Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter focuses on manufacturing and on the current state of that part of the economy which once made the UK the workshop of the world . |
| 2 | By using the CAPM the model introduces the problem of unstable betas ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 3 | The euthanasia law was a broadly backed compromise worked out after 20 years of exhaustive public debate and has given the Netherlands the world 's most lenient policy on mercy killing . |
| 4 | The marshalling of technical capital and human resources which will make the USSR the world 's leading nuclear nation by the year 2000 is a case in point ( see Nuclear Power — A Tale of Two Systems ) . |
| 5 | In January 1980 a Soviet commentator noted that according to the admissions of the American State Department ‘ the leaders of Egypt , Oman , Somalia and Kenya have agreed to grant the Pentagon the right to use the ports and a number of military installations in their countries ’ . |
| 6 | Once it was decided to launch the Bond the Product Development team set to work in determining the financial aspects of the plan — how it would actually work , etc . |
| 7 | However , the Marxist regime in South Yemen has permitted the USSR the use of port facilities at Aden and numerous airfields for reconnaissance missions over the Indian Ocean and the Horn of Africa . |
| 8 | She did not immediately issue a new notice , an omission which in effect granted the USA the use of Subic Bay indefinitely under a 1947 military agreement , which the Philippine government said remained in force . |
| 9 | Britain should give the EEC the sort of leadership that France would not and West Germany could not provide . |
| 10 | According to an early draft , the new Programme would give the CPSU the task of carrying out ‘ historically progressive aims ’ ( not necessarily communism ) , and socialism itself was defined as a society of ‘ economic effectiveness , social justice , political democracy and human solidarity ’ ( but not necessarily of public ownership ) . |
| 11 | So if a person prefers to go private instead of waiting , surely that person would reduce the waiting list and save the NHS the cost of the operation . |
| 12 | So if a person prefers to go private instead of waiting , surely that person would reduce the waiting list and save the NHS the cost of the operation . |
| 13 | His successor as landlord , James ( possibly a relation of John ) decided to rename the Alma the Jubilee Hotel , but in 1878 John Wharlton converted it back into The Alma Hotel . |
| 14 | He joined the Mott The Hoople fan club and spent most of his homework time addressing letters to that organisation . |
| 15 | The embarrassing reality was that Burrows had proved more wily than his pursuers had given him credit for , and had managed to give the S.O.U. the slip . |
| 16 | The well-rounded rib — the barrel chest that has helped to give the Suffolk the name of Punch — is a distinctive feature , as is the deep carcase . |
| 17 | We have got in touch with ( Vice President Hosni ) Murbarak by radio and Mr Sadat is expecting the Shah the day after tomorrow at two P.M. in Aswan " . |
| 18 | One relative , understandably upset , rang THe Manchester Evening News who used the outrage as a lead story , giving The Smiths the kind of publicity no band would relish . |
| 19 | He refused an invitation from the EC 's energy authority to investigate the possibilities of translating electricity , generated within green plants , into a new source of fuel : he did not care for the clause giving the EC the right to suppress anything in the eventual reports . |
| 20 | It was the Office of Woods and Forests which offered the RAF the site at the head of the Whitehall Stairs on Victoria Embankment , and the Memorial Fund gratefully accepted the offer . |
| 21 | One wishes the Scotts the longevity that has been the hallmark in the past of both the Austen Hayes Gallery in York and the Stone Gallery in Newcastle . |
| 22 | Markedly out of balance with the ten list seats fairly allotted to Schleswig-Holstein , these 14 gave the CDU the opportunity to win no less than 13 seats . |
| 23 | A 1903 treaty between the US and Panama gave the US the right to build and open a waterway . |
| 24 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ It was a wonderful donation and because it was so generous we gave the Leas the chance to name the two dogs . ’ |
| 25 | A spokeswoman for The Guide Dog for the Blind Centre at Middlesbrough said : ‘ It was a wonderful donation and because it was so generous we gave the Leas the chance to name the two dogs . ’ |
| 26 | The Chinese attack on Vietnam in March 1979 gave the USSR the leverage to activate this agreement ; a gradual extension of Soviet facilities in Cam Ranh Bay took place over the following years . |
| 27 | Striker Andy Cole gave the Robins the lead after 78 minutes in the mist-shrouded Giovanni Zini Stadium . |
| 28 | A second and less well-known treaty gives the US the right to defend the canal 's neutrality . |
| 29 | With South Africa 's re-entry into the world community and the government 's stated intention of rejoining the ILO the time is ripe for a comprehensive comparative study . |
| 30 | For example , to conciliate the BMA the government ruled that trusts must stick to central junior doctor staffing levels and pay staff at nationally negotiated rates . |