Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In future the Minister will be able to refer to the Bill and say , ’ Parliament has given you the power to dispose of works of art , if you wish to acquire more — and , in using those receipts from disposals , you are specifically confined to making further acquisitions . |
| 2 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 3 | No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 5 | By Thursday , some journalists were reporting that a Royal aide had told them the marriage was ‘ clearly not made in heaven ’ . |
| 6 | His years in the ring had left him the legacy of being quick on his feet , and he caught Larsen some twenty yards short of the door . |
| 7 | His clemency had earned him the regard of the West and would , surely , last until Twelfth Night . |
| 8 | Birmingham 's lively musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 ’ in the Arts Council 's Arts 2000 scheme linking a different city or region with a particular art form each year to the year 2000 . |
| 9 | Birmingham 's lively and varied musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Your excellent work has given us the answer to that question , Watson . |
| 11 | The act has made him the star of the show . |
| 12 | As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded . |
| 13 | But it 's written for the non-microprocessor specialist to try to show him the way to erm exploit these things . |
| 14 | Genoa boasted a powerful ancient landed nobility whose surplus wealth helped to give it the capital for its commercial enterprises ; but it also needed to import food and raw materials from elsewhere , and enjoyed a powerful economic motive for becoming a centre of commerce . |
| 15 | The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis . |
| 16 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 17 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 18 | Even a bare second had shown him the gauntness of her face , its pallor throwing the make-up into a strange relief , like those simulated three-dimensional photographs . |
| 19 | Clive James , whose Observer column had made him the doyen of television critics in the Seventies , wrote ; ‘ One has been kept from previous series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em by its awful title , but it is time to say what everybody is saying-that the show is a must . |
| 20 | He 'd known he would n't be putting on the act as soon as the boy had handed him the carrier . |
| 21 | We did have them , for County Hall had sent us the list of these hospitals and their separate functions . |
| 22 | In part 2 the author has given you the option of turning off those infuriating flashing lasers and electric grills , which I found helped me to think a little easier but , alas , did n't help me in solving the problem . |
| 23 | Shortly after Anna was born her mother married , and a year or so ago her husband died leaving her the house and a little money . |
| 24 | Her husband had left her the year before for some Tex-Mex bitch , claiming that she was too boring to live with . |
| 25 | Sir Colin Marshall , BA 's chairman , said last night : ‘ We are delighted that Secretary Pena and his team have given us the opportunity to offer our customers the facility to travel on a global network with simplified booking and check-in procedures . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ However , there 's no need to bother showing me the view . ’ |
| 27 | The Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ) did not co-operate because the assembly failed to offer them the opportunity of power-sharing which they gained in 1973 . |
| 28 | A BOY 'S ambition to run a cafe with a smile has won him the title of Smarties ' Young Achiever of the Year . |
| 29 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 30 | That point applies to nurses at the basic level , but it is even more important when they become a more valuable resource after their post-basic education has given them the ability to prescribe . |