Example sentences of "have [be] [vb pp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The analogous hypokalaemia that may occur during treatment with β 2 adrenoceptor agonists has been explained in a similar manner . |
| 2 | The skill and determination of Second Coxswain/Mechanic John O'Donnell , of Arranmore 's Tyne class lifeboat William Luckin , during a difficult eight-hour service in winds of up to Force 9 has been recognised in a framed letter of Thanks from the Chairman of the Institution . |
| 3 | The hotel has been built in a lovely mansion style . |
| 4 | Team Pension News , which has been written in a bright , punchy style , carries an in-depth analysis of how money from the Mirror pension fund was misappropriated by Maxwell and an explanation of how a repeat can be avoided . |
| 5 | Overall , the first stanza has been written in a depressing way . |
| 6 | If the system has been written in a modular way ( i.e. the individual components of a system are intelligently partitioned , allowing each module to see all and only the input it requires ) then the modification is greatly simplified . |
| 7 | The issue of local economies being spun into what becomes a self-perpetuating decline has been highlighted in a recent report from the Centre for Environmental Studies ( Outer Estates in Britain , CES Paper , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | The plight of young homeless people has been highlighted in a new report . |
| 9 | This has been done in a similar fashion to Martin 's approach , where the fret ends are chopped off square and then individually rounded , rather than by running a fret file down the sides of the neck and lopping all the ends off at a 45 degree angle . |
| 10 | The interior has been excellently restored after damage caused in the Second World War , though it has been done in a modern , simplified manner . |
| 11 | When a plant has been placed in a low-humidity environment likely to cause water stress the measurements taken so far have always decreased and so revealed the stress . |
| 12 | But it could be argued that she has been placed in a high turn-over establishment because she possesses an authoritarian style of leadership . |
| 13 | This has been observed in a large number of deep sea cores from both high and low latitudes , though one is tempted to ask how many other species did not become extinct during this period . |
| 14 | For such cream cheeses moulds are not strictly necessary , although the cheese looks more presentable if it has been pressed in a muslin-lined basket , a heart-shaped mould , a cake tin pierced with holes , even an expendable carton or a flower pot — always provided that the essential lining is not forgotten . |
| 15 | However , there is one kind of measure which , though still affected by many of the variables mentioned above , may help us to conceptualize the undergraduate curriculum in relation to employment ; namely the occupational distribution of graduates in any one subject , which has been analysed in a recent paper by Tarsh ( 1988 ) in terms of the relative importance of direct , subject skills , and indirect , general skills . |
| 16 | He explains that some cutting oil has been noticed in a culverted drain under the shop floor . |
| 17 | A preliminary attempt to develop a science of ‘ geocybernetics ’ has been made in a little-known paper by Polonskiy ( 1963 ) … |
| 18 | Just how prevalent these are has been demonstrated in a new survey by the Urban Institute . |
| 19 | The assumption that a fear of strangers is a uniquely childish reaction has been questioned in a clever experiment by Karol Kaltenbach , Marsha Weinraub and William Fullard at Temple University , Philadelphia . |
| 20 | In addition , the role of biofeedback treatment in these conditions is still unclear , and the efficacy of retraining in liquid stool incontinence has been questioned in a recent study . |
| 21 | The professional 's tendency to resist bureaucratic control has been studied in a wide range of occupations by writers such as Drucker , Kornhauser , Wardell , Abrahamson among others , and the congruence of their findings must be accepted here ( Hughes 1980 ) . |
| 22 | I like to think I know my way round the colour spectrum , but these days the colour red , for example , has been reinterpreted in a ghastly post-modern mish-mash that can encompass anything from blood to Schiaparelli pink via puce and scarlet , preferably all together . |
| 23 | This has been painted in a strong colour to make it look more aggressive . |
| 24 | For it is believed that God has been revealed in a peculiar way to a certain people , and in particular made known through the person of Jesus Christ . |
| 25 | The failure at national level to recognise the need for initial training qualifications for community languages has led local education authorities and schools to deploy teachers whose initial qualification has been gained in a main subject other than the language which they are not asked to promote . |
| 26 | But this view has been challenged in a recent issue of Genetics by Barry Hall of Rochester University , following on from research done in 1988 by John Cairns , a respected molecular biologist . |
| 27 | There are a number of commercial systems currently available on the market which recognise handprint , some of which are quite successful for careful writing within specified boxes ( quoted recognition rates of up to 95% ) , and very successful if the system has been trained in a writer-dependent mode . |
| 28 | Preliminary reports suggest that cyclosporin is effective treatment for Crohn 's disease and this has been confirmed in a controlled trial . |
| 29 | EAP has been evaluated in a small series of patients with locally advanced unresectable tumours . |
| 30 | ‘ a measure of the frequency with which the ‘ average cited article ’ in a journal has been cited in a particular year . |