Example sentences of "[noun] has be [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week news comes from Australia that this technique has been taken a stage further ( p 271 ) . |
| 2 | WOOD GROUP Fire Protection has been awarded a contract to design , engineer and supply two low pressure C02 fire protection systems to protect gas turbine sets provided by John Brown Engineering for the new Keadby power station at Scunthorpe . |
| 3 | The Empire State Building has been moved a few blocks uptown . |
| 4 | The New Forest has been designated a Special Protection Area ( SPA ) for birds by the UK government , making it the 38th site in the UK so designated under the EC wild birds directive . |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp has been granted a provisional double-A-3 rating for a shelf registration in Japan for the equivalent of $860m of debt , citing its market positions as Japan 's third largest integrated electric and electronics manufacturer , its sound financial condition , solid profit margins , and its expected strong cash flows arising from its well-diversified business lines , for the rating . |
| 6 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |
| 7 | Locus Computing Corp has been given a grant by the US National Science Foundation to investigate system software optimised for networked portable computers . |
| 8 | The Cupertino , California-based MicroModule Systems Inc management buyout from Digital Equipment Corp has been given a $1.2m US Advanced Research Projects Agency subcontract to build a series of DEC Alpha RISC-based multichip modules using diamond substrates . |
| 9 | Microsoft Corp has been talking a little more about its planned Cairo — now called Windows Cairo — object-oriented operating system , and far from being a distant prospect , it looks as if it will come hard on the heels of Windows NT , with a professional developers ' kit available as soon as early next year according to the late Systems & Network Integration . |
| 10 | However , once printed text has been photocopied a few times , or faxed , or degraded in some other way , the characters can become similarly indistinct . |
| 11 | Two organisations have now managed to set up clearing facilities enabling them to dispense hard currency in Moscow : Credobank , a Moscow-based commercial bank , began offering cash advances to Visa card holders from early March and American Express has been offering a limited service to its card holders from its Moscow representative office ; Credobank has an on-line connection to a London clearing centre to check all cards — the connection was organised by Sprint Networks ; the bank also plans to offer cash service in some Moscow hotels . |
| 12 | The decision has been called a whitewash of the Vichy regime . |
| 13 | How can Unionism possibly survive when Protestant and Catholic are no longer at each other 's throats , when discrimination has been dealt a body-blow ? … |
| 14 | Lady Kilmarnock , Amis 's first wife , roared with laughter ( she and Lord K share digs with him — an unusual menage ) , while Paul Fussell , an old American friend of Amis , disclosed : ‘ Kingsley has been sent a clean set of underwear as a birthday present . |
| 15 | The study looked at all areas of the natural environment , including the management of the diverse grasslands and associated rare species , for which the Park has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 16 | Bletchley Park has been called a menagerie , and in the variety and eccentricity of its inhabitants , so it was . |
| 17 | The Yorkshire Dales National Park has been awarded a European Commission grant of more than £50 000 to help conserve the traditional Dales farming landscape . |
| 18 | The Sensors and Instrumentation Department ( SID ) from RS 's Safety and Engineering Systems Division has been awarded a second re-instrumentation contract for Nuclear Electric at Hinkley Point A. |
| 19 | In the best Lowden tradition the entire guitar has been given a matt ‘ wire-wool ’ type finish and again , like all Lowdens , it has a very hefty-looking top — almost twice as thick as those of some other makers . |
| 20 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 21 | With singer Bradley acting out his Mozzer fantasies by lurching around on top of the monitors — only lacking a bunch of daffs stuffed down the back of his pants — their arrogance level has been hoisted a welcome couple of notches . |
| 22 | Once the certificate has been issued a student may apply to the Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 23 | AT&T Co has been awarded a $5m contract by the island of Nauru to digitise the country 's telecommunications network and set up direct international service : the order includes a 5ESS gateway switching system , equipment to digitise Nauru 's existing analogue earthstations , microwave towers and other terrestrial communications links , a cellular communications network and one year of on-site technical support ; the eight-square-mile island is 2,445 miles southwest of Hawaii and has 9,000 residents ; it makes a living exporting $75m a year in phosphates . |
| 24 | ICI has been branded a Scrooge after cancelling Christmas parties for pensioners . |
| 25 | The base has been made a free port and special economic zone . |
| 26 | Bootle-born Shirli-Ann Siddall has been given a wildcard entry . |
| 27 | My tiny kitchen has been given a rustic look by hanging up a hop bine from a farm , and a string of onions ( 99p ) adds the finishing touch . |
| 28 | In the preceding part of the text , the writer has been describing a particular racehorse ( He ) which had been fitted with blinkers ( them ) for its previous race ( on that occasion ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Baker has been carrying a strained abdomen for some time . |
| 30 | This course has been experiencing a rising age profile in entrants and a particularly sharp increase in the over 35 age group . |