Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 As the technique has developed so the range of applications in clinical practice has expanded .
2 The State Administration for Environmental Protection has made public the names of 3,000 businesses which it says are responsible for the lion 's share of China 's industrial pollution .
3 Some 18 months after terminating a distribution agreement with Wokingham , Berkshire-based Azlan Ltd , Gupta Corp has signed up the distributor once more : the agreement replaces the one Gupta has had with Frontline Distribution Ltd in the meantime , and covers the distribution of the company 's SQL System range of client-server databases , tools and end-user reporting products ; Gupta also signed a distribution deal with Qudis Networks Ltd .
4 Former Yorkshire and England fast bowler Arnie Sidebottom has turned down the offer of a coaching post at Surrey .
5 An alteration in circumstances concerning 4–7 of the above reasons has brought about the situation found since the mid 1980's , when there has been a lack of growth .
6 Yet the rise has continued up the league ladder , even with the sale of playing assets .
7 ICL has filled out the top end of its DRS 6000 range with new multiprocessing models 780 and 782 in the 700 series .
8 Garin Jenkins has sorted out the front row and the Webster-Reynolds-Stuart Davies back row can live with any in the leagues .
9 The real reason is that competition between the various issuers has forced down the charges levied on the retailers — once as high as 3 to 5 per cent , down to an average of 2.2 per cent in 1988 and now 1.7 per cent and falling .
10 ‘ This storm has knocked out the telephones .
11 Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours .
12 Science fiction has taken over the fantasy-forming role of traditional mythology .
13 FORMER Arsenal winger George Armstrong has turned down the chance to become Malcolm Crosby 's assistant at Sunderland .
14 A recent laboratory report produced by the Research and Development Division on the bacterial contamination of washrooms and toilets has underlined how the use of Calmic sanitizers can reduce the risk of cross infection .
15 A heavy backlog of cases has snarled up the court process for dealing with non-payers .
16 Hewlett-Packard Co has beaten both the incumbent mainframe supplies , IBM Corp and Unisys Corp to a contract with Televerket of Stockholm to an initial $4.6m contract that could grow to $100m by 1996 .
17 Kirin Brewery Co has set up the 25,000 square metre Hokuriku beer park which is open to the public and can brew up to 1m hectolitres of beer per year .
18 To prevent uncertainty about the ownership of property when a person dies without having made a will , Parliament has decided how the property is to be dealt with .
19 Abortion is a political act , and as a simple act of Parliament has brought about the slaughter , so only by a political action can the law be changed to stop it . ’
20 Trees R.Us K. Doyle has put forward the following proposal , ‘ planters would be positioned , bollards erected and seats installed .
21 Trees R.Us K. Doyle has put forward the following proposal , ‘ Planters would be positioned , bollards erected and seats installed .
22 THE recession has cut dramatically the number of alcohol-related crimes .
23 Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two .
24 Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two .
25 In particular , the moves in education to allow schools to become self-governing has shifted finance normally allocated and controlled by local authorities back to central government , whilst the selling of council houses has reduced both the size of the public housing sector controlled by local authorities and the level of financial control that accompanied this .
26 Yes well , for the experimental aircraft programme British Aerospace specified what G E C had to do and er a a this time , if you like , Deutsch Aerospace has taken on the equivalent role that B A E had for the experimental aircraft programme and er Deutsch Aerospace are not without experience in flight controls they have .
27 ‘ It is only recently that Robert Gordon 's University has opened up the field for people to do courses like this without having to leave home for long periods . ’
28 On all three occasions , Stewart has handed over the gloves to Blakey — even though he is clearly a far superior keeper .
29 This has been undesirable , but not of critical importance because our income from invisible exports has made good the difference .
30 Religious faith has become largely the province of the unreflective and the anti-rational .
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