Example sentences of "[pron] has [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put simply , everyone has come together for the common good and economic prosperity of the river . |
| 2 | Separate studies by the Roper Organisation , a research group , and DDB Needham , an ad agency , have found that the proportion of shoppers seeking out particular brands and willing to pay more for them has fallen sharply since the late 1980s . |
| 3 | Because the practice is something in which people share , there are behavioural criteria for saying that someone has cottoned on to the use of an expression . |
| 4 | An ancient city which has plunged right into the midst of the twentieth century , Bangkok is a fascinating mixture of ancient and modern values — noisy markets right next to the high walls of turreted royal palaces , serene gardens overlooked by modern hotels and the notorious Phatphong Road for discos , massage parlours and outrageous floorshows . |
| 5 | But it is not merely the world of ideas and scholarship which has moved on since the 19th century . |
| 6 | This is a colourful town at any time of the year , and one which has moved purposefully into the twentieth century . |
| 7 | If he does not , the uncertainty of the past few months — which has become worse in the past three weeks — will continue to hang over the coal industry . |
| 8 | There were a few who would have asked the same question , looking at Joan Rush , senior project officer with the fund , a prime mover in the group which has beavered away at the subject to bring it into the mainstream of policy and practice . |
| 9 | The magnificent palace of Diocletian at Split , which inspired Robert Adam , the English designer of the eighteenth century , and also influenced the contemporary Georgian styles , still forms the outer shell , a square mile in area , which surrounds the vibrant city which has grown up over the centuries within and around its protective walls . |
| 10 | It has however been the subject of much criticism , which has grown substantially during the second half of the present century . |
| 11 | Well quite a lot of the lakes and streams have lost their fish , of course that 's the , that 's the most important thing , between , particularly salmon and trout , and we have discovered that they are killed not so much by the acid , but by the aluminium which has leaked out of the soil by the acid water , the acid rain , and er that er the fish find this very hard to tolerate . |
| 12 | The two-layered cameo of Augustus which has ended up in the British Museum bears tangible evidence of regard , even of awe , in the delicate circlet of gems , including a miniature cameo , affixed to it while in the hands of a medieval owner ( fig. 26 ) . |
| 13 | The job losses are a further milestone in the decline of County Durham 's textile industry which has suffered severely during the current economic recession . |
| 14 | In the early twentieth century this linear model of human evolution was rejected in favour of a theory in which there were several parallel lines of human development , only one of which has survived through into the present . |
| 15 | Some investment occurs , though , simply to replace capital which has worn out during the year — such ‘ wearing out ’ of capital is called ‘ depreciation ’ or ‘ capital consumption ’ . |
| 16 | We live in a free market economy which has prospered considerably over the last ten or so years . |
| 17 | This is an area which has expanded enormously in the last twenty years , and there are now a large number of independent schools ( of varying degrees of professionalism and quality ) , as well as state sector Colleges of F.E. and H.E . |
| 18 | I should imagine she is gazing at the floor , pursuing some thought which has escaped sideways from the main line of march , while he gazes almost anywhere but at her . |
| 19 | ‘ Look at the extraordinary cross-section of Fleet Street which has turned up for the launch . ’ |
| 20 | However , there are many in Britain who feel that the US approach , which has relied heavily on the CD4 measure in licensing other potential anti-AIDS drugs , is wrong , and that the decision to put a patient on AZT should be more broadly based , using a number of factors — including the best current estimate of likely long-term risks and benefits — rather than a simple formula . |
| 21 | After a few hours ' driving , we stop by a small lake brimming with clear water which has tumbled down from the escarpment through dense forest . |
| 22 | SCOTLAND HAS failed to fill the entrepreneurial gap which has opened up over the last decade since the decline of the nationalised and heavy industries , the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , will acknowledge next week . |
| 23 | An encouraging aspect of the Rossini celebration is the wider view of his art which has opened up in the past quarter of a century . |
| 24 | It is a veritable relic from the past to be observed in a setting which has changed little in the last few hundred years , thus making the pervading atmosphere one of awesome pastoral antiquity . |
| 25 | Our review of the further education sector in Wales reveals a situation which has changed considerably during the past twelve years or so . |
| 26 | Just an hour later tory hopeful , John Taylor began his campaign with top level backing from Health Minister , William Waldegrave , visiting a old people 's home which has opted out from the local authority . |
| 27 | Software Partners/32 Inc which has laboured long in the DEC vineyards is branching out into Unix for the first time . |
| 28 | A reconstruction of the concert formed a centrepiece of Manchester 's Festival of Expressionism , which has looked again at the German and Austrian blossoming that anticipated the dominant issues of 20th-century culture . |
| 29 | They can hardly design a Mulberry harbour and tented village for Iona which has held out against the ravages of the Atlantic , the Viking , the climate , and the disinterest of the Scot in his religious heritage . |
| 30 | The system is one which has worked well in the United States . |