Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Secretary of State for Employment opened the debate and has given my hon. Friend the Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) and myself his apologies for the fact that he is now absent . |
| 2 | Nigel Lawson may have won his prime minister the 1987 election , but it has become ever more clear that he let his boom run on too long and too strong thereafter . |
| 3 | Friendly rivalry with underground workers has earned our opencast miners the coal industry nickname : ‘ the sunshine miners ’ - ( features , pages 10/11 ) . |
| 4 | In Ireland the Ulster Farmers Union has joined their Southern counterparts the Irish Association in condemning the proposals , UFU President John Mulvenna claimed that they would further depress farming in Ireland . |
| 5 | They had given their only child the benefit of the doubt , but Paige had known , and Lori had hated her for knowing — and for not telling tales . |
| 6 | All of them had served in Lebanon and Chad , and each of them had a minimum of three years ' service , which meant that when they had done their basic training the violence they were employing with us had been the norm . |
| 7 | As the hon. Gentleman has accused my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest ( Mr. Norris ) of making a mistake , he should not make one himself . |
| 8 | Got my personal account the week after . |
| 9 | HAD Ford not already reserved the name for its forthcoming off-road leisure vehicle , Volkswagen might well have called its sporting flagship the Maverick rather than the Corrado — for it is , indeed , a car that goes against so many accepted practices . |
| 10 | It may be asked what other side The Possessed has . |
| 11 | Mansfield Town Caretaker Manager Bill Bearden has given his whole squad the day off to try to stop the spread of the flu virus . |
| 12 | This is the first time , speaking in this capacity , that I have welcomed my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester , Withington ( Mr. Bradley ) to the Opposition Front Bench . |
| 13 | Don Juan today has lost whatever sympathetic press the years of male domination gave him . |