Example sentences of "this [noun sg] has [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Nobody wants to play chess on a rugby pitch , but this change has also changed the face of the game .
2 This driver has just returned from France , after managing to get through the blockade .
3 The proliferation of this literature has so simplified going into our wilderness areas that readers are literally taken by the hand .
4 Although this literature has now grown to gargantuan proportions , Owens has also managed to discern a number of themes and trends .
5 This submergence has also produced the myriad skerries and islands of the inter-island straits , notably between North Uist and South Harris .
6 Whether this redirection has yet had much effect in the classroom is another matter entirely from my own observations there seems as yet to have been few major changes in practice .
7 This mare has just given birth to a foal .
8 The thinking in this direction has already started .
9 This course has already created interest so has therefore been confirmed .
10 This retailer has now taken it off the shelves whilst Gloucestershire 's Trading Standards Department investigates .
11 ‘ It was said that this was the place where the tide came in first and went out last , but this recession has barely affected us so far ’ , announces Richard Needham , minister of state for Northern Ireland .
12 This writer has never attended a more populated exhibition of Old Masters and has rarely overheard so much intelligent discussion , particularly from ‘ ordinary ’ visitors .
13 Out of the self-financing students , ‘ virtually no one in this category has yet returned ’ ( FEER 1 .
14 This horse has just given birth to a foal .
15 Besides contributing to a deeper comprehension of the function of to , this study has also led to a fuller understanding of the role of the category of person in the infinitive .
16 This study has also shown there are significantly fewer EGF-positively staining endothelial cells in inflamed than in normal oesophageal mucosa , although the distribution of the EGF is similar in inflamed and normal mucosa .
17 The decrease in pancreatitis related mortality seen in this study has also taken place in Scotland and Göttingen , but not in Bristol .
18 It said : ‘ There are extreme viewpoints , but this study has clearly identified a major problem area for the National Health Service . ’
19 This study has clearly shown , however , a correlation between increased alkaline exposure of the stomach and the oesophagus with the development of complications .
20 The place of this ceremony has also disappeared , but a contemporary record describes a fine , high-ceilinged , large-windowed room , hung with candle sconces and more than one crystal candelabrum .
21 This action has also witnessed the development of their own banking and financial systems/ centres , e.g. Hong Kong and Singapore .
22 This force has always existed within Nature and has been worshipped by human beings in various forms for aeons .
23 This deal has also figured in the European Council of Ministers ' negotiations over a common mergers policy .
24 Various aspects of memory in normal driving have been briefly discussed above , although none of this research has directly explored drivers ’ memories for everyday driving situations it is clear that there are likely to be important differences in memory for different types of information which would be potentially available to the driver .
25 This chapter has necessarily concentrated on activity at the centre and , in doing so , demonstrated how much any local initiative depends eventually on Course-wide endorsement .
26 This condition has now cleared allowing him to work as a lecturer on City ethics and a consultant .
27 Over half of all patients developed a clinically import nt complication in the first 100 operations ( 52% ) ; this figure has now fallen to 25% in the last 68 operations .
28 This fault has also occurred in German and Swiss PWRs and might be present in PWRs in Sweden , Spain and the Netherlands .
29 Regardless of whether this critic has inadvertently recommended some English a cappella recordings in the very act of eloquently disparaging them , every listener , both in England and abroad , will know what the phrase ‘ overwhelming grisaille ’ is intended to convey .
30 In Fig. 3 the oldest branch ( c ) will soon have to be cut right back to the vine stump and it can be seen that the vigneron tending this vine has already decided to cultivate another branch ( b ) in preparation .
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