Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [subord] has " in BNC.

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1 As stated earlier , less attention has been paid to the factors that determine the readability of illustrations than has been given to the readability of text .
2 I claimed there that holists and individualists are not in fact disagreeing principally over the issue of reduction as has generally been supposed .
3 The octopus brain is a mass of small neurons and surrounding cells , whose connections are not well understood and the mapping of which will require as many lifetimes of research as has gone into mammalian studies in the last century .
4 Partly as a result of this , it has been found that digestion in falcons causes greater modification of bones than has been found in owl prey assemblages ( Yalden & Yalden , 1985 ) .
5 The efforts of Anthony Thompson and his friends , including contingents of willing helpers provided by the St Bede 's Link with Romania , have gone a long way towards enabling Lotsi to achieve his goal and the project has now reached the stage where it will benefit from a greater degree of organisation than has been necessary so far .
6 The programmes of study give greater emphasis to oral communication , to planned cooperative work amongst pupils and to talk as a medium of learning than has perhaps generally been given in the past .
7 It is suggested therefore that in the event of their failure such systems might be capable of a finer degree of control than has previously applied and that control facilities should be considered which permit the integrated use of all protective features .
8 Their increased involvement in the electoral process has had as much or greater impact upon the mobilization of some small sections of people as has the more generalized appeal of the parties .
9 For example , the island of Singapore has more native species of palm than has the whole of the African continent .
10 Er ninety three was not a good year for recruiting from the point of view of elections as has already been said because we did n't have any elections and therefore er it was n't possible to er to canvas and consequently er we were struggling to recruit new members .
11 1835 " It was … unanimously approved of , that instead of levying the Cess and Contingencies on the Estate of Islay by the extent of land as has been the practice in time past ; the same shall be charged as a percentage upon the whole Rental of Islay … "
12 No past rival of Western democracies , not even Hitler 's Germany , has presented to the outside world a more opaque image of policy-making than has the USSR , and in no sphere does this arouse greater confusion and concern than defence policy .
13 Inclusion of an additional 25 amino acids on alternative forms of the α subunit could lead to further diversification of nicotinic receptors of muscle as has been noted in other ionic channels , most notably in shaker class of K channel from Drosophila ( 20 ) , and N-methyl-D aspartate ( NMDA ) receptor in rat brain ( 20a ) .
14 ‘ Television could be a fair greater waste of time from a developmental or social learning point of view than has been recognised . ’
15 Frazer ‘ has extended the consciousness of the human mind into as dark a backward and abysm of time as has yet been explored ’ .
16 A born collector , with good health , strong physique , great will-power , and a deep love of plants , he probably brought more first-class woody plants into cultivation than has any other individual collector .
17 Or we may live to see the vines ploughed up and turned into orchards as has been happening in other areas . ’
18 The Toshiba America Information Systems Inc unit of Toshiba Corp will begin to market its portable computers in Brazil through local distributor Intercorp Ltda : the company says it is beginning a long-term relationship with Brazil where it will offer its full portable computer product line — and the machines will be bang up to date — ‘ We will not sell discontinued products in Brazil as has been the case with other computer companies , ’ the company added sniffily .
19 ‘ Decoupage ’ giftware , a Victorian-inspired design embodying the rich heritage of Mason 's , also received lots of attention from buyers as has a new tableware pattern , ‘ Spring Blossom ’ .
20 And indeed when we ponder the relationship between DNA and proteins , we see that co-operation has been at least as significant a force in evolution as has competition , and at the most fundamental level .
21 Attis , was , however , more popular in Britain than has hitherto been supposed .
22 Perhaps therefore Edward 's claim was not as strong in principle as has sometimes been suggested , and if accepted in 1328 it might eventually have been subject to challenge by sons born to other Capetian females .
23 General practitioners will require a higher level of knowledge and expertise in psychiatry than has previously been the case .
24 England 's most endearing footballer badly wants to belong again , and I still believe a half-fit Gascoigne would offer Taylor more in mid-field than has been dished up lately .
25 On Barro Colorado Island , Drymonia serrulata ( Gesneriaceae ) produces more nectar per day than has been reported from any other bee-pollinated flower .
26 A Christian position must necessarily hold of this human being Jesus that he existed ( or exists ) in relation to God as has no other .
27 They are not , therefore , responsible for an over-individualistic approach to leaders as has sometimes been asserted by critics .
28 Last , but by no means least , the foster parents have to reach decisions , sometimes in crisis conditions , as to whether J. should be returned to hospital as has in fact happened on numerous occasions .
29 What can be said about fluoride is that at concentrations of even less than one part per million ( the official dose ) it can cause toxic reactions in sensitive people and recent reassessments of the fluoridation scene suggest that this measure may be much more harmful to health than has been hitherto realized .
30 That 's been er er a matter which has been erm discussed er at some length by Stragg as has the topic of er house building and the the problems of er capacity for er new house instruction and other development within the , the Council but a number of erm matters er not least of which has been er the departure of two key members of staff during the period er there has er I 'm afraid been a degree of slippage and the original programme that we have put to you and which you agreed which we said at the time was ambitious er is already er showing signs of stress and it looks now I 'm afraid that it will not be er in the early part of the summer that the structure plan in draft form will be available and ready to be approved for consultation purposes , but towards the end of the summer and er er into the early autumn .
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