Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assertion about the murder of the father setting problems for the unconscious life of all later generations has been left unexamined in anthropology and sociology . |
| 2 | The re-examination of NVOCC related rules has been made easier by the FMC regulations implementing the 1984 Shipping Act , as amended in 1990 . |
| 3 | Wetland cultivation during Classic Maya times has been attracting much archaeological attention in recent years . |
| 4 | The production of up-to-date Class Lists has been delayed due to the tardy response of teachers to requests for current details . |
| 5 | In essence , the effect of medically conceived interpretations and solutions has been to provide institutional care settings and services , often taking over pre-existing custodial arrangements , in which basic nursing care , supervision and protection have been provided , with drug therapy as the major planned ‘ intervention ’ or treatment . |
| 6 | Wisdom Books has been appointed exclusive distributor for Snow Lion Publications , US . |
| 7 | The purpose of the trials has been to obtain raw data which must be assembled and evaluated to provide a basis for comparison . |
| 8 | One solution to the problems caused by the withdrawal of rail transport in rural areas has been to replace these services with buses . |
| 9 | The development of the gardens has been given high priority and there is a large variety of named trees and shrubs . |
| 10 | The preferred method in recent years has been to purchase commercial , bills . |
| 11 | The Royal Mail , which for a number of years has been transporting first-class mail overnight by air , totally reorganised its operation at the end of September . |
| 12 | There is no doubt that the effect of GATT over most of the postwar years has been to remove some of the protection afforded to national markets . |
| 13 | One of the aims of Britain 's health and social services for the past 40 years has been to help old people to live in their own homes . |
| 14 | Thailand 's Professor Pilai Poonswad , who for 10 years has been studying four species of forest hornbills , pointed out that the birds nest in large Dipterocarps and that their taste in trees was something they shared with loggers . |
| 15 | The Black-and-Ambers ' All Black date in three weeks has been looking more of a death sentence than an opportunity to breathe new live into an ailing club . |
| 16 | However , the Treasury which in the past several weeks has been preparing economic forecasts for inclusion in the November autumn statement seems almost certain to revise down its estimates for economic growth next year . |
| 17 | The reaction of governments has been to resist such initiatives and view them as threats . |
| 18 | The policy adopted by successive governments has been to encourage general practitioners to practise in under-doctored areas through a series of positive and negative measures . |
| 19 | The NHS Management Executive has now created a prescribing team , one of whose first actions has been to require that prescribing is a priority for medical advisers . |
| 20 | An important function of the private presses has been to reprint rare works of historical and literary importance . |
| 21 | That significant marine action extends to quite high levels is well known.Wentworth ( 1938 ) has for instance described an example from the Hawaiian Islands , where a block of tuff weighing about 7 tons has been moved several feet fro its natural position at an elevation of 12m ( 40 ft ) on an exposed cliff . |
| 22 | A consultative panel on badgers has been meeting this week ; it 'll make recomendations to the Agriculture Minister , John Gummer , which may include the introduction of widespread TB testing . |
| 23 | One of the biggest problems facing task forces has been collecting accurate data . |
| 24 | And from Alan the new flats here , Norman helped by Dave and other members has been constructing substantial timber stroke hardboard flats although a bit heavier than the conventional canvas they will last for years and they really do provide superb sets as has been proved with all three plays presented this year . |
| 25 | The response of appellant patentee lawyers has been to claim exclusive rights to ‘ plants ’ which will , in fact , include all varieties of plants containing the gene in question . |
| 26 | The net effect of these measures has been to give greater autonomy to the central government . |
| 27 | Nurse Beverley Allitt who killed four babies has been given thirteen life sentences . |
| 28 | Nurse Beverley Allitt who killed four babies has been given thirteen life sentences . |
| 29 | However , it is encouraging that the University 's Guild of Graduates has been giving serious consideration to the future development of higher education in the Principality , including advanced further education . |
| 30 | A flotilla of surfers and canoes has been riding one of the year 's biggest Severn Bores . |