Example sentences of "a [noun sg] has be [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | One of the great difficulties a teacher has is to recognise a good drawing or painting from a bad one — or to know when a child has achieved through his effort a simple personal expression . |
2 | By the way , there was one thing that we did n't mention when we were talking about C P O's that is very pertinent is that already , I 've got it on authority , that one of the C P O's that we 've employed as a civilian has been offered a job with an alarm company at fifteen thousand a year |
3 | A beautician has been telling a court she thinks Olympic javelin thrower , Tessa Sanderson , is a bitch for stealing her husband . |
4 | A WOMAN has been sent a council tax bill for £800 after bungling valuers put her shack in the highest tax band . |
5 | A man has been telling a court how he tried to save the life of his brother . |
6 | But if a network has been taught a task , disconnecting its elements causes it to ‘ fantasise ’ , reliving its experiences and churning out results which have the semblance of sense even though its circuits have been scrambled . |