Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HUGH Halcro Johnson , a farmer at Orphir , has been elected the vice-convener of Orkney Islands Council . |
| 2 | Their lawyers say the couple have been robbed of the opportunity to become a mother and father and the child has been denied the chance to nurtured by the ‘ these loving parents ’ . |
| 3 | In essence , B's claim can be characterised as asserting that he has been denied the right to a fair criminal trial . |
| 4 | Wonford House Hospital continued to be used for acute and rehabilitation services and though a mental health centre at Tiverton has been developed the schism between the old and the new has not been so marked . |
| 5 | The try that has been reckoned the try of the World Cup ensures that . |
| 6 | It has been called the Dance of the Clouds . |
| 7 | It has been called the flower of Spain . ’ |
| 8 | Luke has been called the Gospel of the Holy Spirit . |
| 9 | Those principles could well be applied to theology , which has been called the queen of the sciences . |
| 10 | The principal fears engendered by what has been called the revolution in reproduction are created by ignorance ; and as George Corner , who helped to lay the foundations for the new reproductive technology , foresaw , lack of understanding leads to fears , inhibitions and blind taboos . |
| 11 | History has been called the science of the future , so it seems a pity that this body of research comes up with virtually none of the solutions to the problems plaguing the American energy scene . |
| 12 | War on the Unborn THE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has consistently opposed abortion for convenience which has been called The War on the Unborn . |
| 13 | Next to Howard Hodgson , who has been called the tycoon of funeral directors . |
| 14 | Ancient Egypt has been called the infancy of the soul , but coupled with that innocence is the terrible knowledge of death . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If a child has been made the subject of a supervision requirement following a referral to a children 's hearing on an offence ground , and that supervision requirement has been terminated and the child reappears before another children 's hearing , the main factors that the later hearing will need to consider to perform their statutory functions are why the child appeared before a children 's hearing , the reasons for that hearing 's disposal and , most particularly , the child 's response to the disposal ; in short , a children 's hearing would want to know the very things section 4 appears to prevent it ascertaining . |
| 17 | This was certainly not necessary for the decision of the case ; but though the resolution of the Court of Common Pleas was only a dictum , it seems to me clear that Lord Coke deliberately adopted the dictum , and the great weight of his authority makes it necessary to be cautious before saying that what he deliberately adopted as law was a mistake , and though I can not find that in any subsequent case this dictum has been made the ground of the decision , except in Fitch v. Sutton ( 1804 ) 5 East 230 , as to which I shall make some remarks later , and in Down v. Hatcher ( 1839 ) 10 Ad. & El . |
| 18 | It can not be an informed decision unless the person who has provided the specimens of breath knows that there are two possible specimens which can be substituted for them and has been given the opportunity of making representations as to which of the two types of specimen it should be . |
| 19 | A draft European Community regulation proposing that producers label their food-stuffs with a Protected Graphical Indication ( PGI ) or Designation of Origin ( PDO ) has been given the thumbs-down at the consultation stage with trade bodies describing it as ‘ protectionist and unnecessary ’ . |
| 20 | Major 's sporting friend , David Mellor , has been given the Ministry of National Heritage , which covers broadcasting , tourism , sport , and the arts , and thus has rather more to it than Waldegrave 's new outfit . |
| 21 | The Construction Industry Research and Information Association ( CIRIA ) has been given the responsibility of gathering together and adding to what is known about the risks . |
| 22 | These lethal little amphibians belong to a family that has been given the name of poison-arrow frogs . |
| 23 | BELFAST 'S prestigious Castle Court complex has been given the all-clear by experts worried by bizarre glass explosions at modern buildings . |
| 24 | But he has been given the all-clear after an operation last week to remove a second disc from his neck . |
| 25 | The European Court of justice has been given the power to fine member states for having failed to comply with a Court judgment . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | DAVE McAULEY has been given the go-ahead by a British Boxing Board doctor to resume full training after arm and foot injuries for his IBF flyweight title defence against Dodie Penalosa , of the Philippines , which the IBF insists must take place by 7 December . |
| 28 | A LAW allowing courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Mr Clarke . |
| 29 | A LAW allowing the courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 30 | A farmer who 's been fighting for years to KEEP gypsies on his land has been given the go-ahead after a public inquiry . |