Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | He has placed them both on the sofa under the magnificent painting of a Ramayana demon by his Thai protegé , not facing one another across his huge desk , to indicate that this is an intimate and informal interview , not to be taken too seriously whatever she says . |
2 | Elaine Moss , in her short article ‘ The ‘ Peppermint ’ lesson' ( 1986 ) has given us one of the best accounts of the happy marriage of the right reader with the right book . |
3 | And finally , Oxfordshire waterskier Shelley Nutt 's sparkling talent to twist and turn has earned her one of the sport 's top honours . |
4 | His brother has lent him some for the time being , but Mr Szuluk says without proper clothes , he ca n't get a job . |
5 | Not Fat Paul — Fat Paul , with his full-breasted bulk , his impassive sloped slab of a face , his parched pub rug , and the cruel blond eyebrows which give the eyes themselves the glint of a veteran ferret who has seen it all in the hare-traps and rat-pits . |
6 | The development of science and education has done something similar in the development of mankind , and is more successful than religions in providing real gains in the external world , because its image of the external world is more accurate than those which are based on religious notions . |
7 | When Faraway Moses , who was once Count St Sylvain and a Black Rider , is captured and imprisoned , Jasper the Terrible , who has made himself responsible for the boy in his own household , offers to release the man who has become like a father to Dick if he will reveal the names of the other Confederates . |
8 | This quote from Jean Aurenche , who co-scripted Tavernier 's first three features , identifies the driving force which informs all the director 's work , and has made him one of the leading European directors today . |
9 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
10 | McAvennie 's peroxide reign has made him one of the most recognisable anti-heroes in Scottish football . |
11 | His amusing analysis of human frailty has made him one of the folk world 's more unlikely heroes — a bard who takes the knocks but never shows the bruising . |
12 | It was the launching pad for a media career that has made her one of the highest paid people on British TV . |
13 | ‘ Men have authority over women because Allah has made one superior to the other , and because they spend their wealth to maintain them ’ says the Koran . |
14 | The contracting system to which my hon. Friend referred has made it possible for the health authority to provide extra capacity for the specialty at Exeter hospital which will ensure that the waiting list can be worked off much more quickly than would otherwise be possible . |
15 | My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the fact that the further substantial increase in the NHS 's capital budget in the next financial year has made it possible for the health authority and the Ministry of Defence to come to an agreement on that issue . |
16 | The ferocity of the piranha fish has made it famous throughout the world . |
17 | The Lord Chancellor has made it clear on the front of that document that they have been issued before being finalised so as to facilitate discussion . |
18 | WEDGWOOD has made it big on the small screen with greatly increased television coverage . |
19 | The closeness of consumer and producer has made it easier for the Registry to expect and to receive from the Computer Centre a computing service of commercial standards , especially in terms of quality and meeting deadlines . |
20 | But it has made us aware of the crusted , jewel-bright variety of Latin America behind things that more often lump its nations together . |
21 | Then it gives me great pleasure now to erm I always knew that John al , has had something different from the rest of us you know he has that kind of air does n't he , that that status in the pulpit which you know , ? |
22 | Rex has told me all about the Tyrrell Society and their activities a dozen times if he 's told me once . |
23 | And in his 36 years in the profession , this approach has landed him several of the hottest potatoes going : campaigning for the British Institute proposals from the Scottish side ; merging his firm Thomson McLintock with Peats ; introducing graduate intake only at the Scottish Institute ; working on the Likierman report on professional liability ; and , last but by no means least , heading up the then newly-formed APB at a time when , in the public view , auditing was becoming increasingly discredited . |
24 | ’ ( For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death . ) |
25 | Not only is there ‘ no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus ’ , but ‘ the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death ’ ( Rom. 8 : l , 2 ) . |
26 | Since its inception in 1984 the Middlesbrough 10k Road Race and Fun Run has proved itself one of the premier events of its kind in the North-East . |
27 | ‘ It 's only recently that I 've felt able to write about him , but the controversy about Down 's Syndrome babies has brought it all to the surface . |
28 | The familiar story of the artists ' model ( female ) sitting for hours , days , even weeks on end , for a ( male ) artist , has brought us some of the great ‘ nudes ’ in art history . |
29 | ‘ We tried to save money by building economically , but it has cost us more in the long run . |
30 | His children have never fully forgiven him and the scandal that surrounded the very public break-up of his first marriage has scarred everyone involved in The Doc 's love-life . |