Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Wharton 's manager Mickey Duff declined the chance to fight Italian Vicenzo Nardiello for the vacant European title , so Smith has jumped in to take his chance .
2 To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received recently regarding an eco-labelling scheme for environmentally benign products ; and if he will make a statement .
3 Since the privatization of BT in 1984 the problem of company valuation and the pricing of shares has received much informed and uninformed comment .
4 After a month or so , its head has developed sufficiently to allow it to open its jaws .
5 Odour assessment has developed therefore using sensory methods of analysis , that is measuring human responses to them .
6 THE generally held belief that the marriage of Diana and Charles has broken down seems to depend on photographs of the couple on the few occasions on which they appear together in public .
7 Drexel , which used to commit $3 billion-5 billion of its own funds to market-making , has stopped even quoting prices on 3,000–4,000 junk bonds .
8 The structure of the Group has altered radically to accommodate its changing operational requirements .
9 He has travelled home to prepare for a World Championship heat in Austria .
10 ACTRESS Minnie Driver , who tonight stars with Bill Paterson and Sinead Cusack in Channel 4 's premiere of the film God On The Rocks , has flown off to see in 1993 in New York .
11 A strand of hair which normally covers his bald patch has fallen away to rest in seaweedy strings on his padded shoulder , drying as we speak .
12 The number of visitors to Redcar has fallen dramatically according to latest figures and Langbaurgh councillors blame its ‘ invisible ’ tourist information office , which has moved from the seafront to Dundas Street .
13 Mr Major 's standing has fallen slightly compared with Mrs Thatcher 's — 41 to 39 per cent — but Mr Kinnock 's rating has risen sharply .
14 Because the , the market becomes much smaller , right , there is , world trade in agricultural products has fallen relatively speaking , right , as a result , that market is going to be very , very volatile , it only takes say er , bad harvest in Argentina , or er , Australia , in one country , that does n't have support programmes , to affect the world market substantially , because that one supplier is now relatively large , because most major erm , countries are self , are now self sufficient .
15 The Prince of Wales has criticized both developed and developing nations for failing to take steps to safeguard the global environment .
16 The prevailing mood is disgust ; at the pathetic inarticulacy of the great ape on a rugby field , Frank Machin , and the blocked emotions of his landlady and lover , who has given up hoping for anything since her husband 's death .
17 Jessica Rainford has given up publishing and returned to Oxford .
18 And … well , central government has given up trying .
19 His family doctor has given up preaching restraint .
20 Prince Johnson , the rebel who sliced off Doe 's ears before ( according to Mr Johnson ) forcing him to eat one while Mr Johnson chewed on the other , has given up asking to be president but is now surrounded by a team of ‘ advisers ’ .
21 Teri has given up going to New Year 's Eve parties after she had to lock herself in the kitchen with loads of middle aged ladies hammering on the door .
22 start as we should AIM TO visit/contact every customer who has not responded or has responded negatively to ascertain the reasons why and endeavour
23 Unusually in a debate of this kind , the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) has sat down leaving me with only 22 minutes in which to reply .
24 We notice the past tense : Wordsworth has omitted here to mention that these small proprietors depended on the cottage industries , which were taken away when the factory system had become established , so that in Wordsworth 's lifetime the statesmen declined .
25 When the pan has cooled substantially pour the contents into the white plastic bucket , rinse out the pan and pour the rinsed water into the bucket .
26 The enclosing matrix is a fine-grained sandstone , and the original calcite shell material has dissolved away to leave impressions of the shells on the sandstone .
27 Heat gently until all the sugar has dissolved then bring to the boil .
28 She said : ‘ He has forgotten how to hunt .
29 AT THE drop-in centre on South Meadowell , Labour candidate Paddy Cosgrove has dropped in to meet the people — mostly fat ladies in shellsuits with laps full of chips .
30 If you ca n't find these three files then the chances are that someone has deleted then to save space .
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