Example sentences of "the [noun] and [vb base] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they went to the High Court to challenge the decision and have been given leave to seek a judicial review . |
| 2 | It was argued earlier that man , a creature with unprepossessing qualities for higher social development , became capable of that development because of traumatic social changes which occurred in the past but whose impact was so immense that they have shaped human nature down to the present and have been the determining influences on the evolution of culture , whose function , by and large , is the transmission of the consequences of these primal , traumatic experiences to subsequent generations in the form of ego , and , most especially , superego , development . |
| 3 | More enamel is rasped off the upper outside edges than the lower inside edges because the bit and tack are likely to rub here . |
| 4 | Consequently , in the civil war , the Serbs and the Croats have generally controlled the roads and have been able to cut supplies to the Muslims at will . |
| 5 | hold a position of responsibility within the industry and have been in such a post for at least two years |
| 6 | ‘ That will mean losing some players who are popular with the fans and have been really good servants of the club . |
| 7 | At least the powers are there in the statute and have been used in some cases . |
| 8 | It might be possible for people in such circumstances ( perhaps when redundancies have been notified some weeks in advance ) to be supported and perhaps taught techniques to cope with the anxiety and avoid being overpessimistic or ‘ catastrophising ’ ( see next section ) . |
| 9 | It frequently happens that a daughter lives with a widowed parent for 20 years or more ; if the parent changes council houses or moves from the private sector to a council house within one year of the death of the parent then on the death of the parent the council house will be the home which contains all the furniture and other articles which form part of the home and have been fitted into the council house by the parent and the daughter . |
| 10 | Some cathedrals now follow a lectionary which provides for shorter excerpts from the Psalter and have been affected by the liturgical changes of the recent past . |
| 11 | They are related to corresponding breeds in Norway , Finland and the USSR and have been bred in Sweden for centuries . |
| 12 | The Labour party cloaks under expressions such as ’ attack on civil rights ’ the fact that such people have not registered for the tax and have been indulging in tax avoidance , a practice for which the Labour party still shows some sympathy . |
| 13 | With the collapse of the capitalist production apparatus , the process of production almost comes to a standstill ; people live on old stocks which have survived the war and have been inherited by the proletariat . |
| 14 | ‘ Right from the beginning my fellow directors have regarded me as part of the team and have been tremendously supportive . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Lay off the wine and start being civil . |
| 16 | I was greatly encouraged by the good spirit of the meeting and have been very heartened since then by the mature christian attitude of a number of people who were strongly opposed to the project , but who have been willing to accept the decision of the church meeting and move on from there . |
| 17 | NEEDLE Gun and Boloardo have the credentials and have been working well enough this Spring to land a Kempton double today for the Clive Brittain-Michael Roberts combination ( writes our Newmarket correspondent ) . |
| 18 | Anthony came through the corridors and say is Elizabeth there and was on |
| 19 | I got the fellowship and have been a fellow of Caius College ever since . |
| 20 | Instantly we fell in love with the area and have been returning regularly ever since . |
| 21 | Different problems but with similar consequences are occurring in the Philippines and have been described by Myers ( 1988 ) , who points out that the mainstay of the country 's economy is based on its natural resources , especially its forests . |
| 22 | I 'd love to see a service where somebody could come and knock on your door in the morning and say are you alright and call again in the evening , just as if you were in warden assisted accommodation . |
| 23 | The fence is then strained fairly tight and is ready to load , the block and tackle being left in place . |
| 24 | The anomalies revealed here are the direct result of ageist assumptions , which were built into the social security system at the outset and have been reinforced by successive governments . |
| 25 | None of this is of any comfort to the unions , who are very strongly represented within the PTT and have been united in their rejection of the proposed reforms . |
| 26 | Je t'aime : a different procedure , with the subject and object being got out of the way first , so that the long vowel of adoration can be savoured to the full . |
| 27 | For some years now Fiji have been playing the sevens tournaments of the world and have been winning them all . |
| 28 | BELT UP With Marie Pisa Snow 's collection of Western-style belts , hat bands , boot and guitar straps made from the finest matt black Rolls Royce car leather They 've been collected from all over the world and have been wrapped around the waists of stars such as Tom Jones , David Bowie and Tina Turner 's tour band . |
| 29 | I should perhaps add for completeness sake that it was urged upon your Lordships that there was always a possibility of a leak to the prosecuting authorities of incriminating information disclosed by the defendants as a result of complying with the order and use being made , innocently , by the prosecution of such information , which , ex hypothesi , they had not themselves acquired . |
| 30 | But I know that part of the country and have been there many times . |