Example sentences of "[Wh pn] has [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs Haemaelaeinen , who has been a member of the Finnish central bank board and is credited with putting together a rescue package for commercial banks earlier this year , is highly regarded as a banker with integrity . |
2 | The visit of the Morris Men was arranged with the help of BNFL safety auditor David Pratt , of Risley , who has been a member for the past two years . |
3 | Mrs Murchie , 48 , who has been a member for nine years , believes everyone needs some kind of first aid training . |
4 | Mrs Falconer , who has been a member of staff since 1966 , is being removed as part of a staff restructuring programme . |
5 | Spike Milligan , the ex-Goon , who has been a friend for years , is a veteran anti-blood sports campaigner . |
6 | But a desire to be fair , a wish to be absolutely certain , and an understandable reluctance to accuse someone of perfidy who has been a friend of mine for six difficult years made me pull the telephone back to my mouth . |
7 | Anyone who has been a parent or had much to do with family and children will have seen the discrepancies . |
8 | For a start , they do n't get paid , though they do receive a petrol allowance ; for another thing , it 's a bit like being in charge of a group of unruly children for a week , which , as anyone who has been a parent knows , means that there 's a lot of hard work involved and very little time for oneself . |
9 | Phil , from Paddington , West London , who has been a postman for 20 years , also wins £1,000 for his sorting office . |
10 | I referred to it and you oddly enough in a handwritten letter to my father the other night after referring to Lord XXXXX one of whose contemporaries and friends is coming to stay here a couple of nights next week , and who has been a pillar in the fabric of my life , a man for whom consistency , continuity and courtesy are all — and who is often concerned at the unhappiness which is my ? ? ? ? ? ? ? it is in anything other than a bit of paper , which most of my old friends who wish me well , doubt ) … |
11 | After divorce from her first husband , she married Brian Youlden , who has been a tower of strength in these last sad days . |
12 | He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mr Chris Patten , party chairman , and is a chartered accountant who has been a radio presenter . |
13 | The event provided the opportunity to have a close-up look at part of the farming enterprise of John Gittins who has been a pioneer in land reclamation and has also spearheaded the development of commercial crossbred sheep that have put millions of pounds in the pockets of fellow farmers . |
14 | The event provided the opportunity to have a close-up look at part of the farming enterprise of John Gittins who has been a pioneer in land reclamation and has also spearheaded the development of commercial crossbred sheep that have put millions of pounds in the pockets of fellow farmers . |
15 | If goods are sold at an auction to someone who has been a party to such an agreement to abstain from bidding , then the seller can rescind the contract . |