Example sentences of "the [noun] has [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Given Futuroscope 's success , it is hardly surprising that the park has attracted the curiosity of its competitors . |
| 2 | There are several dings and dents in the body where the guitar has suffered the slings and arrows of a curious public . |
| 3 | The housewife has to get the washing there in the first place , she has to unload it , sort it , sit and watch it wash and dry ( or dash out to shop in the interim ) and then pack it all up again . |
| 4 | ‘ The prince has expressed the wish that his wife should not be bored by an over-long show , ’ Kensington Palace told the BBC . |
| 5 | Both resolve to wait until the GP has performed the pregnancy test before telling anyone , even though the GP 's pregnancy test uses much the same sort of chemistry as the commercial one and is hardly more reliable or definitive . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's heartening to know that the refinery has stood the test of time despite the harsh climate , ’ reports chief engineer Tony Ferdinand . |
| 7 | How much the retailer has paid the supplier during that month |
| 8 | This is particularly evident when the writer has to organize the negotiations for the essential deals with foreign sub-publishers who collect royalties in non-UK territories . |
| 9 | The writer has used the plan as an aid to memory , jotting down , in a haphazard fashion , things that come to mind or seem useful . |
| 10 | William Bullock 's description being comprehensive , the writer has taken the liberty of adapting this to include details from the French National Archives . |
| 11 | Davies ' description provides additional information and the writer has taken the liberty to amalgamate those which concern the 6th Work : |
| 12 | 1.50 Once the 21 days for acceptance have passed or the trial has started the plaintiff can take the money in court only with the defendant 's consent or by order unless the payment in itself was made or increased after the trial started , when he has two days to accept , but must do so before the judge begins to deliver his judgment ( RSC Ord 22 , r5 ; CCR Ord 11 , r3 ) . |
| 13 | The EEC has banned the marketing of cosmetic products containing mercury in its own member states . |
| 14 | The Board has met the deficit entirely from its own resources and has had to budget , as I 've said , a continuing deficit into the current financial year . |
| 15 | The Board has considered the implementation of the FRS proposed in this exposure draft . |
| 16 | The court may decline to file a petition if not satisfied that the creditor has discharged the obligation imposed on him by 6.3(2) . |
| 17 | for the animal in its mud burrow , valuable time will be lost if it can not prepare itself for foraging until after the tide has left the shore . |
| 18 | The money has come the Government 's waiting list initiative . |
| 19 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has assumed the role of publisher and co-owner of the journal RES Anthropology and Aesthetics , a joint venture with Harvard University 's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology . |
| 20 | The house was up for sale- the estate agents say the case has highlighted the need for a change in the law . |
| 21 | There is no class of disease in which homoeopathy can not be used , although if the case has reached the stage of requiring surgery , for instance , this should not be delayed . |
| 22 | Not surprisingly , the final cost of presenting the case has exceeded the prediction of £30,000 , at around £36,000 . |
| 23 | An inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death , and the case has reopened the controversy about the safety of carriage locks . |
| 24 | If you then er , it will then ask you over what period do you want to right so if you press the end key that will submit the job erm it asks for the sample period , we 're going to use the whole of the sample , so if you just press the return key , that 's the default for the whole of the sample , right , it then asks you what procedure you want to use to estimate the model , we 're going to use O L S option one , just press the return key O L S then the computer has estimated the model , right . |
| 25 | But the computer has revolutionised the art . |
| 26 | The teaching has given the pupils the necessary facts but not the help to consolidate understanding in writing ( or indeed in talk ) , nor to master the compositional abilities to realise the understanding successfully . |
| 27 | Fishermen blame falling catches on the dam , and the loss of the silt has accelerated the river 's flow . |
| 28 | Abbott-inspired work for Sainsbury , Volvo and The Economist has proved the bedrock of the agency 's reputation . |
| 29 | The Chairman has commended the construction |
| 30 | Once the Chairman has signed the minutes no one is empowered to alter them in any way . |