Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] has " in BNC.

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1 We think that retributivists and denunciationists are right to insist that there is no justification for punishing someone who has not deliberately and wrongfully broken a just law and thereby exercised a freedom to which they are not entitled ( because to do so has diminished other people 's freedom or has threatened to do so ) .
2 In selecting the best method of prophylaxis much depends on whether the farm consists primarily of permanent pasture or has pastures which are rotated with crops so that new leys or hay and silage aftermaths are available each year .
3 Neither case is concerned at all with the position where a child has been stillborn as a result of a third party 's negligence or has , as a result of such negligence , survived birth for only a minimal period .
4 a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work .
5 Has there been any attempt by anybody to real budget or has
6 For example , loading the stomach with food or water directly has some satiating effect , but not as great as when the substance is also allowed to pass into the intestine or has previously passed through the mouth .
7 under Sub-Section 2(a) unless the person driving holds a licence to drive such car or has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
8 driven by the Policyholder unless he holds a licence to drive such car or has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
9 as far as the racking itself 's concerned has it erm affected the stability of the racking or has it just dented it I mean is do we need to do anything about it ?
10 But at least the new developments should ease the diplomatic impasse that has kept relations between Japan and the Soviet Union frozen for 46 years .
11 Gradually , the state of anticipation at Ballingolin began to subside like an inflated pig 's bladder that has a slow leak .
12 His hands shake ant his balance is cruelly uncertain , a fly wheel that has lost its rhythm .
13 Yet Christianity is a religion that has always been open to rational criticism when its critics have been granted the freedom to make their challenge known .
14 Every heresy and man-made religion that has ever been invented presents a fractured picture of Jesus Christ .
15 They are Chinese Muslims whose ancestors came to China from Arabia as long ago as 651 and who still live scattered throughout the People 's Republic , preserving a way of life , a language and a religion that has more in common with Mecca than with the Orient .
16 First , when there has been confrontation , it has been religion that has yielded in the end .
17 At home the action that has drawn most attention in the past year was his vote in favour of war in the Gulf .
18 During a civil action that has been going on for years over ownership , he was made a ward of court and his bones kept in shoe boxes in a bank . ’
19 Criticism ( like praise ) should be related to the particular action that has earned it ( 'I do n't like it when you swear' ) .
20 The declining importance of religion in social life in general , and in particular the declining influence of Christianity on the great moral questions of the day was ( and is ) the spur to action that has kept the NVALA going for over twenty years .
21 Action in the majority of adventure stories is seen both to affect and to be affected by character but in the end it is action that has the final word , in the romantic happy ending in which the heroism of man is affirmed .
22 It was also resolved that this article should appear in ‘ Contact ’ to inform members of Convocation of the course of action that has been forced on Standing Committee by Hong Kong Branch due to their noncompliance with the standing orders of the Branch Constitution .
23 Lord Coke lays it down broadly that the staying of an action that has been unjustly brought is no consideration for a promise to pay money .
24 Labour has a clear programme for action that has been endorsed at successive party conferences , including that held last month .
25 Representing an action as predictable also implies seeing it as something potential , that is , as an action that has ( or had ) high chances of being performed , and not as an actuality .
26 Erm , that 's the reason Chair , er , on that , and I hope that members will accept the action that has been taken .
27 If this is done then the status of the file and the action that has been taken can be easily verified by others .
28 As a former reporter I devour newsprint with the appetite of a motorised refuse truck , but some of the garbage that has been written about myself and other women MPs deserves instant binning .
29 Exposure to the context alone given after latent inhibition training will , according to the theory , allow extinction of the context-stimulus association that has already been formed .
30 The close association that has existed over many years between geophysicists and engineering geologists in multidisciplinary projects at BGS will be enhanced by bringing these staff into one group .
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