Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Taylor reports got a lot to answer for really
2 The EEC has evolved a mechanism for raising revenue known as ‘ own resources ’ .
3 The RAF has convened a board of inquiry into the crash … which , in an unprecedented move , will include two Russians .
4 The RAF has convened a board of inquiry into the crash … which , in an unprecedented move , will include two Russians .
5 Andrew Lloyd Webber ) half inched the composer 's Rondeau as their election theme , the Dean has advised a period of diplomatic silence at services .
6 IN THE FACE of the millions of people who have become displaced from their homes and their countries , and are refugees , the Vatican has published a document last month to ask Western governments to deal effectively with the ‘ tragedy of forced exile . ’
7 But Brightness has become a money-spinner ; the Russians have become capitalists ; and the Beluga has become a pawn in an international game .
8 The DOE continues to support a study of the migration of the natural decay-series radionuclides of uranium and thorium in a variety of sedimentary settings in Cornwall and Scotland in order to test our ideas and modelling capabilities with a view to applying them to the geological disposal of radioactive waste .
9 The DoE has served a notice on the nomadic inhabitants , pointing out that they are breaching by-laws and that legal action may be taken against them .
10 The Netherlands has contributed a lot on the side to Hollywood in recent years , what with the success of Paul ( Robocop ) Verhoeven and , of course , Rutger Hauer .
11 Philips in the Netherlands has claimed an efficiency of 30 per cent with an engine it built from conventional materials .
12 The DoH has begun a programme of child protection inspections which will cover interviews with children , but nothing specific on the memorandum is planned .
13 In Britain today the Devon has become a beef breed .
14 The HSC has launched a competition for hospitals on the new guidance , set to coincide with Workplace Health and Safety Week , from November 23 to 27 .
15 The Peugeot seems to represent a compromise between the small plates of some rival d-i-y strippers and the hire models .
16 The UITF has issued a consensus ( No 5 ) on transfers from current assets to fixed assets ( p 136 ) .
17 The UITF has issued a statement on the application of its abstracts ( p 9 ) .
18 The VHPB has issued a statement on risk ( available on request ) ; this says employers have a duty to assess the risk status of all workers .
19 The ANC has tabled a bill before parliament which would outlaw mineral exploitation on all 12 of the country 's Ramsar sites .
20 Friends of the Earth-Netherlands has published a report on the impact that the introduction of a sustainable economy would have on Dutch living standards .
21 My hon. Friend will be aware that as a result of the debt crisis , over the past few years the ECGD has accumulated a deficit of more than £4 billion which is , of course , a deficit that falls to the taxpayer .
22 In turn , the SIB has recognised a number of self-regulating organisations ( SROs ) which carry out much of the day-to-day regulation of firms involved in investment business .
23 Over the years , the IMF has provided a forum for many important discussions affecting the international monetary system , and the process of debate and collective decision-making has encouraged cooperation in this area .
24 This is the first time the UN has dispatched a force so close to American borders .
25 The UN has dispatched an official to Kismayu to investigate exactly what was happening .
26 For some years the SSD has funded a Centre for Integrated Living ( CIL ) , which is run by disabled people .
27 It cost a lot and looked lovely , and the BBC has commissioned a sequel .
28 In the UK , the BBC has established a HDTV outside broadcast unit .
29 In response to claims by MAS that the BBC has circulated a list of 67 records that they have allegedly ‘ banned ’ due to their being unlistenable , a spokesperson for Radio 1 said ‘ Absolutely .
30 ‘ If you add Cabernet , it will not taste like Rioja any more , ’ complain those who have a point but who seem to have forgotten the Rioja has changed a number of times in the past .
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