Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Or to put it another way , let us see how badly Miss Honey has taught you the three-times table . ’ |
| 3 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 4 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 5 | Tom Jones says that Central has given him the opportunity to do a musical show which no-one else is doing . |
| 6 | The simplicity of his later work — he died on Christmas Day in 1983 — has given him the reputation of being a spontaneous artist . |
| 7 | Now at last the successful bowel and liver transplant carried out in America has given her the chance of a normal future . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I have not done anything to earn it , but God has given me the Spirit and accepted me into his family ; and he means me to know that I belong . ’ |
| 10 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 11 | Since the advent of a car-ferry system connecting Denmark , Norway , Shetland , Faroe and Iceland , it has become easier for me to take a vehicle over and , because the ferry terminus in Iceland is in one of the eastern fiords called Seyðisfjördur — see data capture sheet , this has given me the opportunity of exploring the north and east coast of Iceland in greater detail . |
| 12 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 13 | ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it . |
| 14 | Signing for Salford and gaining the captaincy of Wales has given me the chance to prove myself . ’ |
| 15 | Keyhole cockpits are now almost universal but high density polyethylene is still unique to Prijon and has given them the edge in plastic white water kayak design . |
| 16 | That point applies to nurses at the basic level , but it is even more important when they become a more valuable resource after their post-basic education has given them the ability to prescribe . |
| 17 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary has given them the figures on investment in this country and they are rather good . |
| 18 | They are now mothers with the responsibility for a child , and some of them would maintain that it is their baby that has given them the determination to do something more with their lives , however hard this may be . |
| 19 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |
| 20 | And in so doing he has given us the joyrider 's equivalent of Neil Young 's ‘ Tonight 's The Night ’ , The Pogues ' ‘ Hell 's Ditch ’ and the Stones ' ‘ Exile On Main Street ’ — one of those awful black records to turn to when you 're feeling at your most morbid . |
| 21 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 23 | Now Michael White and John Gribbin have given us Stephen Hawking : a Life in Science , or rather Mr White has given us the life and Mr Gribbin the science ; the latter is awash with black holes , white dwarfs , protons , pulsars , quasars and quarks and is therefore no more comprehensible than Brief History ; also , what is one to make of a writer who speaks at one moment of ‘ tiny black holes ’ and the next of ‘ black holes which could eat solar systems for breakfast ’ ? |
| 24 | But through the Spirit , God has given us the ability to fulfil those requirements . |
| 25 | God means us to know that we are in Christ , and has given us the Spirit to assure us . |
| 26 | God means us to grow in Christlikeness , and has given us the Spirit to change us . |
| 27 | Evolution has given us the Canaletto whose complex city perspectives recede infinitely away and now it is itself seen regressing as |
| 28 | ‘ We are emerging from just about as difficult a period as I can remember in over 37 years in the business , but we are emerging with capital ratios still among the strongest of any of the world 's banks — ready and willing to lend for any viable purpose , and desperate for the chance to show both personal and corporate customers that the personal , flexible , friendly service which we have tried to give in the past and which I hope has given us the privilege of enjoying your company tonight — that same service is still very much on offer today . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Using natural gas has given us the flexibility to run domestic heating from the same boilers , plus leaving the opportunity to heat other outlying areas of the castle at a later stage . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The success of the over-haul has given us the incentive to improve the plant systems and procedures even further , ’ added Ian . |