Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the domestic front , Ian is thrilled that England star Clough has joined the Reds ' ranks , and he is looking forward to establishing a fruitful partnership with a player whose vision and passing skills are widely appreciated . |
| 2 | On the positive side , Chris Algar , who described her busy life as a systems engineer in last September 's Medau News has joined the Teachers ' Training Course and at the Step-up and Dance Studio in Leeds Jean Gill made a great impression with an introductory Medau session that she had been invited to reach . |
| 3 | More grist has filled the pessimists ' mill in the years since the Joint Declaration , as Peking has grown more assertive and London more timid . |
| 4 | ‘ The reality , however , is that his Government has given the bombers ' political wing the right to be in the council chamber . ’ |
| 5 | The defeat has deepened the Quakers ' relegation worries and the visit of promotion hopefuls Huddersfield on Saturday when Darlington will be trying to avoid a third successive reversal promises to provide a searching test . |
| 6 | The lender wants to know the business ' present resources , the quality of management , marketing awareness and evidence of promotional skills . |
| 7 | ‘ Gazza has won the fans ' hearts and even if he had n't scored that late goal — and although they would have turned against the side — I do n't think would have turned against him . |
| 8 | These plants were supposed to provide fuel for a new generation of ‘ fast ’ reactors which would burn plutonium , but neither the demand for nuclear power nor the performance of fast reactors has met the planners ' expectations , and the cost of uranium fuel has dropped . |
| 9 | Anthony Seldon has written the overlords ' epitaph : ‘ Thus the Conservatives reverted to the former system of co-ordination of policy in Cabinet Committees and in the Cabinet … . |
| 10 | Well , pardon me for belching , but what we 're talking about here is a virtually unparalleled ( in this musical medium , at least ) honesty and open-ness that so far has hampered the Kitchens ' career like a rucksack full of rocks . |
| 11 | The Rev. William Harper , who has championed the pensioners ' cause , acted as a go-between for the couple , who do not wish to be named . |
| 12 | Although he will take urgent steps to impose a new contract , which they have rejected , he has told the doctors ' and dentists ' pay review body that he is prepared to tackle any problems arising in the first year . |
| 13 | My missus has to buy the kids ' clothes down the jumble sale and if she wants a pair of nylons they come off the Green Shield stamps . |
| 14 | Once a case has reached the magistrates ' court , responsibility for granting or refusing bail becomes a matter for the court itself , but only after hearing representations from the Crown Prosecution Service if the latter decides to oppose a bail application . |
| 15 | In any case , he has to notify the Drivers ' Medical Branch of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre if he has any kind of disability when he resumes driving . |
| 16 | Overnight , government ownership has become the peoples ' ownership but soon that will change a third time to shareholder ownership . |
| 17 | Since the mid-1970s , Kenya has restricted the multinationals ' access to the local capital market . |
| 18 | And in your redemption , and in my redemption Jesus Christ has satisfied the laws ' tiniest demand . |
| 19 | It has taken the Tories ' current enthusiasm for copying Labour policies — and this week 's signal from the Bank of England that it favours a form of credit controls — to start to blur that image . |
| 20 | Nigel Clough 's arrival at Liverpool , Wales ' World Cup prospects and his natural thirst for goals has left the Reds ' striker itching for action in a season which could turn out to be a memorable . |
| 21 | FREDDIE Mercury 's Barcelona — dropped by the Olympic Committee — has beaten the Games ' chosen theme tune by a mile . |
| 22 | The government expressed the hope that most applications would stem from tenants , but the Housing Corporation has described the tenants ' response as lack-lustre . |
| 23 | Greenpeace has described the guidelines ' description of sustainable management as too vague . |
| 24 | In the meantime the company itends to fight the planners ' decision , to save the £25,000 cost of demolition as well as 16 jobs . |
| 25 | Franco Piro , president of the finance commission in the lower house of Italy 's legislature , plans to investigate the banks ' role in the Federconsorzi fiasco . |
| 26 | Mr Rudkin now plans to ask the contractors ' insurers for a refund . |
| 27 | The company plans to dock the officers ' pay and is threatening disciplinary action . |
| 28 | England 's Nigel Redman gets beats the Eagles ' Chuck Tunnacliffe ( left ) and Norm Mottram ( black headband ) to the ball with a more than a little help from prop Jason Leonard as England beat the USA 37–9 in their World Cup Pool One clash . |
| 29 | The sonar appears to disrupt the whales ' navigation system , hampering their migration and search for food . |
| 30 | This level continues the programme of revision and extension in Headway Intermediate , but aims to extend the students ' understanding of English grammar by dealing with more complex tenses and language points such as the perfect tenses and idioms . |