Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christopher Laing , Immediate Past President of the CIOB , has been elected as Chairman of the National Playing Fields Association [ NPFA ] , the charity of recreational space . |
| 2 | In the Lake District , mapping of the Lower Palaeozoic strata on the Cockermouth ( 23 ) sheet has been completed and fieldwork on the Ambleside ( 38 ) sheet is at an advanced stage . |
| 3 | Good evening , first tonight demolition work on a Cotswold hotel has been halted after fighting broke out between building workers and demonstrators . |
| 4 | For the past decade , at least , it has been recognised that quality exists above and beyond any guide 's objective star rating . |
| 5 | John Paul Gallagher , who has been appointed as chaplain to the U.S. , Menwith Hill base , is with the U.S. Bishopric of the Forces and can be contacted at or via the base . |
| 6 | Bernard Axford F has been appointed as Chairman of the CIOB Membership Board to replace Robert Wharton , the Institute 's new President . |
| 7 | Considering geography as the description of the changes that take place or have taken place in or at the surface of the earth Linton ( 1965 ) suggested that any changes which occur in the real world imply that work has been done and energy expended . |
| 8 | So intense did the criticism become that Mr Stringer , who has been connected as player , coach and now manager with Norwich for almost 30 years , took the unprecedented step of going on national radio to defend himself and his players . |
| 9 | Application is made on Form 96 and costs £6. ( d ) Action on receipt of reply As when considering the answer to question 18 made of the local authority , consider whether any unregistered disposition of the property for value has been made since registration of title became compulsory . |
| 10 | Already it has been demonstrated that groundwater abstraction is high relative to the theoretical renewable resource , and that much of the groundwater is contaminated with nitrate . |
| 11 | Over the years an archive of find spots has been collected and distribution maps can be drawn . |
| 12 | The New Year brings new challenges , none more than providing tuition facilities for students taking their finals , and thanks to BT this has been overcome and Student Liaison Officer Geoff Forster is running his down courses . |
| 13 | Dyson-Hudson ( 1984 ) has also commented that since c. 1970 the equivalent of $US600 million has been given as development funds to Africa 's rangelands but has brought few rewards as far as more efficient and productive pastoralism is concerned . |
| 14 | Instead , it has been argued that exposure to complex sentences is necessary so that the child can adequately test inferences about the relationship between grammatical form and meaning ( Gleitman et al . |
| 15 | However it has been argued that concern about social dumping is misplaced . |
| 16 | Thus , it has been argued that photography is the quintessential surrealist art form , that photographs are like ‘ death masks ’ , like footprints in the sense of being ‘ imprints of the real ’ ( Krauss 1985b , p. 110 ) . |
| 17 | Again , it has been argued that colour contrast and other factors may be important because red contrasts well with green and many hummingbird plants with bluish leaves have yellow flowers , the complementary colour . |
| 18 | It has been argued that differentiation in refugia is less marked in trees than it is in insects or birds , because of their different life spans , but such theory provides an explanation for the now sympatric occurrence of 12 species of Eschweilera ( Lecythidaceae ) near Manaus . |
| 19 | Although it has been argued that nectar might contain repellents to ants that otherwise predominate on sugary substrates in the tropics , it is found that ants will take this nectar when it is presented to them , though the floral parts of such flowers may be less palatable . |
| 20 | It has been argued that death-feigning in natural circumstances is of comparatively little use and far too risky to become a major defence strategy . |
| 21 | It has been argued that diesel takes a much smaller amount of process heat to refine , and is therefore more environmentally considerate all round . |
| 22 | It has been argued that supply is more likely to show a positive response to relative price increases which are thought to be temporary than those that are thought to be permanent . |
| 23 | On the basis of certain assumptions about the chemical heterogeneity of the mantle and a postulated marked increase in viscosity with depth , it has been argued that convection would be confined to the asthenosphere , that is to a maximum depth of about 300 km ( Fig. 2.1 7(A) ) . |
| 24 | As some plates have horizontal dimensions of thousands of kilometres it has been argued that convection cells of equivalent horizontal and vertical dimensions would be required to move them . |
| 25 | It has been argued that compression of the abdomen increases the ‘ pinchcock ’ effect of the angular incisura and so it is possible that this manoeuvre could actually prevent reflux in some patients . |
| 26 | It has been said that Vial was quite unsuited for the post of founding Professor . |
| 27 | In view of the hardships endured by many peasants , even at times when they were making some gains at the expense of their lords , it is hardly surprising that there were outbreaks of discontent , some of which took violent forms — indeed it has been said that peasant movements were as much a part of seigneurial society as strikes are of large-scale capitalism . |
| 28 | It has been said that regard must be had to the nature of the contract broken , the position of the parties to the contract , the grounds for the breach , the means employed to procure it , the relation of the person procuring it to the person who breaks the contract , and the object of the person procuring the breach . |
| 29 | ‘ ( 1 ) The register may be rectified pursuant to an order of the court or by the registrar , subject to an appeal to the court , in any of the following cases , but subject to the provisions of this section : — ( a ) Subject to any express provisions of this Act to the contrary , where a court of competent jurisdiction has decided that any person is entitled to any estate right or interest in or to any registered land or charge , and as a consequence of such decision such court is of opinion that a rectification of the register is required , and makes an order to that effect ; ( b ) Subject to any express provision of this Act to the contrary , where the court , on the application in the prescribed manner of any person who is aggrieved by any entry made in , or by the omission of any entry from , the register , or by any default being made , or unnecessary delay taking place , in the making of any entry in the register , makes an order for the rectification of the register ; ( c ) In any case and at any time with the consent of all persons interested ; ( d ) Where the court or the registrar is satisfied that any entry in the register has been obtained by fraud ; ( e ) Where two or more persons are , by mistake , registered as proprietors of the same registered estate or of the same charge ; ( f ) Where a mortgagee has been registered as proprietor of the land instead of as proprietor of a charge and a right of redemption is subsisting ; ( g ) Where a legal estate has been registered in the name of a person who if the land had not been registered would not have been the estate owner ; and ( h ) In any other case where , by reason of any error or omission in the register , or by reason of any entry made under a mistake , it may be deemed just to rectify the register . |
| 30 | This year , grass grown on the mica has been conserved as silage for winter feed , and acceptable yields of wheat and barley grown on sand . |