Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The New Forest has been designated a Special Protection Area ( SPA ) for birds by the UK government , making it the 38th site in the UK so designated under the EC wild birds directive . |
| 2 | Lady Kilmarnock , Amis 's first wife , roared with laughter ( she and Lord K share digs with him — an unusual menage ) , while Paul Fussell , an old American friend of Amis , disclosed : ‘ Kingsley has been sent a clean set of underwear as a birthday present . |
| 3 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 4 | ‘ Baker has been carrying a strained abdomen for some time . |
| 5 | LIVERPOOL Council leader Harry Rimmer has been appointed a new director of Inward , the North West inward investment agency based in Warrington . |
| 6 | Taylor has been helped a great deal in the six weeks of preparation for the tour by England 's last great left-arm fast-bowler , John ‘ J.K. ’ Lever and the team 's new top bowling coach , Geoff Arnold . |
| 7 | Saints ' chairman Eric Latham said today : ‘ Nobody at St Helens has been offered a better contract than Gary Connolly and we hope he will sign it , but that is up to Gary . |
| 8 | Borg has been given a wild card for this week 's Nice Open and next week 's Monte Carlo Open . |
| 9 | Since then Milton Keynes has been called a brilliant success , and a place with no heart or soul . |
| 10 | Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go . |
| 11 | ‘ Between now and meeting Fergie and Andy , Johnny has been playing a double game . |
| 12 | Although Bernice had been dealt a few rough cards in her life , she still thought that there could be something better . |
| 13 | Former Newcastle reserve full back Andrew Cole has been offered a one-year contract . |
| 14 | To the Ryans and their like , Anthony had been given a magnificent send-off . |
| 15 | ‘ If Ossie had been sacked a few days later , I would have accepted it as part and parcel of football . |
| 16 | Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Berdennikov said on Sept. 14 that the Soviet Union and later Russia had been violating a 1972 treaty banning germ warfare , at least until March 1992 . |
| 17 | England had been given a pre-match boost by World Cup rivals Holland 's failure to beat group two leaders Norway in Rotterdam . |
| 18 | And another I noticed erm Simon 's been bringing a few of his friends home from school and erm I mean he 's in a class of thirty eight |
| 19 | He 's known as a bit of a smoothie but Nigel Havers has been given a harder edge in his new series , Sleepers , starting next week . |
| 20 | The Marquis of Blandford has been given a conditional discharge for possessing a twelve-bore shot-gun without a licence . |
| 21 | Occasionally however more personal comments creep in such as in his 1814 publication , A Description of Sixty Small Prints where on page 17 he wrote ‘ Skiddaw has been called a generous Lord , and the Fells of Borrowdale frowning and haughty Tyrants . |
| 22 | The club 's former accountant Vince Farrar has been given a six months suspended sentence . |
| 23 | Matthew had been making a detailed fire-protection plan for the acres which Fairfax had wanted to replant or afforest . |
| 24 | Newley had been wearing a black , loosely knitted jersey , which was why Dougal had not noticed the wounds earlier . |
| 25 | Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care . |
| 26 | Most of the bigger hotels in Kos have been built a little way out of the old town and the Bohem is about 15 minutes from the far side of Heaven ( the disco ) ! |
| 27 | The story , based on a novel by Edith Wharton has been called a heterosexual ‘ Death in Venice ’ , but it is far more than that ( you may equally regard it as a grown-up ‘ Sound of Music ’ ) ! |
| 28 | THE bogus doctor who ran clinics in Ulster has been given a two week reprieve before she knows her fate . |
| 29 | A CLEAN sweep at the Treasury , where Norman Lamont has been given a whole new team of ministers . |
| 30 | Well I think no greater no other individual but Paddy Ashdown has been providing a healthy lead , but sadly it 's one where he 's been citing a a an approach to Bosnia one month . |