Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [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 | The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He 'd known he would n't be putting on the act as soon as the boy had handed him the carrier . |
| 18 | We did have them , for County Hall had sent us the list of these hospitals and their separate functions . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Her husband had left her the year before for some Tex-Mex bitch , claiming that she was too boring to live with . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | A BOY 'S ambition to run a cafe with a smile has won him the title of Smarties ' Young Achiever of the Year . |
| 23 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | That 's it and let them , let them get on with it in the middle of bloody summer with a pint of water and say , look , that pint of water has to last you the day . |
| 26 | Evolution has given us the Canaletto whose complex city perspectives recede infinitely away and now it is itself seen regressing as |
| 27 | In this case , cerebral development has denied it the automatic response while defective social development has denied it the opportunity of learning the skill it lacks . |
| 28 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 29 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 30 | NORTHAMPTON 'S 3–1 victory over Second Division Fulham in the FA Cup first round has earned them the vote from Graham Taylor 's panel as the Barclays Performance of the Week . |