Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Treasury Bench has heard what the hon. Gentleman said . |
| 2 | The Queen has been told that she is not to summon anybody to form a Government until she has heard who the new Leader is . |
| 3 | In fact it was one of Adams 's less-explosive innings which has given him the most pleasure this summer . |
| 4 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 5 | Three thousand members of the British Shops and Stores Association ( which , since last Autumn has incorporated NARF ) , were invited to nominate the flooring manufacturer who has given them the best service . |
| 6 | An anonymous businessman has given them the remaining amount . |
| 7 | A FRENCHWOMAN has given herself the ultimate facelift in an attempt to create the perfect features . |
| 8 | I only wonder why nobody has given us the small print of the Social Chapter that Labour and the Liberal Democrats want so badly . |
| 9 | TELEVISION has given us the dramatised documentary Last week The Sunday Telegraph , in its report ‘ Cambridge blues as Oxford bags title ’ , gave us the dramatised book review . |
| 10 | God has given us the Holy Spirit so that He can work in His world . |
| 11 | Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage . |
| 12 | The ANC described the membership of the five MPs ( who were subsequently expelled from the DP ) as formalizing a " long-standing relationship which has earned them the greatest respect " and as underlining the ANC 's commitment to " a truly non-racial South Africa " . |
| 13 | The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system . |
| 14 | Mr Heseltine can reasonably say that he has done what the political reality required of him . |
| 15 | It has done it the old-fashioned way , with teamwork , better quality and new models that appeal to its customers . |
| 16 | But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative . |
| 17 | A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject . |
| 18 | This has been the practice in many countries internationally , but our sudden realisation of its effectiveness in creating bilingualism has made it the major discovery in language acquisition . |
| 19 | All of that suggests that the sheep industry is poised to make the most of the structural accident that has made it the biggest producer of lamb in the Northern Hemisphere . |
| 20 | In per capita terms , Venezuela 's long history as an oil exporter — between 1929 and 1969 it was the world 's leading exporter — has made it the richest country in South America . |
| 21 | Flashman has made us the laughing stock of football . |
| 22 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 23 | The American golf historian Herb Warren Wind has called it the greatest bunker shot in all championship play . |
| 24 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |
| 25 | A freelance musician has found himself the perfect practice room … an empty theatre which he has all to himself . |
| 26 | The RSPB campaign launched this week has set itself the ambitious target of trying to reverse the Common Agricultural Policy , or CAP , which encourages intensive farming . |
| 27 | And next year she has set herself the personal goal of raising £500,000 . |
| 28 | ‘ It amazes me he should now want to kill the goose that has laid him the golden egg . |
| 29 | The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 . |
| 30 | Whichever way a point of law is resolved , including without lawyers being consulted , a decision on a point of law will stand unless the expert has asked himself the wrong question of law . |