Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] be [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technological change made was to take a commercially available checkweigher and replace the standard electronics with a microprocessor controller . |
| 2 | In nineteen eighty six treat people as if their labour is worth nothing you know those men have given their lives to the quarry industry and there 's no doubt that there is money to be made from slate at the moment and people are people that have the money to invest are making a lot of money okay they 're inves they 're risking the money but er people are risking their lives as well and giving their lives . |
| 3 | This week news comes from Australia that this technique has been taken a stage further ( p 271 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Empire State Building has been moved a few blocks uptown . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Locus Computing Corp has been given a grant by the US National Science Foundation to investigate system software optimised for networked portable computers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | NCR Corp has been demonstrating an enhanced version of its Co-operation environment at UniForum in San Francisco , and says that it provides enhanced scalable , enterprise-wide support , including broadened server scalability ; enhanced desktop capabilities ; single point , local or remote , system administration ; access to object-based frameworks ; updated versions of all third-party components including Windows 3.1 and Hewlett-Packard Co 's NewWave 4.1 ; access to the Informix database ; and improved diary , mail and information access . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | However , once printed text has been photocopied a few times , or faxed , or degraded in some other way , the characters can become similarly indistinct . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | JEREMY Irons ' latest movie Damage has been given an adults-only rating by American censors . |
| 15 | The decision has been called a whitewash of the Vichy regime . |
| 16 | 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 ? … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Bletchley Park has been called a menagerie , and in the variety and eccentricity of its inhabitants , so it was . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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. |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Perhaps the main defence has been to construct an imagined community of resistance which cuts across all internal divisions by emphasizing the levelling effects of racist oppression . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Once the certificate has been issued a student may apply to the Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 25 | The government 's response has been to impose an unpopular and inflationary emergency programme . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The base has been made a free port and special economic zone . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | This course has been experiencing a rising age profile in entrants and a particularly sharp increase in the over 35 age group . |