Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But so far neither has shown the tremendous flair with top-spin attacking that made them a major force in the world championships in Dortmund only seven months ago . |
| 2 | That has threatened the whole concept of compulsory competitive tendering and we will keep threatening the government 's compulsory competitive tendering regime by using TUPE and the acquired rights directive as the legal shield to protect our members ' jobs and public services from the Tylers of this world . |
| 3 | It was the latter suggestion , and how it was put into practice , that has enslaved the working man to this day . |
| 4 | That has given the whole company a step up , including Crate , who , as we mentioned earlier , are now making use of the systems that I came here with . ’ |
| 5 | That has brought the Gwili Railway alone six members to date , to say nothing of the other railway societies I have joined . |
| 6 | That has settled the whole matter . |
| 7 | This has given the present city its innumerable trees , its many green spaces , and its fine views and prospects . |
| 8 | This has led the funding bodies ( SERC , NERC , Agricultural and Medical Research Councils ) to introduce a sanctions policy , whereby departments will be penalized , by the withholding of research grants , where more than a given proportion of their students fail to submit theses . |
| 9 | This has led the funding bodies ( SERC , NERC , Agricultural and Medical Research Councils ) to introduce a sanctions policy , whereby departments will be penalized , by the withholding of research grants , where more than a given proportion of their students fail to submit theses . |
| 10 | This has led the National Park Authority to propose issuing guidelines for such events . |
| 11 | This has replaced the old portable harmonium so familiar to former generations of service personnel . |
| 12 | Among other effects this has freed the old Gotthard road between Fluelen and the Gotthard Pass from most through traffic ( as , indeed , it also freed the southern section of that road beyond the pass into the Ticino ) . |
| 13 | This has become the standard Tory party-point in which the Labour Party can be linked with the ecological disaster areas of the no-growth communist world . |
| 14 | And indeed , this has become the dominant twentieth century dogma about incest avoidance . |
| 15 | It is easy to see why this has become the best-loved of all his works . |
| 16 | Consequently , the United States has tended to be most vociferous about a ‘ peace process ’ when this has excluded the Soviet Union , and promised a solution which would strengthen American influence in the region . |
| 17 | From this has come the immense development of Justice and Peace Commissions , both in Rome and throughout the Catholic world , which have greatly helped bring to fruition a whole new dimension of church life , a social activism concerned with the service of the poor , of economic justice and of genuine peace ( Paul VI later declared that ‘ Development is the new name for Peace ’ ) . |
| 18 | This has heightened the political risk of doing it . |
| 19 | This has prompted the National Farmers ' Union to establish a telephone ‘ help desk ’ to deal with queries about taxation and VAT . |
| 20 | This has left the armed forces short of modern equipment . |
| 21 | This has slashed the pre-tax profit figure from £47.7m to Pounds 43.8m for the year to September .. |
| 22 | In conjunction with the new mezzanines , this has boosted the total floor area from 45,000 to 65,000 square feet . |
| 23 | This has provided the main wellspring for widespread discrimination against older people . |
| 24 | Now , as described in Update 5 , a results deadline has been introduced and this has allowed the statistical service to be improved . |
| 25 | It had to be done , and he had known it would not be popular , but he added : ‘ Anyone who becomes Chancellor in order to be popular has chosen the wrong job . ’ |
| 26 | Chapter 2 has outlined the relevant tax provisions to be considered when the husband is disposing of his share or interest in the matrimonial home . |
| 27 | The US state of Hawaii suffered severe damage on Sept. 11 when it was struck by Hurricane Iniki , the strongest to have hit the Hawaiian islands during the 20th century . |
| 28 | This had included the increased use of " Sparrow units " — groups of urban guerrillas who targeted key officials and US military personnel for assassination . |
| 29 | According to Mao this had allowed the wrong people to enter therefore in order to advance with reform purification of the Party was necessary . |
| 30 | The Pawnbrokers Act of 1872 had raised the annual interest chargeable to 25 per cent — a halfpenny a month for every 2s. lent on loans under £2 . |