Example sentences of "[noun pl] have developed a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my Oscars has developed a lower jaw which is twisted . |
| 2 | British engineers have developed a new method of incinerating spent vehicle tyres at high temperatures , breaking them down into gas and oil for fuel , and " char " — a residue which is rich in high-quality carbon . |
| 3 | The directors have developed a comic routine to hammer home their message . |
| 4 | He observed that few libraries had developed a comprehensive approach to stock management , and that , on average , university libraries were acquiring eight times as many materials as they discarded . |
| 5 | The closure was ordered last night after an engineer discovered one of two vertical pins holding up one of the bridge supports had developed a six inch crack . |
| 6 | Such concepts of group loyalty and common purpose were , moreover , not entirely unfamiliar to the business world he had entered : many of the pre-vesting undertakings had developed a strong group identity among staff . |
| 7 | Some of these byroads have developed a heavier traffic since they were first laid out , and in these instances it has been an easy matter to take in more of the verges and to widen the road surface . |
| 8 | It would appear some of our customers have developed a new method of claiming a penny back for re-using a JS carrier bag ! |
| 9 | Quite why this should have occurred nobody could explain , but Nigerian audiences had developed a particular liking for Jamaican ‘ toasters ’ — disc-jockeys who usurped the role of singers by half scatting , half shouting over backing tracks in a style half mystical , half political , but wholly saleable . |
| 10 | The company 's European scientific centres have developed a terminal-based system , now moving out of the prototype phase , with high resolution graphics and sophisticated software . |
| 11 | Many plants native to natural mixed woodland flower and produce their leaves early in the year , before deciduous trees have developed a full canopy , and welcome the shade in summer that protects them from scorching in full sun . |
| 12 | Indeed , some psychiatrists had developed a whole approach to treatment in which the hospital itself , the total environment , was organized therapeutically . |
| 13 | Since 1954 the Soviets had developed a new proposal to resolve European security problems , whereby all existing European borders would be recognised in an arrangement involving Eastern and Western bloc states . |
| 14 | Two Australian scientists have developed a chemical process which significantly increases the ability of clothing to act as a barrier against ultraviolet radiation . |
| 15 | Scientists have developed a new wave machine which could save hundreds of homes threatened by the sea . |
| 16 | It looks as though sweaty locker rooms will be a thing of the past as Swedish scientists have developed a smell-absorbing paint . |
| 17 | First , building societies have developed a friendly image , which they have emphasised in their marketing . |
| 18 | Now the police have developed a new method , which is used at 60 per cent of fires where arson is suspected . |
| 19 | For a rime after D-Day the stories of incoming prisoners had developed a new excitement . |
| 20 | A team of cancer specialists has developed a new treatment that reduces the need for major surgery . |
| 21 | Given its pattern of development , we consider elite theory 's methodological approach under two main headings : its claims to have developed a scientific research method and its focus on power and domination . |
| 22 | If the ground is allowed to dry out before newly transferred plants have recovered from the unavoidable root damage , or container-grown ones have developed a strong root system , growth will be severely set back and they may die . |
| 23 | For simple use of a Shopping Centre Planner CACI have developed a standard calibration of the model described above . |
| 24 | Biologists have developed a theoretical framework within which the evolution of virulence can be analysed , and it has been demonstrated experimentally that virulence can evolve in response to alternative modes of parasite transmission . |
| 25 | Whatever the reason , male marmosets have developed a rearing strategy whereby they greatly assist the mother by carrying , holding , and generally caring for infants while she is away eating elsewhere . |
| 26 | US researchers have developed a coal-based compound which they claim produces 80 per cent less sulphur when burned . |
| 27 | Neste Chemicals has developed a new polypropylene grade with an extremely high degree of clarity . |
| 28 | Pittards have developed a new chamois leather . |
| 29 | Pittards have developed a new chamois which dries soft , reducing the risk of scratching the paintwork . |
| 30 | e ) Trade unions have developed a wide range of learning materials and processes which can usefully be brought into the classroom . |