Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The TCCB , bless them , have tried with all their splintered might to redress a short-changing of the public by players in knockout competitions which has bordered on the fraudulent , and only came to a head following the Benson & hedges Cup final at Lord 's last year , and the Oval semi-final of the Nat West Trophy a month later . |
2 | That is bound to affect employment , as shown by the number of business failures , which has risen in the past 12 months by 14,000 , and the number of mortgage repossessions , which has topped the 100,000 mark . |
3 | Even while the various rugby groups in South Africa are heading for unification , the New Zealand Rugby Football Union still can not quite make up its mind how quickly it should bridge the gap which has existed since the tumultuous Springbok tour of New Zealand in 1981 . |
4 | There are no plans to end the maximum part-time option , which has existed since the early days of the NHS . |
5 | Also new is the requirement that a private company which has elected under the substituted section 252 to dispense with the laying of accounts before a general meeting or , under section 366A , to dispense with the holding of annual general meetings , must so state in the return . |
6 | This is a movement which has grown in the only way that alliances can , from the bottom up ; it is not merely a discussion group , but a real movement engaged in real debate . |
7 | ‘ A company which has grown in the past two or three years may have been unable to move to larger premises , partly because it has been unable to pass on its present lease . |
8 | He belongs to the General Workers ' Union ( UGT ) , which has quarrelled with the Socialist Party . |
9 | Q : Are we going to be able to regain the business which has declined in the Japanese market ? |
10 | This happens when tension , which has developed in the rectal wall , impedes further radial expansion . |
11 | It 's a story which has danced across the back pages of our newspapers for weeks . |
12 | A similar lane design is apparent in the short section of curving roadway which has survived at the Minoan village of Tylissos , just to the west of House C ( Figure 13 and Plate 13 ) . |
13 | Even conceding that the drugs trade generates large flows of cash , the idea that the Mafia is a single , stable organisation which has survived for the past 50 years largely intact is plainly wrong . |
14 | If there had been no political factor in the equation , it is unlikely that Profumo would have been ruined in the way he was and tortured for years by a newspaper interest which has survived until the present day . |
15 | The third view of the company is one which has prevailed in the academic literature rather more forcefully than in company law doctrine itself . |
16 | Reference to training inevitably raises questions about the role of the Manpower Services Commission ( MSC ) which has emerged as the major institutional vehicle for government schemes to cope with unemployment . |
17 | To do this , however , we need to alter fundamentally the ghetto mentality which has emerged amongst the computer-literate members of our profession and seek collaboration with other humanities scholars . |
18 | Among the items saved was a portrait of Lord Liverpool by Sir Thomas Lawrence , which did not appear in the catalogue and which has gone to the National Portrait Gallery . |
19 | Chairman of my all of the offices or er tremendous amount of work which has gone into the local report to the Committee , er but also to the tremendous amount of work which has been done behind the scenes which I know has been going on with er that is quite good for the officers erm looking at the budget er i in the line with what actually saying for them . |
20 | He has been one of the very few Serbs to have the courage to speak out against the kind of fanatical Serbian nationalism which has led to the present war . |
21 | We will establish a new independent transport safety inspectorate within the health and safety legislation to improve the safety environment which has led to the terrible tragedies of recent years . |
22 | It is such loose , flaccid and irresponsible thinking which has led to the widespread use of the offensive term ’ joyriding ’ . |
23 | In other words , an English bonanza which has contributed to the tragic decline of the salmon in so many Scottish rivers — and to the consequent decline in your economy — is to be allowed to wreak further , and possibly terminal , damage . |
24 | My legs are shaded by the dust which has gathered over the past few days , so that the contrast is like a Coppertone ad , with the puppy pulling a little girl 's knickers off . |
25 | The waters then pour into Austria and past Engelhartszell , a village renowned as a health spa since 1293. even older is Haibach which has stood by the meandering river on a high forested plateaux since 1121 . |
26 | In tandem with the major exhibition on Rietveld 's activities as an architect and furniture designer which has opened at the Centraal Museum of Utrecht ( until 21 February ) , the City Council of Utrecht has pledged DFl.270,000 ( £84,400 ; $146,800 ) for the restoration of ten early villas by the Dutch artist , furniture designer and architect . |
27 | However , a number of United States courts have considered cases in which service has been effected by registered mail upon defendants in Japan , a state which has objected to the other modes of service listed in Article 10 but not to the use of the postal channel . |
28 | The restoration of the warehouse and the adjoining 457m ( 500yd ) length of canal is viewed with enthusiasm by the Wey and Arun Canal Trust , a society which has worked since the early 1970s for the complete restoration of the Arun Navigation and the Wey and Arun Junction Canal between Pallingham and the River Wey , and which has restored the opportunity for navigation to several stretches of these waterways . |
29 | Thus in Europe , the mystical Kabbalism of Isaac Luria ( d. 1572 ) had a deep and enduring influence on the thought and spirituality of Jews which has persisted to the present day , even though it may seem far in spirit from the Talmud . |
30 | One of the biggest issues is likely to be the running down of the coal industry which has resulted in the recent closure of Dawdon and Murton collieries , near Seaham , with the loss of hundreds of jobs . |