Example sentences of "the [noun prp] has [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The EEC has banned the marketing of cosmetic products containing mercury in its own member states .
2 And the Vatican has held the secret to this very day .
3 A PHOTOGRAPH of a Royal Marine advancing into Port Stanley after yomping across the Falklands has provided the inspiration for a 12ft high bronze statue symbolising the spirit and achievements of the Royal Marines .
4 The DoH has issued the guidance to fill gaps in the Children Act , building on Volume 4 : Residential Care .
5 For the past two years the BVDG has used the Cologne Art Fair as a platform to promote support for particular museums .
6 In my area of east London , the TEC has asked the careers service to canvass for places because the training providers are not coming up with them .
7 It is still not clear whether the PowerPC has had the multi-processing guts ripped out of it , though Michael Slater editor of Microprocessor Report informs us modifications made to it include having 38 opcodes deleted , which means that all instructions that use multiply and quotient register , difference or zero and three integer operand instructions have all been wiped out .
8 The NHS has had the lion 's share of the very substantial increases in public spending over the last few years , and this has resulted in higher standards of care and treatment , ’ he writes .
9 The red herring of who did what to whom on the NHS has dominated the media when important issues like devolution , the reform of the House of Lords and our contribution ( political and monetary ) to the EC are ignored .
10 The TARDIS has brought the time-travellers back to Roman times — to 64 AD to be exact — and they have been holidaying in a deserted villa near a small town .
11 For many years , trade across the Atlantic has provided the backbone of business for the air cargo industry .
12 Nevertheless , the ERA has given the Secretary of State considerable powers .
13 The IMF has used the ICP estimates for its new weightings for all countries except China , where the Fund used its own more modest estimate , thinking the ICPs unrealistically high .
14 A friend of mine in the Commons has described the Heath and Maudling campaigns to me .
15 It is hard to understand why the RIBA has to promote the idea of employing architects to design individual homes — only the British seem to resist architect involvement .
16 As it says in the Torah : ‘ More than the Jews have kept the Torah , the Torah has kept the Jews . ’
17 The CPS has returned the file and said it does not intend to prosecute the officers , who have not been named by police chiefs .
18 The BBC has promised the unions that even extras will get an advance on royalties — currently £5 — before a single recording is sold .
19 With this in mind , the BBC has bought the rights to a clutch of old black-and-white feature films , which it hopes people will buy or rent for lazy Sunday afternoon viewing .
20 SINCE the BBC has bought the rights to the Thatcher Story , let's hope they tell it all .
21 The BBC has let the side down too , what with ‘ EastEnders ’ , ‘ Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit ’ , and all .
22 The BBC has told the satellite operators that it is definitely still interested .
23 It therefore seems to me unfortunate that , since the beginning of the 1990–91 session , the BBC has changed the format to include interviews with MPs and even studio discussions on some occasions .
24 The UK has flouted the EC 's Directive and disagreed with the standards it originally agreed to .
25 The ESA has dropped the idea of swapping Exosat with the communications satellite planned for the next Ariane launch L6 , because Exosat requires a more complex launch into a transfer orbit with a subsequent boost from its own fourth-stage rocket .
26 A PROPOSAL for a referendum on the future of US military bases in the Philippines has paved the way for the possibility of keeping them there .
27 Mr de Klerk declared : ‘ The NP has closed the book on apartheid .
28 In the first place , the retention of the archaic concept of the sovereignty of the Crown-in-Parliament has precluded the development of a fully-fledged citizenship based on the democratic concept of the sovereignty of the people .
29 His comments are a major diplomatic gaffe as the CRC has supported the region in its disquiet over the CRE 's decision to begin an investigation .
30 THE ICC has removed the ban on the ‘ rand rebels ’ on the grounds , as I understand , that South Africa is no longer outside the pale of accepted cricket intercourse as it was at time the offence was committed .
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