Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now accepted as his masterpiece and has spawned a small industry in northern Italy . |
| 2 | The Shoe People has since been televised in 52 countries and has spawned a multi-million pound empire . |
| 3 | The man survived the war and told the tale and has lived a purposeful life ever since , seeking to carry on Kolbe 's work of reconciliation . |
| 4 | Apple Computer Inc yesterday took the new PowerCD CD-ROM product , announced at Hannover last week , to the US market , saying that it expects to sell 1.5m of the things by the end of this year ; it also said it has shipped more than 1m copies of its QuickTime multimedia software since its launch in January 1992 , and has formed a new unit , New Media to increase market access to multimedia technologies , expand multimedia content and develop new markets for Mac technology ; the PowerCD comes with AppleDesign Powered Speakers claimed to deliver high-quality sound at half the price of similar stereo speakers . |
| 5 | Silicon Graphics Inc is getting into the fun-and-games end of the business in a big way and has formed a joint venture with Industrial Light & Magic , a division of George Lucas 's Lucas Digital Ltd special effects production company : the new venture will create digital imagery for the entertainment industry . |
| 6 | He is still one of the most deadly aerial players in front of goal and has formed a good combination with Robert Fleck . |
| 7 | Thatcher ) , who has succeeded in abandoning her resistance to German blandishments and has formed a common front with Chancellor Kohl in demanding the immediate and unconditional recognition of Croatia . |
| 8 | Northern Telecom Ltd has unified its data network products under the name Magellan , and has announced a cell-based networking switch designed to bring together data , speech , video and image networks . |
| 9 | For its part , AT&T Microelectronics is also trying to boost V.32terbo take-up , and has announced a data-pump chip set based on its V.32/V.32bis data-pump technology , which incorporates the enhancements . |
| 10 | After detailing her mental history he added , ‘ Lotte has vivid fantasies and has built a whole world of dreams . |
| 11 | It has changed hands again recently and has received a new facade . |
| 12 | Qume Corp 's Milpitas , California-based Qume Peripherals Inc is porting its QX15 ASCII/ANSI X-Windows terminal server code to AIX and has cut a strategic deal with IBM RS/6000 reseller Dickens Data to distribute the QX15 as the Dickens MAX-Terminal . |
| 13 | The Fruitmarket Gallery , which closed in February 1991 in financial disarray , has secured new support from the Scottish Arts Council and has appointed a new director . |
| 14 | The Serious Fraud Office has been in operation for three years and has achieved a striking rate of success in serious and complex frauds . |
| 15 | Unlike most of its competitors , the firm has tended to inspire loyalty on the part of its consultants — who , since Stuart sold out in the 1970s , may enjoy a share in the equity — and has achieved a remarkable stability of gradually improved performance , still at a rate of 35% per year . |
| 16 | This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up . |
| 17 | Over the last six years , the Cities and Media Forum has become an established part of the Festival and has played a substantial role in the debates about developing the media economies of regional cities in the UK . |
| 18 | In addition , the breed has been very widely exported and has played a major role in the creation or improvement of many other breeds : its influence has probably been greater than any other breed except perhaps the Friesian group and its adaptability is legendary . |
| 19 | A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy . |
| 20 | A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy . |
| 21 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said : ‘ Pallister has been very consistent and has played a major part in Manchester United 's success . |
| 22 | The Director of the Unit , Rev Eric Shegog , is Vice-Chairperson of WACC 's European Regional Association , and has played a considerable role in ensuring that the subject of media ethics remains high on WACC-Europe 's agenda . |
| 23 | She has been with us since 1988 and has played a significant role in the development of CCG 's in-house marketing strategies . |
| 24 | For twenty five years he has been a member of Equity and has played a different number of roles . |
| 25 | The idea that industrialization created the relatively isolated nuclear family has been very influential in the sociology of the family and has stimulated a wide range of studies , many of which have been critical . |
| 26 | The Gaian hypothesis was first promoted by the atmospheric chemist James Lovelock , and has stimulated a great debate about whether the fundamental controls on the Earth 's warming gases are biological or abiotic ( physical ) . |
| 27 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , Nuclear Electric was formed out of the old Central Electricity Generating Board and has remained a Government-owned project throughout . |
| 28 | ‘ That was unfortunate and has remained a huge sadness to me . |
| 29 | Worse atrocities had occurred in Scotland , but ‘ the massacre of Glencoe ’ was taken up by the government 's critics , and has remained a convenient stick with which to stir up nationalistic sentiment ever since . |
| 30 | Kanga , as she is better known , was an ex-girlfriend and has remained a trusted friend . |