Example sentences of "a [noun] has [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a contract has been agreed any new instructions and variations to the works potentially cost money ; if the client wishes to control costs it is essential that any such additions are controlled . |
| 2 | But it 's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened . |
| 3 | Failing to set the handbrake is sometimes detected when it is too late i.e. when a vehicle has been parked unattended and has then begun to move and run away downhill , perhaps resulting in an accident . |
| 4 | The lad who made a big impact as a 16-year-old has been ignored this season . |
| 5 | A body has been reported stranded on the shore on the west side of Kernick Head . ’ |
| 6 | For example , if a business has been making integrated circuits by a special process for several years but has failed to apply for a patent , another business , wishing to do the same type of work , will be refused a patent on the grounds that the invention is not new . |
| 7 | A man serving life for murdering a policeman has been found guilty of beating up a prison officer at a high security jail . |
| 8 | A man has been shot dead at his home in Lancashire after he and his family were held hostage by armed raiders . |
| 9 | A MAN has been found dead in a police cell at Greenock , Strathclyde Police said last night . |
| 10 | A farmer has been using four oxen to plough a field in what 's believed to be the first public demonstration of the skill in almost twenty-five years . |
| 11 | With Halloween looming , a farmer has been doing brisk business offering ’ pick your own ’ pumpkins . |
| 12 | A WARNING has been given that some council buildings in Clwyd may have to close if maintenance is not carried out . |
| 13 | Strike , riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased . |
| 14 | Once a baseline has been established daily weighing is the best guide to fluid gain or loss ( 1 litre of water weighs 1 kilogram ) . |
| 15 | A TEENAGE ballet dancer who was shot by a thug has been warned one more performance could blind her . |
| 16 | To protect the spirit of demilitarisation , a convention has been followed that defence spending will not exceed 1 per cent of GNP , and although this ceiling has been broken on a few occasions , the 1 per cent target has a symbolic significance . |
| 17 | In a few cases where a horn has been removed this can be proved by stating so or by an admission on the part of the defendant . |
| 18 | A nurse has been found guilty of assaulting a blind woman of eighty eight . |
| 19 | A company has been fined two thousand pounds for allowing almost fifty gallons of diesel fuel to pollute a river . |
| 20 | A debtor appears unable to pay a debt if the debt is payable immediately and either : ( i ) the petitioning creditor has served on the debtor a statutory demand in the prescribed form requiring him to pay the debt or to secure or compound for it to the satisfaction of the creditor , at least three weeks have elapsed since the demand was served and the demand has been neither complied with nor set aside ( s 268(1) ( a ) ) ; or ( ii ) execution or other enforcement action on a judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part ( s 268(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 21 | In Schedule 4 to the rules , there are four forms of petition , namely : Form 6.7-petition on failure to comply with a statutory demand for a liquidated sum payable immediately Form 6.8-petition on failure to comply with a statutory demand for a liquidated sum payable at a future date Form 6.9-petition where execution or other process on a judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or part Form 6.10-petition for default in connection with voluntary arrangement . |
| 22 | The enormity of such a task has been made obvious by an American psychologist in the 1930s , who worked his way through an unabridged dictionary , and found that there were about eighteen thousand words that could be used to describe people . |