Example sentences of "[noun sg] has be [verb] a [noun sg] " 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 decision has been called a whitewash of the Vichy regime .
6 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 ? …
7 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 .
8 Bletchley Park has been called a menagerie , and in the variety and eccentricity of its inhabitants , so it was .
9 Once the certificate has been issued a student may apply to the Student Loans Company for a loan .
10 Sue Thomas feels the law in this case has been made a fool of
11 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 .
12 The southern icy continent has been yielding a harvest of strange meteorites
13 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 .
14 The result has been to generate a flood of good ideas — many of which have come from people working in market-oriented sectors .
15 The result has been to produce a society of great institutional depth .
16 Glenlight Shipping , the company which operates puffers all-over the west coast has been awarded an extension to its tarriff reduction subsidy .
17 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 .
18 Michaela has been given a minder since the Hacienda .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 My purpose in this chapter has been to propose a model of language teaching and to show the interrelationship between its different elements .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 WITH all the talk of recession was n't it great to read that at least one important institution has been given a reprieve .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 Once a fair settlement figure has been ascertained a letter of settlement should be sent to the Claimant explaining the computation , indicating our intention to draw and send the payment cheque immediately .
29 The club has been given an allocation of 17,800 by the Football Association , and after season ticket holders and club commitments there will be about 12,000 tickets left for Gold Card holders who have collected the three vouchers at the home games against Ipswich , Plymouth and Middlesbrough .
30 Monetary targets have been extended with the narrow money supply target remaining at zero to 4 per cent while the broad money target range has been widened a point on either side to between 3 and 9 per cent .
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