Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The neutralisation technique has been validated by double blind randomised trials , including food trials showing its effectiveness in preventing symptoms.Studies that failed to show effects evaluated the provocation of symptoms by food extracts ( not part of the standard technique ) ; that cited by Kay was also faulty in many respects and gave a wrong definition of the end point . |
| 2 | Although this waveform detection technique has been discussed with particular reference to a three.phase variable.reluctance motor , it should be apparent that the method can be applied to any motor in which the motional voltage influences the current waveform . |
| 3 | In recent years , moreover , a growing proportion of total grant has been contributed by specific grants ( 17.6 per cent in England , 1981 /2 ; 25.6 per cent in 1987/8 ) , which — being tied , unlike block grant , to specific services — leave authorities with less discretion to determine spending priorities . |
| 4 | Their grant has been frozen in real terms at much below the level at which they could expect to survive on it ; they have been denied entitlement to income support , housing benefits and rebates ; there are no jobs with which they can supplement their incomes during vacations ; and those who find themselves desperately hard up discover , when they turn to the hardship fund , that it has already been exhausted . |
| 5 | Traditionally , however , videoconferencing has been associated with huge multinationals , permanent videoconferencing suites equipped like television studios and expensive dedicated broadband or satellite links . |
| 6 | Further evidence suggesting a positive link has been demonstrated in other cross-sectional studies ( New et al , 1963 ; Ahuja et al , 1969 ; Santen et al , 1972 ; Albrink , 1974 ; Lamda et al , 1974 ; Reckless et al , 1978 ; Seviour et al , 1985 ) . |
| 7 | A press release from Fender Musical Instruments Corporation informs us that a settlement has been reached during preliminary legal proceedings against G&L Music Sales for ‘ direct infringement ’ in the use of the Fender name and trademarks . |
| 8 | Hair has been styled with Sculpting Wax from Clynol 's Salon Formula range . |
| 9 | It also reminds Beijing that permission has been refused for local protesters to erect a replica Statue of Democracy on a permanent site . |
| 10 | Special provision has been made for handicapped access , and in addition the museum now boasts an auditorium , and greater accessibility to the reserve collections . |
| 11 | Imaginative provision has been made for wheelchair-bound bird watchers at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve . |
| 12 | 7.2.1 At present , general practitioners are free to refer to the hospital and consultant of their choice , although in practice this freedom has been restricted in recent years , partly because of health authorities ' reluctance to accept cross-boundary patients . |
| 13 | While a mean right ear advantage has been correlated with left hemisphere dominance for speech as determined by the Wada sodium amytal test ( Kimura , 1961a ; Tsunoda , 1975 ) the validity of dichotic ear asymmetry as an index of cerebral speech representation in individual subjects is questionable . |
| 14 | To some extent this latter advantage has been eroded in recent years by the tendency to go for late bookings , at least by the ‘ experienced ’ holiday-maker . |
| 15 | According to Channel 4 TV 's Dispatches , contamination has been found in private groundwater supplies used by food and drink manufacturers . |
| 16 | The decision has been made on financial conditions and not to meet the needs of the team . |
| 17 | Chief executive , Bryan Sanderson , said that the ‘ necessity for cost reduction has been accelerated by deteriorating petrochemicals environment ’ . |
| 18 | A great deal of progress has been made on equal rights . |
| 19 | Though some progress has been made towards common accounts , differences are unlikely to be ironed out worldwide for decades . |
| 20 | Early television cameras were large and the image of poor quality , but much progress has been made in recent years . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , much progress has been made in recent years . |
| 22 | Despite this apparent lack of official enthusiasm , progress has been made in other areas . |
| 23 | By such methods , considerable progress has been made in certain respects by women 's , environmental and minority groups . |
| 24 | We should , perhaps , not be surprised that such modest progress has been made in improving prison conditions since John Howard 's time . |
| 25 | Considerable progress has been made in improving air quality in the United States during the past few decades but greater improvement is still needed ( figure 8.13 ) . |
| 26 | However , very little progress has been made in leading children towards conventionally accepted explanations . |
| 27 | Thus research into colonic motor function remains a challenging and potentially rewarding area where progress has been facilitated by recent technological advances . |
| 28 | The chairman of the action group has already met with Malcolm Rifkind , Secretary of State for Scotland , pamphlets have been issued to all houses in Juniper Green and Baberton Mains , another public meeting will be called and a plea has been made for wholehearted support by writing letters of objection . |
| 29 | YHA hostel Ilam Hall in the Peak District National Park has been reopened following major refurbishment to the tune of £472 000 . |
| 30 | Another change has been noted in longer-term recreation , i.e. tourism , which in some rural areas , notably National Parks , is the mainstay of the rural economy ( TRRU , 1981 ) . |