Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have whetted a lust for sensationalism that has turned us into a nation of accident watchers . |
| 2 | When he discovers that Mary helps people , collects for Biafra and has protested against the Vietnam War , he is not happy because she suddenly reminds him of his mother . |
| 3 | Some of the EC 's other governments will soon have to start explaining why they deny their voters a remedy for recession that has proved so effective . |
| 4 | ADVANCES in microelectronics are making it possible for countries to switch to a military strategy that is purely for defence and has no offensive capability — if they want to . |
| 5 | ‘ What will sustain the reformers of Eastern Europe is that great yearning for freedom that has started them off . |
| 6 | — John Major , Foreign Secretary ‘ What will sustain the reformers of Eastern Europe is that great yearning for freedom that has started them off . |
| 7 | The third is a less tangible but no less striking phenomenon , the general feeling for freedom that has come over us all , an understanding heightened by the recent escape of millions of people by 1990 from the miseries of authoritarian rule and command economies . |
| 8 | It is worth noting , however , that Richards 's concept of poetry is similar to that which we have encountered in the previous two chapters , in that poetry for him is simply shorthand for literature that has aesthetic value ; his belief was that the value of literature as a whole lay entirely in its use of the emotive function of language . |
| 9 | Maxton saw the Agreement as " the answer of the three most politically conscious and informed workers Parties in the country to a very widespread demand for unity that has been felt by every working class spokesman who has faced audiences during the last two years " . |
| 10 | Does it mean that anti-fashion , that healthy disrespect for clobber that has always thrived in Britain , is taking hold in menswear 's twin capitals ? |
| 11 | Basically , water passes through a coarse strainer which needs a weekly rinse ; through foam that needs a weekly rinse and changing every four months ; through carbon that has only a two week life ; through two ceramic sponges that need rotating and one discarding every six months ; through the reusable Hex-Nodes and through a final polishing screen . |
| 12 | Labour has a clear programme for action that has been endorsed at successive party conferences , including that held last month . |
| 13 | Your letter has been passed to Mr Rich for action and has been given the reference C1525/1526 . |
| 14 | RAF Lyneham is geared for action and has had machinery in place since dealing with the return of the hostages last year … particularly Terry Waite . |
| 15 | Under the Act the Secretary of State can differentiate between authorities in drawing up the timetable for tendering and has powers to extend tendering to other services . |
| 16 | The team has been learning about tree-planting and has received help from David Barbour at Gosbeck 's Farm . |
| 17 | He 's since suffered from lack off concentration and has been virtually unable to work . |
| 18 | Midland has already swapped a substantial part of its Chilean debt exposure for equity and has also been involved in similar , private sector , schemes in Argentina . |
| 19 | The main carp lake was dredged in October but is now ready for fishing and has been stocked with fish to 36lb . |
| 20 | Management consultancy not only made him rich ( he sold Telesis for $1m and has just forked out $1.25m for a Washington house ) ; it also convinced him that America 's ludicrously wasteful health-care system was undermining the nation 's competitiveness abroad . |
| 21 | McMurdo never made the grade but like many Scots his early interest in the game ignited a flame of passion for football that has never been extinguished . |
| 22 | Among the two patients with T3N1 tumours without endoscopic recurrence , metastases appeared in one and were responsible for death 10 months later but in the second the tumour diminished ( T0N1 ) after chemotherapy and has remained unchanged with successive endoscopic ultrasound examinations . |
| 23 | Is there anybody who lives nearer Leeds that has heard anything about demos. etc ? |
| 24 | And we had expected rather a slump after Christmas that has n't happened really so that er you know we 're just so busy I mean one thing to the next really . |
| 25 | A MAN behind a building firm that has taken thousands from customers for work that has remained undone was bouncing cheques to suppliers last spring . |
| 26 | A man may be willing to believe another who claims that a particular woman has a liking for sado-masochism or has other sexual preferences . |
| 27 | He has been offered a full-time contract for July and has accepted . ’ |
| 28 | Now he says he has no immediate plans for exit and has not ruled out a trade sale . |
| 29 | The subject of a bad reference can sue the referee for libel but has to show the referee was up to no good : spite , ill-will or some improper motive will do . |
| 30 | Even if it is assumed that actual bodily harm has been inflicted in these circumstances , the defendant has inflicted it during intercourse but has not inflicted it in order to have or continue having sexual intercourse . |