Example sentences of "has [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A bomb has wrecked a hotel in Ulster and damage neighbouring houses .
2 The utter failure of the opinion polls to measure public opinion has plunged a stake through the heart of the market research industry — those people responsible for junk mail that is supposed to be perfectly targeted at your lifestyle and habits , and who gather their information in exactly the same way as opinion pollsters .
3 By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available .
4 8.2 A member of staff who has been assaulted or has received a threat of violence in the course of employment must report the incident to their line manager as soon as is practicable .
5 HOUSEWIFE Alma Brownrigg , who emigrated from Chelmsford , Essex , to Malta has received a bill from Eastern Electricity for 1p .
6 ATHLETICS champion Nadeem Malik who suffers from cerebral palsy has received a grant for equipment from Middlesbrough council .
7 He is putting his faith in an appeal to create an endowment fund , and recently he has received a grant from the new libraries programme of the EC , to exchange and coordinate information between the Witt , the Rijksbureau in The Hague , and Trinity College , Dublin .
8 Furthermore , it is open to a company to complain that a competitor has received a subsidy from a public authority which is incompatible with the Treaty of Rome .
9 Consultant Greta Baldwin has received a request for a consultation from an inhabitant of Coutances .
10 Trust dispositions are valid only if the trustee has received a benefit under the testator 's will .
11 If , on the other hand , B is already the heir of A , then he has received a benefit under A 's estate , and so far as that benefit extends he may be asked to make over property to C. If he does so , however , this is regarded as restitution of property from A 's estate rather than as an institution to B's own estate .
12 Aerospatiale has received a follow-on-contract from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the United States for ten TB-9 Tampicos , with options for a further sixteen .
13 The John XXIII Centre for Social Research and Action in Rio de Janeiro has received a donation for buying books in the areas of faith and culture , anthropology , philosophy , ethics and theology .
14 A local shop has received a consignment of small Pimelodus pictus and I would like to purchase a pair .
15 Boise , Idaho-based Morris Knudsen Corp says it has received a contract from IBM Corp to assume responsibility for much of the distribution function at the distribution centre in Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania ; IBM Mechanicsburg is the central distribution centre for all parts that IBM uses in maintenance .
16 ‘ The business of the Mayor , my dear Athelstan , is that Sir Adam Horne , burgess , alderman and close friend of the late Sir Ralph , has received a drawing of a three-masted cog , together with a flat sesame seed cake . ’
17 B&C says it has received a stream of offers for Gartmore , the international group which employs about 500 people and has some £6.4billion under management , over the past two to three years .
18 Zenith Electronics Corp , Glenview , Illinois reports that it has received a commitment from two major institutional lenders for a new $90m revolving credit agreement that is good until December 31 next year .
19 The role of food colourings , preservatives and other additives in hyperkinetic syndrome has received a lot of publicity .
20 Stress is a subject which has received a lot of attention and study in recent years .
21 That application , which , thankfully , was approved by the Secretary of State , has received a lot of support from the medical profession and from people working in the health authority .
22 His work has been the subject of seven one-man exhibitions , has been featured as a lead article in the British Journal of Photography , included in many other shows and has received a number of prizes ( including the South Bank Festival Photography Competition 1990 Portfolio ) .
23 Foreign aid has received a number of critical analyses , the best known of which is by Lappé et al.
24 This latest development is another blow for Flashman , who has received a number of crushing setbacks recently .
25 Meanwhile , the Faculty has received a number of responses to the consultative document although the deadline is not until the end of October .
26 He has received a number of private proposals to augment Crec 's capital ( now at the equivalent of about $100,000 ) .
27 Once the agent has received a number of offers , it may well happen that each party is advised of the offers on the table and asked if they are willing to increase their offer .
28 SCOTVEC has received a number of enquiries regarding the cost of registering candidates for general SVQs .
29 The group has received a number of letters in appreciation of their efforts .
30 After months of uncertainty about Berend 's condition , Ms Hurst , 25 , of Tyburn Close , Spital , Wirral , has received a note of gratitude from his parents and other members of his family .
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