Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb -s] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A superlative development of 2 , 3 and 4 bedroom houses by Higgs & Hill has redefined the meaning of life on the waterfront . |
| 2 | Law firm Healy & Baillie has accused the agency , which is an offshoot of Lloyd 's of London insurance market , of negligence after it allegedly inspected the passenger ship Scandinavian Star and approved its safety shortly before its tragic voyage . |
| 3 | Young & Rubicam has won the £2.5m Welsh Water account . |
| 4 | EMBATTLED property giant Olympia & York has cleared the main obstacle to concluding the sale of its prestige Toronto office block , Exchange Tower . |
| 5 | Eamon from Toni & Guy has used the TiGi Linea range of styling products to create this style |
| 6 | Cheltenham & Gloucester has cut the return on the majority of its investment accounts . |
| 7 | There is general agreement that Taylor has oversimplified the traditional relationship which once existed between working-class supporters and their clubs . |
| 8 | For a time it seemed that Christie 's had the inside track — they offered the Sharp apartment for sale in the late autumn of 1992 . |
| 9 | What I can also tell you is that Lucy 's engaged the erm British Cast Iron Research Association to carry out a survey , and they tried to repeat the circumstances of the explosion , and they could n't do so . |
| 10 | The invention has so impressed the judges of the Toshiba Year of Invention Competition , that Richard has reached the final 20 , out of more than 4,000 entrants . |
| 11 | ‘ My bet is that Nevil has taken the girl already — maybe Dover to Folkestone . |
| 12 | Although JM has won both Technology and Export Awards in the past , this was the first time that CSD has achieved the Export Award , which emphasises the success of our Autocatalyst Europe operation based at Royston . |
| 13 | There have to be , there are particular reasons why er after revolutionary upheavals you very often get authoritarian forms of government and I would say in Russia and i i in a sense it 's linked with Harold 's question as well about erm the Chinese following a Stalinist model of economic reconstruction think what you 've actually got in Russia is not this sort of mass hankering after authoritarianism but you 've got a situation where the bureaucracy that controls a completely devastated , backward economy , which is what they 've actually got in the early nineteen twenties , where the working class democracy has just disappeared really with , with the , with the economic collapse , with the factories shutting down , with all of the old communist party militants going into the Red Army or getting sucked into the state bureaucracy with that sort of complete collapse really , economically and socially and politically , you 've got a situation where the central priority of the leadership is to build up Russian industry as quickly as possible so that Russia has got the armed forces it needs |
| 14 | The Parallel Operating Environment is just one piece of the bundle of utilities and development tools that IBM has dubbed the AIX Parallel Environment . |
| 15 | An informed insider told me last night : ‘ It is absolutely certain that Nigel has done the deal . |
| 16 | It was also noted that Isobel has rejoined the orchestra for two rehearsals . |
| 17 | NOW THAT China has joined the two international copyright conventions , it is worth looking at how the revolution in knowledge dissemination has affected the region . |
| 18 | Although Blanche has brought the consequences of her actions on herself she suffers in a way that no one should have to suffer . |
| 19 | It 's not the first time that Wimpey has taken the lead in Scotland . |
| 20 | We have not covered the fact that Hillingdon has become the first education authority in the country to have 75% of its secondary schools opted out . |
| 21 | Colour matching is not a real problem , heraldry has distinct tinctures laid down and these are adhered to , although Mary has had the occasional viewer saying that the badge was never that colour ! |
| 22 | When Callow himself chooses to direct a film , he finds that Makavejev has told the truth . |
| 23 | But it is only in the last 30 years that Australia has secured the knowledge , technique and the desire to produce the sort of subtle , light wines which we enjoy — and at which Australia excels . |
| 24 | But although Mansell has won the first four races this season , he 's trying not to be over-confident about making it five . |
| 25 | Back at the corner plot , the imaginary Seniors are delighted that Carole has had the gigantic poplar at the back removed . |
| 26 | It will be the ninth occasion that Twickenham has represented the last hurdle in Scotland 's attempt to capture the Triple Crown and only once — Wilson Shaw 's match in 1938 — has the elusive prize been garnered . |
| 27 | It is shocking that Europe has produced the most horrifying ethno-racism in the world during the 20th century . |
| 28 | It may be that Britain has overemphasised the potential benefits of free trade ; that she has actually benefited from the protectionist philosophy which permeates the EEC ; that being a member of a cohesive new power bloc is what has counted ; that the ‘ fight ’ with the Americans over agricultural matters is a case in point ; that had she been on her own , Britain would have been trampled over by her cousins on the other side of the Atlantic . |
| 29 | Does the recent rash of serious accidents affecting people jammed together in small spaces mean that Britain has become the glass jaw , as well as , allegedly , the dirty man of Europe ? |
| 30 | Lord Young declined to comment on the revelations contained in the memorandum or the confirmation by Sir Peter Gregson , permanent secretary at the DTI , that Britain has kept the deal secret because ‘ it would severely damage our relations with the European Commission ’ . |