Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [to-vb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | New regulations for setting up political parties required them to register with the government for a year , have at least five elected office holders , and own property of more than 10,000,000 New Taiwan dollars . |
| 2 | But what aroused resentment from people in the film industry had nothing to do with the merits of these films , which critic Raymond Durgnat reasonably characterized as ‘ sub-Ealing comedies so timid as to be positively ingratiating , ’ nor the production programme 's lack of profitability . |
| 3 | Dorothy Sayers , discussing the literary tastes of one of her characters , the Russian exile Paul Alexis , said of the Ruritanian type of story that ‘ the greater European powers of the League of Nations had nothing to do with the matter ’ : |
| 4 | Mr Gleeson said it would be unfair to suggest the cash injection had something to do with the forthcoming General Election . |
| 5 | In the face of slave rebelliousness abolitionists denied that their support of gradual emancipation had anything to do with the Demerara revolt or that ‘ rash philanthropy ’ had produced slave disorder on earlier occasions in Guadeloupe , St Domingue or Barbados . |
| 6 | The first important modern paintings sale of the year held by Guy Loudmer on 16 February contained nothing to compare with the outstanding works featured in his sales during the height of the speculative boom two or three years ago . |
| 7 | I do not want to suggest that Stalin had nothing to do with the origins of the cold war . |
| 8 | Now do you think that the campaign th the th , the campaigns against the use in cosmetic testing had anything to do with the changes that were brought in , or do you think advances and responsible er science would have , would have made those changes anyway ? |
| 9 | Former Quins centre Ron Eriksson had plenty to celebrate with the only try in London Scottish 's 8-3 win over a rebuilt Gloucester side . |
| 10 | While Babcock Thorn yesterday emphasised its jobs announcement had nothing to do with the Trident issue , the losses will clearly increase the pressure on ministers to award it the nuclear submarine work . |
| 11 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 12 | I can not resist the feeling that the Government 's extraordinary surrender yesterday to German bullying over the recognition of Croatia had something to do with the need to appease German public opinion , which is turning nasty on the whole process — or perhaps it was just sucking up to the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. |
| 13 | He declared that the economic and political crisis had nothing to do with the " war of laws " with the republics [ see above ; pp. 37862-63 ] , commenting : " Republican governments refuse to work in blind obedience , but the central government has failed to see this , and by inertia it has pursued its policy of diktat . " |
| 14 | It stressed that it accepted that Black had nothing to do with the stolen goods or weapons found at the cottage . |
| 15 | He knew that the embarrassment had nothing to do with the fear that he would question , criticize , move like a spy among them . |
| 16 | The next step was to explain the programme to health visitors , giving them the material Better Shoe public relations team wished them to place with the new mother at the time of their first home visit . |
| 17 | While Kahlo 's art helped her to deal with the vicissitudes of her life , for most audiences it is her life story which allows access to her art . |
| 18 | The result might have been different if there had been a notice attached to the goods making it clear that these goods had nothing to do with the defendant 's business as a dealer in second-hand goods but had come from his home and that the sale of the goods was to be a private transaction . |
| 19 | Since Hilton is at pains to show that true contemplation had nothing to do with the emotions and clearly disapproves of Rolle 's spirituality , the term seems puzzling . |
| 20 | The same happened at the Commonwealth Tournament later in the year — and to this day she wonders if this behaviour had something to do with the fact that the selectors did not include her in the 1984 match at Muirfield . |
| 21 | He says the relationship between GM and Lotus had nothing to do with the Elan 's failure . |
| 22 | However , further analysis of the data indicated that the relationship had nothing to do with the individuals ' talent , as judged by expert rating of their contributions to contemporary art . |
| 23 | People noticed everything to do with the Lorrimores . |
| 24 | I believe those murders had something to do with the race I rode for you . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I just wish I could be sure that your chosen career had nothing to do with the fact that it was mine ! ’ |
| 26 | Jeanne 's father wanted nothing to do with the couple . |
| 27 | Official bodies insisted that these disproportionate ‘ difficult ’ placements had nothing to do with the demonstrations and Chinese students were ‘ happy to serve wherever the motherland needs them ’ . |
| 28 | Not that that little affair had anything to do with the riots on Brixton 's Front Line . |
| 29 | Before , during and after this most magnificent of matches , Noah had stressed that the Davis Cup had nothing to do with the rankings or reputations . |
| 30 | Its clammy coldness had nothing to do with the coldness of the day . |