Example sentences of "the [adj] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insistence on the supremacy of the political has become a cliché of recent thinking . |
| 2 | The effect is that even if the liability remains in full the accused has secured a remission of it . |
| 3 | It is also believed that none of the injured has made a complaint to the police . |
| 4 | A repurchase agreement provides a means for the short to lend money to the futures market : the short agrees to buy a bond with a provision to sell it back to the market at a predetermined price and to receive a rate of interest , the repo rate . |
| 5 | The Northern has made a £1,690 profit on its imaginary £10,000 portfolio in the first two months of the year , while Wise Speke has made £574 . |
| 6 | The zoologist David Norman points out that the Cretaceous does show a decrease in sauropods , and a rather dramatic increase in ornithopods . |
| 7 | The Gruff 's had a marmalade tom cat that was always getting into trouble . |
| 8 | Designed by the eminent architect C. J. Phipps , the Royal has enjoyed a history of live theatre since 1884 . |