Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A previous Tory Home Secretary wrote in the White Paper : ’ Since the Prior committee 's report was published , the Government 's Public Order Bill has been put before Parliament Given the restructuring of public order offences in the Public Order Bill , the Government 's view is that there is no need for a further public offence of prison mutiny . ’ |
| 2 | His violent death was only a matter of course given the way he lived . |
| 3 | Why not follow such a course given the controversy about the issue of district services being autonomous from mental hospitals ? |
| 4 | In February 1974 the original lessee assigned the lease to the second defendant , a company , which duly entered into the required covenant directly with the landlord . |
| 5 | Clinton 's reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy because of the debate over the validity of his win over the Mexican , Isidro Perez , to win his title and the verdict given the Scot after his first defence against Danny Porter , from London . |
| 6 | The British critic Bryher regarded the film as ‘ the first authentic comment on the War ’ , praised particularly the depiction of enlistment , and poured scorn on those other British critics who had disliked the film 's suggestion that it had been America who had won the war . |
| 7 | Is the Minister aware that now that clear decisions have been taken on trust status , anxiety in Sheffield relates to the likely impact of the Chancellor 's autumn statement on the health authority 's financial position next year and in the long term , and particularly the need for greater per capita funding given the number of elderly people and the levels of health inequality and social deprivation in Sheffield , particularly in Attercliffe ? |
| 8 | Another common composite building placed the cow-house , stable or cart-shed under part of the barn . |
| 9 | This was shortly after Indonesia 's independence , when chaos racked the nation and Celebes was terrorized by the " Darul Islam " rebels , an Islamic fundamentalist group who succeeded in capturing the entire medical team and holding them hostage for eighteen months . |
| 10 | Our colleagues in Development Projects Division formulated the Business Venture Programme in partnership with Scottish Enterprise . |
| 11 | Those who had heard about major items of foreign news — such as the Amin coup in Uganda , the deaths of Nasser in Egypt and Nkrumah in Ghana , or the proposed resumption of British arms sales in South Africa — had for the most part received the news from the radio . |
| 12 | In the play , which was to tour Britain before running in London 's West End , Crawford was cast as Runnicles , a bank clerk given the task of disposing of piles of pornography that is delivered to the manager and his wife . |
| 13 | In this context the question of jobs being created by West Belfast people themselves inevitably arose , but there was a general lack of hope given the effect of political vetting on community economic initiatives . |
| 14 | Today , the rose , especially the H.T. and its offspring , the Floribunda , is very big business indeed , and played for huge winnings , with large multi-national companies paying fortunes to have a new rose variety given the company name . |
| 15 | Philip 's Mum scattered the oven chips on the baking tray . |
| 16 | A mousse-pink suite occupied the bathroom , while the bedrooms were lined with cheap DIY cupboards . |
| 17 | Later , a container of tea punctuated the morning training . |
| 18 | As used within the collateral fact doctrine this does not and never has meant only what I have termed the Y question , the question of what is , in fact , a fair rent given the existence of a furnished tenancy . |
| 19 | This study justified the use of villus height as an indicator of the nutritional state in rats . |
| 20 | In general I thought the campaign was well presented and dealt with by Media Action given the shortness of time they had to prepare the sketches and the associated scripts . |
| 21 | The absence in 1983 of any need to think about , and justify , a second term given the disarray of the opposition not only produced a remarkably thin manifesto ( Why take unnecessary risks ? ) but also , more significantly , led to a loss of momentum . |
| 22 | When I tried this sort of stuff before , I had one flight in a sort of plywood packing-case painted the colour of the blue stuff they used to paint on your balls when you got crabs and spent the rest of the day hanging around with a pack of strangle-voiced bores in bobble hats . |
| 23 | Equity regarded the distinction as of less importance , in the sense that if a representation were untrue , whether to the knowledge of its maker or not , and were a material factor in inducing another party to enter into a contract with him , that party was entitled to rescind the contract if he were plaintiff , or resist specific performance if he were defendant . |
| 24 | and he treated his horse well I mean a lot of these horseman , good horseman treated the horse better than they did the wife ! |
| 25 | Women for Socialism is all the more imperative given the labour movement 's political crisis ’ . |
| 26 | What I am suggesting is that Spenser 's texts offer glimpses of issues which Elizabethan culture found awkward to confront directly — a belief in the precariousness of its civilisation given the existence of savagery ( exemplified by other customs , baser classes , other religions ) confronting a self-defined orderly minority . |
| 27 | Whether or not the Association regarded the method of debt collection adopted by London Manhattan 's Smelly Tramps Ltd as conforming to the highest ethical standards , it apparently had a high success rate . |
| 28 | In the end , over 600 people were able to take part in the inquiry , a remarkably high figure given the time required to prepare and attend and the intimidating feel of the proceedings . |
| 29 | The problem seemed to be that the job had not been openly offered on the market here in Britain , an impossible condition given the remit of the job . |
| 30 | Has the Department completed the review of the investment for safety , as required by Hidden ? |