Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [vb pp] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 4 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 5 | No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 7 | The American golf historian Herb Warren Wind has called it the greatest bunker shot in all championship play . |
| 8 | Lisa felt the cold finger of panic momentarily touch her , just as it had when , over the phone earlier , the girl from the claims department had told her the awful truth . |
| 9 | By Thursday , some journalists were reporting that a Royal aide had told them the marriage was ‘ clearly not made in heaven ’ . |
| 10 | At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening . |
| 11 | His years in the ring had left him the legacy of being quick on his feet , and he caught Larsen some twenty yards short of the door . |
| 12 | His clemency had earned him the regard of the West and would , surely , last until Twelfth Night . |
| 13 | Birmingham 's lively musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 ’ in the Arts Council 's Arts 2000 scheme linking a different city or region with a particular art form each year to the year 2000 . |
| 14 | Birmingham 's lively and varied musical scene has won it the title ‘ UK City of Music 1992 . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Your excellent work has given us the answer to that question , Watson . |
| 16 | The act has made him the star of the show . |
| 17 | The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis . |
| 18 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 19 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 20 | Even a bare second had shown him the gauntness of her face , its pallor throwing the make-up into a strange relief , like those simulated three-dimensional photographs . |
| 21 | Clive James , whose Observer column had made him the doyen of television critics in the Seventies , wrote ; ‘ One has been kept from previous series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em by its awful title , but it is time to say what everybody is saying-that the show is a must . |
| 22 | He 'd known he would n't be putting on the act as soon as the boy had handed him the carrier . |
| 23 | We did have them , for County Hall had sent us the list of these hospitals and their separate functions . |
| 24 | Having saved him from almost certain death in the morning at the hands of the enemy , fate had collected him the same evening by a stray bullet fired in error by a Maltese Army recruit . |
| 25 | Moreover , Miss Kid states that there will be a new pool built in close proximity to the William Roberts Centre , despite the fact that the council have told us the there is no money for a new pool . |
| 26 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The French press noted that the Mauritanian government 's pro-Iraqi alignment during the Gulf war had lost it the financial support of certain Gulf states , leaving it more dependent on French aid . |
| 29 | Her husband had left her the year before for some Tex-Mex bitch , claiming that she was too boring to live with . |
| 30 | Sir Colin Marshall , BA 's chairman , said last night : ‘ We are delighted that Secretary Pena and his team have given us the opportunity to offer our customers the facility to travel on a global network with simplified booking and check-in procedures . ’ |