Example sentences of "[noun sg] has been [vb pp] [art] [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 | But the manager CastleCourt , Belfast 's best known glass complex , says his building has been given the all-clear following tests . |
| 4 | This may occur at the exposed soil surface as raindrops selectively erode fine clay particles , leaving heavier sand particles : with time this process can affect deeper parts of the soil profile , impairing its water-retaining capacity to such an extent that even after agriculture has been abandoned the forest may be unable to recolonise . |
| 5 | Locus Computing Corp has been given a grant by the US National Science Foundation to investigate system software optimised for networked portable computers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The new chart has been given the thumbs up by Food Records Andy Ross , whose acts ( including Blur and Jesus Jones ) are exempt from the current chart . |
| 8 | In some cases , such as the BBC 's , though damage has been done the library , surviving still , has critical mass and is usable . |
| 9 | The decision has been called a whitewash of the Vichy regime . |
| 10 | 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 ? … |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Bletchley Park has been called a menagerie , and in the variety and eccentricity of its inhabitants , so it was . |
| 13 | In any starting position , when the basis for change has been created the decision as to which stage should be contemplated is the key one . |
| 14 | Once the certificate has been issued a student may apply to the Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The statue has been named The Yomper , but the photograph was taken after the Battles of Mount Harriet and Two Sisters which followed the yomp across the island . |
| 17 | Where a guardian ad litem has been appointed the solicitor must take instructions from the guardian . |
| 18 | When the required function has been selected the menu rolls back up into the menu bar leaving the screen clear . |
| 19 | With plans afoot for the redevelopment of part of the Cretan Knossos estate of Sir Arthur Evans , close by his former house the Villa Ariadne , a team from Birmingham University has been given the go-ahead for a new excavation . |
| 20 | A national census has been taken every decade since 1801 , except for the year 1941 when Britain was at war . |
| 21 | Compressor supplier Atlas Copco 's Washington branch has been awarded the quality accreditation BS5750 . |
| 22 | Sue Thomas feels the law in this case has been made a fool of |
| 23 | The money has been paid every month on her behalf by Social Services . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Glenlight Shipping , the company which operates puffers all-over the west coast has been awarded an extension to its tarriff reduction subsidy . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Michaela has been given a minder since the Hacienda . |
| 28 | In the three published surveys of research performance , the department has been given the top ( grade 5 ) rating . |
| 29 | Secondly , the presumption behind such an approach is that once the characterisation has been made the content of natural justice is fixed and certain : all administrative matters would be subject to the same rules , as would all judicial or quasi-judicial . |
| 30 | Unless some task-specific terminating condition has been specified the parser will automatically explore every possible pathway determined by the knowledge sources , the input , and the procedures for constructing extensions to interpretations . |