Example sentences of "[noun sg] has be [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week news comes from Australia that this technique has been taken a stage further ( p 271 ) . |
| 2 | WOOD GROUP Fire Protection has been awarded a contract to design , engineer and supply two low pressure C02 fire protection systems to protect gas turbine sets provided by John Brown Engineering for the new Keadby power station at Scunthorpe . |
| 3 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |
| 4 | Locus Computing Corp has been given a grant by the US National Science Foundation to investigate system software optimised for networked portable computers . |
| 5 | The Cupertino , California-based MicroModule Systems Inc management buyout from Digital Equipment Corp has been given a $1.2m US Advanced Research Projects Agency subcontract to build a series of DEC Alpha RISC-based multichip modules using diamond substrates . |
| 6 | The decision has been called a whitewash of the Vichy regime . |
| 7 | How can Unionism possibly survive when Protestant and Catholic are no longer at each other 's throats , when discrimination has been dealt a body-blow ? … |
| 8 | The study looked at all areas of the natural environment , including the management of the diverse grasslands and associated rare species , for which the Park has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 9 | Bletchley Park has been called a menagerie , and in the variety and eccentricity of its inhabitants , so it was . |
| 10 | Once the certificate has been issued a student may apply to the Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 11 | AT&T Co has been awarded a $5m contract by the island of Nauru to digitise the country 's telecommunications network and set up direct international service : the order includes a 5ESS gateway switching system , equipment to digitise Nauru 's existing analogue earthstations , microwave towers and other terrestrial communications links , a cellular communications network and one year of on-site technical support ; the eight-square-mile island is 2,445 miles southwest of Hawaii and has 9,000 residents ; it makes a living exporting $75m a year in phosphates . |
| 12 | Edinburgh University has been running a Media and Theological Education project since1986 to look at ways in which the media affect people 's perceptions of the world , themselves and God . |
| 13 | Sue Thomas feels the law in this case has been made a fool of |
| 14 | But the tawdry image of urban renewal has been given a facelift and can now return , again with all the metaphoric power of seasonal fecundity . |
| 15 | The southern icy continent has been yielding a harvest of strange meteorites |
| 16 | Coupled with regional policy instruments operating at EC level , the intention has been to create a level " playing field " within Europe , such that all member states can compete on an equal basis within the SEM . |
| 17 | The result has been to generate a flood of good ideas — many of which have come from people working in market-oriented sectors . |
| 18 | The result has been to produce a society of great institutional depth . |
| 19 | Glenlight Shipping , the company which operates puffers all-over the west coast has been awarded an extension to its tarriff reduction subsidy . |
| 20 | The first one relates to the child who broke into my car , I wo n't call him a child he 's a bloody toerag as far as I 'm concerned , who broke into my car has been given a caution , a bloody caution . |
| 21 | Michaela has been given a minder since the Hacienda . |
| 22 | One of the best known names in football has been teaching a group of schoolchildren some of the skills which took him to the top of the game . |
| 23 | What is required … is , firstly , that there should be a fair review by the employer of the attendance record and the reasons for it ; and , secondly , appropriate warnings , after the employee has been given an opportunity to make representations . |
| 24 | My purpose in this chapter has been to propose a model of language teaching and to show the interrelationship between its different elements . |
| 25 | My object in this chapter has been to provide a transition between ( i ) the analysis of economic class relations , in the sense of possession of and separation from the means of production , and the strategic opportunities for the socialist project connected with the current forms of these relations , and ( ii ) the politics of taking up these opportunities in modern Britain . |
| 26 | Since the intention of this chapter has been to provide an introduction to global tectonics and the major elements of the Earth 's morphology and structure , the suggested reading is mainly limited to texts which will be useful in providing more details on these topics . |
| 27 | WITH all the talk of recession was n't it great to read that at least one important institution has been given a reprieve . |
| 28 | a splendid initiative and it 's similar to the way in which the district council is now devolving responsibility for public toilets , and I 'm delighted that local government reorganization has been given a bit of stir that districts and county councils to get their acts together . |
| 29 | An application is an application for a renewal where it relates to premises in respect of which the applicant has been granted a licence which is due to expire and is for the same type of licence as that previously granted . |
| 30 | Declining gastric acid secretion has been considered a consequence of ageing but this view is being reconsidered as the importance of Helicobacter pylori infection to gastroduodenal function is recognised . |