Example sentences of "has [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Gordon has emphasized these real world imperfections and has argued that dividend policy is important because dividends represent a more certain return than reinvested profits .
2 No other British painter of our time has received such widespread recognition , reaching as far as the imagery in Bertolucci 's Last Tango in Paris and Pasolini 's Teorema .
3 But no subject received more attention than Mathematics and no curriculum project then or since has received such massive support as the Entebbe programme and its successors .
4 The concept of loss of self-control has received little close attention from lawyers .
5 Through all this process , and partly because of the pressures created by it , the central role of governors has received little public attention .
6 Despite its obvious importance , however , crowd violence is an issue that has received little academic attention in this country , particularly with regard to long-term trends .
7 Since it opened , the Centre has received much positive publicity , including a recent documentary on Channel Four .
8 This project has received much local support and she has set up a group of people who will organise it long term .
9 Salt has received much bad publicity in recent years as a major contributory factor to heart disease , but the initial hysteria has now given way to the theory that salt in quantity will only be to the detriment of those people prone to heart disease from other causes .
10 Anorexia nervosa patients seem unable to identify and to respond accurately to their emotional state , a deficit that has received some empirical support .
11 Following the passage of the SOGIT 1973 , the requirement of reasonable durability has received some explicit recognition .
12 He has received some useful media support as well as visits from the local M.P .
13 Although he has received some personal encouragement from the COSE chieftains , he can not tell whether they will be predisposed to adopt his technology again .
14 Although he has received some personal encouragement from the COSE chieftains , he can not tell whether they will be predisposed to adopt his technology again .
15 When the proposed research has received some external funding however administrative fees are imposed .
16 Our sales force has received some excellent sales training input this , and next year we are adding three more to the numbers .
17 Residential roads ( Figure 5.6 ) are all marked with the Tempo 30 sign , but none has received any speed-reducing measures .
18 A source close to the pin-up star at No 19 with Humpin' Around , says : ‘ Bobby has received several written and verbal threats .
19 The use of solar energy to produce hydrogen as a fuel from water has aroused much scientific interest over recent years .
20 The project has developed many successful ways of establishing and maintaining effective parental involvement in the teaching and learning of mathematics .
21 Q. My male Dwarf Gourami has developed some small lumps on his caudal and anal fin .
22 The gyro-compass inside Summerchild has developed some mysterious fault and , unremarked by the crew , the plane is veering further and further off course .
23 The librarian has developed some excellent information skills software packages ' which are used in operation with other school staff on a variety of projects .
24 As a result of eating the troll flesh he has developed several troll-like traits and has an almost trollish resistance to injury .
25 In addition , the plant has to gather many other materials ( water and minerals ) in order to make proper use of the organic molecules it creates by photosynthesis .
26 It would be absurdly sanguine to suggest that the latter half of the twentieth century has witnessed any global movement in the direction of democracy or popular power .
27 But my wife , who is a Russian speaker , has witnessed this particular drama and says it is n't a Slav language .
28 Arthur Andersen Worldwide has posted another impressive set of fee income figures for the year to 31 August 1992 .
29 But , although some doctors consider that the baby has genuine physical pain , others believe that this is an example of the baby reacting to the tensions of the mother at the end of a hard day : and they believe that the crying stops after 10 to 12 weeks because by then the mother has become more competent and confident in her handling of the baby , and has communicated this new calmness to the baby . ’
30 The experience of storing and distributing the 1991 Census datasets has taught some valuable lessons , which will be useful if data from future Censuses is released on a similar basis .
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