Example sentences of "have [adv] [be] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cow 's milk allergy has hitherto been considered a temporary condition that improves or disappears with age . |
| 2 | This whole question is of importance not only because it was so central to Engels 's book but also because The Origin has rightly been considered a major contribution to the feminist tradition . |
| 3 | Histamine has long been considered a putative mediator of the gastric acid secretory response to ethanol . |
| 4 | Alcock was cheered up by a letter from his CO at Mudros telling him the ‘ Your baby has just been given a new suit of clothes and is learning to walk . |
| 5 | The living room , originally furnished in rusty browns , has just been given a brighter look with soft peach paper and multi-striped curtains by Designers Guild . |
| 6 | A young teacher ( Class 3 ) has just been given a special award for the ‘ best classroom ’ in Francistown . |
| 7 | The preface adopts a modest tone : ‘ To unite elegance and utility , and blend the useful with the agreeable , has ever been considered a difficult , but an honourable task . ’ |
| 8 | Hand-loom weaving has always been considered a male artisan activity , with the concession that wives from time to time might assist their husbands at the cottage loom . |
| 9 | The description and demonstration of the working of such systems has always been considered a major advance in anthropological theory and is usually traced to the publication in 1940 of African Political Systems by M. Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard with their respective discussions of the Tallensi of West Africa and the Nuer of East Africa . |
| 10 | The latter has also been designated a Special Protection Area under the EC 's Wild Birds directive , along with Abberton Reservoir , Essex , which became a Ramsar site in July 1991 . |
| 11 | Marxism and Existentialism have exercised the greatest influence upon theology , while in addition the general question of how far theology should permit itself to be influenced by philosophy has also been given a good deal of attention . |
| 12 | Cotton has traditionally been awarded a central role in the history of industrialisation . |
| 13 | Such a payment has often been called a voluntary payment . |
| 14 | The Evening Degree in particular has now been given a substantial boost as a result of the University 's successful bid for UFC funding and this means that from 1992–93 , three Arts departments ( History , Film and Media and Politics ) will offer courses in the evenings . |
| 15 | The water up to 500 metres around the ship has now been made a no-go area , for fear any oil still in the wreck could be a danger to life and property . |
| 16 | In 26 months since his £300,000 move from Highbury he has made just 18 full appearances — none this season — and has now been handed a free transfer . |
| 17 | It was a mark of the esteem in which John Burridge was held at Selhurst Park , both as a goalkeeper and as a showman , that whenever he has subsequently returned here with his later clubs he has invariably been accorded a warm welcome , both from Palace fans and from his former playing colleagues . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , this proposal has been so remodelled that , in reality , the old First Division has simply been given a new name . |
| 19 | THISTLE Engineering Services Ltd [ TESL ] has recently been awarded a one year call off contract with NAM in Holland . |
| 20 | Sir Patrick Mayhew has certainly been dealt a difficult hand — made worse , in Dungannon and other areas west of the Bann , where there was widespread anger over the dismissal of charges against six soldiers in Coalisland . |
| 21 | The foal is now an eight-year-old mare with a sweet disposition ; but then she has never been given a second chance to smell methylated spirits . |
| 22 | It is true that Beccaria 's classical programme has never been given a full trial ( the image of his public floggings and toiling chain-gangs rather than his denial of capital punishment may help the liberal-minded to feel this less of a loss ) . |
| 23 | Cook has incidentally been given a testimonial season by Transvaal for his outstanding services over a long period . |
| 24 | The judge said he 'd already been punished a thousand times . |
| 25 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 26 | At any point of the communication process , there will have already been established a certain linguistic and non-linguistic environment . |
| 27 | I 've only been divorced a few months . ’ |
| 28 | She assured us they had only been worn a few times . |
| 29 | ( In the Soviet Union a draft law allowing all citizens to obtain a passport quickly had already been given a first reading , and the Soviet delegate estimated that between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 Soviet citizens could decide to emigrate " in the first two to three years " . ) |
| 30 | Chris had already been given a severe ticking-off when he 'd admitted to the box-office that he 'd lost count of the number of tickets and cheques he 'd stuffed into all his suit pockets . |