Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In previous years her job has been filled by a preregistration house officer . |
2 | Here , the intergranular pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement leaving only leached porosity , and the sonic log displays a very clear downward-decreasing porosity profile in the uppermost unit of oolitic grainstone ( Fig. 18 ) . |
3 | In the second well , however , the sonic log indicates that the upper unit is much tighter and the core descriptions suggest that the pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement . |
4 | THE cache of Semtex explosive and suspected bomb making equipment discovered on Hampstead Heath in London may have been hidden by an IRA cell for a bombing attack , it emerged yesterday , writes Terry Kirby . |
5 | Having been dismissed as a kitchen maid , she harnesses her poetry to her teapot . |
6 | Like Rey and others , he had been dismissed from the Paris Conservatoire in 1802 after various disagreements . |
7 | A prison officer who had been dismissed from the prison service appealed against his dismissal to the Civil Service Appeal Board , which held that his dismissal was unfair . |
8 | Shildon , he explained , had been dismissed from the Detroit paper towards the end of a long and exhaustive investigation which , if the results had been published , could have had serious repercussions for MacQuillan 's political associates . |
9 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
10 | At an early stage four bishops had joined the queen in Suffolk ; six had later witnessed the proclamation of Prince Edward as keeper of the realm ; towards the end , more than a dozen prelates had been coerced by the London mob into support for the queen 's party . |
11 | As has already been indicated , the planning processes of each company had previously been examined in a research study carried out at the London Business School . |
12 | Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma . |
13 | There were three possible air-launched solutions : the US Air Force 's Skybolt , which could be modified to fit the V-bombers ; a simpler British ‘ ram jet ’ , called Pandora , suitable for the TSR 2 , whose development was at such an early stage that costs could only be guessed ; and further development of the existing Blue Steel stand-off bomb on which work had been stopped after the Sandys Defence Review . |
14 | WAYNE LARKINS , shunted into the sidings after the last of his six Test caps in 1981 , has been recalled to the England team for their one-day match against a Railway XI in Delhi today . |
15 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |
16 | The transport union TGWU yesterday claimed the last hope of reviving the Manchester docks had been jeopardised by the Manchester Ship Canal company 's indifference to obtaining a new shipping service which union officials valued at £1.5million annually . |
17 | Lately Mr Kaifu has been under pressure to hand out minor cabinet posts to some young stars within the party who had been tainted by the Recruit affair . |
18 | Correlations with time at junction , average speed over junction and the number of vehicles seen at the junction are calculated from the video record for 28 subjects only . |
19 | Whether or not the wine has been blended by the solera method or by actual blending , it is made up in lotes and left to rest until the parts have ‘ married ’ . |
20 | Although some of the people who became involved had been radicalised by the Vietnam War , many others did not share that experience . |
21 | In the public sector , both Queen 's University and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland remain our staunch and indispensable friends — as they have been since the Festival started , and since last year they have been joined by the Belfast City Council . |
22 | I understand that they are policed by the State Veterinary Service , but where the wholesomeness of the animals ' feed is involved , the Environmental Health Service may be brought in . |
23 | A few minutes later the Deruta vase containing about half a kilo of assorted chocolates had been placed on the rear seat of the Volvo and he was sitting in the front watching Cinzia tear up the parking ticket which had been tucked under the windscreen wiper . |
24 | Your entitlement to redundancy pay will depend on the factors referred to above , just as it will if you are dismissed during the trial period for a reason connected with the changed terms of employment . |
25 | Some find great benefit in identifying a small group of staff who for a limited period are assigned to a relief pool , for the sole purpose of filling unexpected gaps in staffing or adding strength to a ward team at times of peak workload . |
26 | It means that if you are placed on a YTS programme through Compact , you have a real job . |
27 | In the ‘ Shadomaster ’ , samples are placed on a viewing stage and illuminated from above with a quartz-halogen projection lamp and a condenser . |
28 | Samples are placed on a glass tray supported on an X-Y bearing carriage . |
29 | If the surgeon believes that they would benefit from an operation , their names are placed on the waiting list and they are asked to come into hospital when a bed is available . |
30 | Laws have been passed to restrict the use of the ‘ rolling hook' ’ fishing method , in which groups of large unbaited hooks are placed on the river bed , with the intention of impaling large catfish . |