Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the ombudsman has revealed the occasional bureaucratic horror story , he or she lacks some of the powers of his or her opposite number in other systems . |
| 2 | Further , it is probably only when the GP has performed the initial expert task of transforming signs and symptoms into an organised illness , that the patient can formulate the help he requires as possibly beyond the competence of his GP . |
| 3 | We assume that the writer has used the basic historical framework for her story — Wroe 's demand that his flock should provide his household with seven virgins ( female , although this was not specified ) for his ‘ comfort and succour ’ : and that not terribly long afterwards , he was put on trial by his church for alleged naughtiness with two of them . |
| 4 | Changed testimony and the emergence of two key witnesses who disappeared before the trial have placed the judicial system under intense pressure to reopen the case . |
| 5 | It is not clear what view of the section the court would take in a case in which there was a clash between shareholder and employee interests , and there was evidence that the board had favoured the latter . |
| 6 | The Board has appointed the following committees to deal with specific aspects of the Group 's affairs . |
| 7 | After the beginner has acquired the basic principles of kung fu and enough knowledge to string together simple one- and two-step techniques , he comes into contact with what are known as ‘ forms ’ . |
| 8 | During the preceding years the hairpin had perforated the inner end of the vagina and eventually turned through 180° . |
| 9 | In traditionally examined courses such as the current HNC or HND , the criterion for award of prizes may simply be that the winner has obtained the top mark when all students across the length and breadth of the country are compared . |
| 10 | ‘ It would have been a different story if the brewery had done the earlier repairs . ’ |
| 11 | The case had made the front page ; eight column inches in the bottom right-hand corner : |
| 12 | On Sept. 7 an unidentified Kuwaiti resistance leader had said that " the resistance has cost the Iraqi regime between one and two thousand soldiers " . |
| 13 | This means the vet has hit the right spot , but , despite giving the appearance of a canine pin cushion , it is obviously not too unpleasant an experience . |
| 14 | The computer has rendered the hands-on animation that created the monsters in this and previous Ray Harryhausen films as outdated , however charming in its way , as the original King Kong ( 1933 ; effects : Willis J O'Brien ) , without the mythic power which keeps that minor masterpiece mysteriously fresh . |
| 15 | Modern morality The Queen and the Archbishop have shown the continuing authority of the old establishment |
| 16 | Where tiger numbers have increased and the size of the reserve has stayed the same , there has been an overspill of tigers into areas of human occupation . |
| 17 | Once the monitoring has established the precise level of radon present , it 's possible to install equipment , for around a thosand pounds , that 'll pump the gas out of the house . |
| 18 | The division has poisoned the neighbouring countries ' relations — further complicated because the official language of Ghana is English , that of Togo French . |
| 19 | The coin had found the central stem of the bolt , the rust shell was dispersed . |
| 20 | The largest thunderclap of the storm had followed the Prime Minister 's words ‘ Right , gentlemen , this means war ’ , and the subsequent flash of lightning , it was remembered later , had lit up the entire room , despite the blackout curtains . |
| 21 | However , like Welsh national consciousness itself , the University has emphasized the cultural , linguistic and academic aspects of the country 's life at the expense of the vocational and technological . |
| 22 | The user has to judge the exact moment to stop . |
| 23 | By the time Johnstone was helped ashore , the manager Willie Ormond had been alerted and the story had taken the first few faltering steps into football mythology . |
| 24 | The driver had seen the green flag and had opened the regulator to ease forward , yelling at Albert to come on . |
| 25 | Reasons are that the PC has become the conventional engineering tool ; most DSP applications programs run under ms-dos ; hardware interfacing of target DSP boards to the PC has become a standard practice , and the PC represents a low cost entry point into the field of DSP development . |
| 26 | Those traders were relieved yesterday to see the Bundesbank had held the 8.25 per cent rate unchanged . |
| 27 | In Germany turnover taxes have been abolished and the Bundesbank has dismantled the remaining restrictions on issuance and underwriting of foreign currency bonds by borrowers domiciled in Germany ( until then issuance in foreign currency required a non-resident financial subsidiary ) . |
| 28 | The Stick has got the same range as the piano and I can jump four octaves with one hand . |
| 29 | There is as yet no word on who will play the part of Toole 's hero , the bloated medievalist Ignatius J Reilley , though earlier suggestions for the part have included the late Divine ( Waters 's idea ) and the late John Belushi ( the studio 's idea ) . |
| 30 | Besides , while the financial implications of the defeat by England have never been revealed , one can safely assume that the loss has deprived the French players of a fair amount of endorsements and sponsorship . |