Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I only wonder why nobody has given us the small print of the Social Chapter that Labour and the Liberal Democrats want so badly . |
| 32 | Now Michael White and John Gribbin have given us Stephen Hawking : a Life in Science , or rather Mr White has given us the life and Mr Gribbin the science ; the latter is awash with black holes , white dwarfs , protons , pulsars , quasars and quarks and is therefore no more comprehensible than Brief History ; also , what is one to make of a writer who speaks at one moment of ‘ tiny black holes ’ and the next of ‘ black holes which could eat solar systems for breakfast ’ ? |
| 33 | ‘ He has given us the feeling that we could not have been better prepared , ’ said Hockley after her opening round . |
| 34 | The onward march of technological progress has given us the user-friendly sealed cassette , much more difficult to damage or tamper with — or to intervene in ( and to recreate on modern machines ) . |
| 35 | In addition EMI has given us the engagingly silly Overture on Hebrew Themes ( Béroff with Michel Portal and the Parrenin Quartet ) and Béroff 's 1981 recording of the Visions fugitives . |
| 36 | The East , on the other hand , has given us the long-haired Persian cat from sixteenth-century Iran , the silky Angora cat from Turkey at the same period ( when Ankara was pronounced Angora ) , and the exotic , long-legged Siamese cat from seventeenth-century Thailand . |
| 37 | And in so doing he has given us the joyrider 's equivalent of Neil Young 's ‘ Tonight 's The Night ’ , The Pogues ' ‘ Hell 's Ditch ’ and the Stones ' ‘ Exile On Main Street ’ — one of those awful black records to turn to when you 're feeling at your most morbid . |
| 38 | But through the Spirit , God has given us the ability to fulfil those requirements . |
| 39 | God means us to know that we are in Christ , and has given us the Spirit to assure us . |
| 40 | God means us to grow in Christlikeness , and has given us the Spirit to change us . |
| 41 | God has given us the Holy Spirit so that He can work in His world . |
| 42 | ‘ We are emerging from just about as difficult a period as I can remember in over 37 years in the business , but we are emerging with capital ratios still among the strongest of any of the world 's banks — ready and willing to lend for any viable purpose , and desperate for the chance to show both personal and corporate customers that the personal , flexible , friendly service which we have tried to give in the past and which I hope has given us the privilege of enjoying your company tonight — that same service is still very much on offer today . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ Your excellent work has given us the answer to that question , Watson . |
| 44 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 45 | ‘ What matters is that she has given us the most glorious production we have ever had at Hochhauser . |
| 46 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 47 | ‘ The success of the over-haul has given us the incentive to improve the plant systems and procedures even further , ’ added Ian . |
| 48 | ‘ Using natural gas has given us the flexibility to run domestic heating from the same boilers , plus leaving the opportunity to heat other outlying areas of the castle at a later stage . ’ |
| 49 | Rahab tells them , ‘ I know that the Lord has given you the land , and that the fear of you has fallen upon us , and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you . ’ |
| 50 | Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage . |
| 51 | God has made everybody good at different things , so try to discover what it is that God has given you the ability to do , and try to do it as well as possible . |
| 52 | In part 2 the author has given you the option of turning off those infuriating flashing lasers and electric grills , which I found helped me to think a little easier but , alas , did n't help me in solving the problem . |
| 53 | In future the Minister will be able to refer to the Bill and say , ’ Parliament has given you the power to dispose of works of art , if you wish to acquire more — and , in using those receipts from disposals , you are specifically confined to making further acquisitions . |
| 54 | Someone in authority will visit both of you , once the hospital has given you the once over . |
| 55 | Microsoft has given it the thumbs up for Windows NT . |
| 56 | It implies that the Prime Minister has permitted him the freedom ‘ to take whatever action is needed ’ in the past . |
| 57 | NORTHAMPTON 'S 3–1 victory over Second Division Fulham in the FA Cup first round has earned them the vote from Graham Taylor 's panel as the Barclays Performance of the Week . |
| 58 | The ANC described the membership of the five MPs ( who were subsequently expelled from the DP ) as formalizing a " long-standing relationship which has earned them the greatest respect " and as underlining the ANC 's commitment to " a truly non-racial South Africa " . |
| 59 | The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system . |
| 60 | It is a handsome plant , one of the tallest of the umbelliferous herbs , with a strong distinctive , celery-like flavour which has earned it the name of the " Maggi " herb in Italy . |