers and manufacturers alike , so that all interested parties can be sure of buying hardwood that has come from sustainable sources . |
| 3 | Pruning in the second and subsequent years should try to begin a routine or system — and only your cultivation and experience will determine this — of removing wood that has flowered in proportion to the amount and vigour of new wood that the individual plant puts up . |
| 4 | Instead , therefore , of excluding history as has so often been claimed , such thinkers begin , in a rather more conventional way , from the anti-historicist perspectives of Althusser , even , arguably , of Sartre . |
| 5 | There is no doubt about the high quality of housing stock that has been built by the Housing Executive in Northern Ireland and every time I see it I am envious and wish that I had some of it in Wigan . |
| 6 | in common with many other authorities [ it ] finds itself with an organisation and a system of making decisions that has changed little since the present structure of authorities was created out of the tangled web of local boards and functional administrations in the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | This time it is not a natural parting of the ways like leaving school that has happened ; rather , an unexpected factor , for example some form of incurable disease or sudden death through illness or accident has occurred , which propels us into a significant loss that we are not prepared for . |
| 8 | One potential criticism of the pH/pCO 2 method is that investigators may be measuring dissolved CO 2 in perfusing solution that has diffused as CO 2 gas down a mucosa to lumen concentration gradient , rather than occurring due to secreted bicarbonate ions . |
| 9 | The specialist teacher or adviser will need to discuss with the pupil 's own teacher the information obtained from screening procedures that has a bearing on adaptations to learning materials or to the environment . |
| 10 | Pinned down to favourites he confessed to liking REM and has recently revived his Talking Heads collection . |
| 11 | Application is an empirical evaluation based on teaching experience and has to do with the devising of effective techniques specific to particular circumstances . |
| 12 | If she 's admitted to skipping things and has n't rectified it . |
| 13 | Drew designs and makes instruments for monitoring diabetes and has distribution agreements with two medical companies with global networks , Ciba Corning and IL . |
| 14 | Aim at learning vocabulary that has to do with basic living needs , such as shopping , getting directions and using public transport , arithmetic for handling money , greetings and leave-takings , introductions , polite phrases , expressions of appreciation , how to use the telephone . |
| 15 | The basic purposes of pruning are two-fold : first , to divert and concentrate sap flow and energy into the buds and shoots that will grow in the direction we want , to promote or provoke new growth from dormant buds , and to better utilize energy by removing growth that has borne bloom , will not bear more , and can not make worthwhile contribution to the plant 's processes ; and secondly , surgically to remove dead , diseased and infected wood . |