Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it has [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upshot of it is that the appellate court , where the matter is one of discretion , as this is of course , will not interfere with the discretion of the court below unless it considers that the court was plainly wrong or it has erred in principle , that it has taken into account something it should not have done or has failed to take into account something it should have done , and on that narrow basis I must proceed with this appeal . |
| 2 | Since then the firm has managed to bring the amount of zinc in the effluent down to about 20 p.p.m. , but the agency has made it clear that it has to go below that . |
| 3 | As a producer , MacCabe is naturally enough dismayed by this pro-directorial bias : ‘ If you look at what 's been happening to British cinema over the last 10 years or so , then it 's clear that it has tended to be production-led — names like Working Title , Palace Films or Zenith are as important as those of any individual director . |
| 4 | He says drug corruption is now so prevalent that it has tainted the assembly , the courts , and press and television . |
| 5 | This perspective is so prevalent that it has spread far beyond medical , health and welfare agencies to influence fundamentally most people 's approaches to Disabled people . |
| 6 | The time and dedication demanded do not seem to put people off : the course is so popular that it has had to shift from a country house to a conference centre on an industrial estate in the Midlands . |
| 7 | We saw earlier that the move to greater inequality in income had been so marked that it has triggered off a widening of other class differences ( detailed in Part I ) . |
| 8 | Since Malinowski made no secret of his earthy , materialist view of man 's motives it is odd that it has taken modern exponents of transactional analysis and game theory so long to recognize his pioneering achievements in this field . |
| 9 | It is possible that it has to do with cannibalism . |
| 10 | I am sorry that it has taken longer to respond to your recent telephone call than I had expected , but I have now examined all the papers relating to this matter and have re-visited Captains Road . |
| 11 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 12 | In recent years the evidence for the health benefits of fibre , or ‘ roughage ’ as it used to be called , has grown so strong that it has filtered through from the medical journals and is now well known to the British and American public . |
| 13 | However , there are doubts about how much of the Deloitte client list will be left intact once it has left the international organisation . |
| 14 | The shift is so striking that it has led one commentator ( Young 1984 : 22 ) to talk of an explosion of ‘ civic assertiveness ’ . |
| 15 | It is ironic that it has taken until the dawn of the 21st century to realise that the best methods of utilising — and hence preserving — our woodlands are those employed a millennium ago . |
| 16 | But , he added , ‘ I am delighted that it has stood the test of time and that its few critics have at least remained silent . |
| 17 | Hibernia is a complex , challenging and difficult contract , and I am delighted that it has restarted and we look forward to making a significant contribution to this major international project . |
| 18 | That is critical and I am delighted that it has found its way into the treaty with powerful German support . |
| 19 | ‘ It is jolly sad that it has come to this but I am not surprised , ’ she said last night . |
| 20 | We are now faced with a situation , therefore , in which the debate about ‘ the environment ’ has become so wide-ranging that it has impinged upon almost every aspect of contemporary industrial society . |
| 21 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 22 | The present system may not be perfect but it has worked pretty well and would be capable of improvement and adjustment without the need to go back to the drawing board . ’ |
| 23 | Imaginative and incalculable youth , which clamours for the moon and may not be content till it has damaged most of the street lamps . ’ |
| 24 | dying as it has done on other nights |
| 25 | ‘ We have had our differences and I am sorry if it has caused offence . ’ |
| 26 | Of the three methods being considered , this is the most controversial and it has dominated the debate about paying for water . |
| 27 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 28 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 29 | I hit my pillow so hard that it has looked reproachful ever since . ) |
| 30 | Suppose the origin of intelligence is so improbable that it has happened on only one planet in the universe , even though life has started on many planets . |