Example sentences of "[Wh pn] has been [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A prominent male interloper is James Clerk Maxwell ( 1831–1879 ) the British physicist after whom has been named Maxwell Montes the tallest mountains on Venus , reaching an altitude of nearly +12 km . |
| 2 | Among those who received awards yesterday was Claire Metcalfe , 15 , of Thornaby , who has been practicing judo since she was five and has now won a place in the national team . |
| 3 | Dr Alix Thom , of Foster Wheeler Wood Group , is currently assisting the university in the initial planning of the Alumni Association , along with Carol Campbell , who has been appointed alumni officer . |
| 4 | In addition to Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih one may mention the reference in an imperial decree sent from Murad I to Haci Evrenos Bey — unfortunately the document is of questionable authenticity-to one Elvan Fakih " who has been appointed seyhulislam for Rumeli generally " , to whom Evrenos Bey is adjured to show particular respect . |
| 5 | The job of putting the Ryal International Pavillion , Llangollen on the Map has been taken on by Carolyn Brindle who has been appointed administrator . |
| 6 | He will take up the duties of Counsellor , Atomic Energy , on August 17 and succeeds Chris Loughlin , who has been appointed Director , Transport Division , from September 1 |
| 7 | Peter Robinson took over as Operations manager SNH on October 1 , succeeding Dave Bell , who has been appointed manager Safety in Aberdeen . |
| 8 | He takes over from Bob Phillips who has been appointed manager of Information Services , Corporate Affairs Directorate . |
| 9 | Back at the clubhouse , it was just another day 's work for the club professional , the irrepressible Dai Stevenson , who has been dispensing tees and sympathy to the Portrush members for 16 years , as had his late father , the legendary P G Stevenson , from 1922 to 1977 . |
| 10 | Discovering that the man who has been passing threats to me is the mighty Tod Richardson will not help me sleep peacefully in my bed . |
| 11 | ‘ Where is he who has been born king of the Jews ? ’ |
| 12 | The child who has been moving boats and other objects that float on the surface of the water , suddenly discovers that he can make them sink by holding them down or pouring water on top of them . |
| 13 | Someone who has been training horses for years once told me that the most important thing is to keep your youngster ‘ thinking forwards ’ . |
| 14 | " The African dust feeding the Atlantic and the Americas shows how very large and distant ecosystems depend on each other " , notes Michael Garstang , a soil scientist who has been conducting research in Africa , Brazil and the mid-Atlantic . |
| 15 | Gregory , who has been teaching English to Thais for two years , is being held in a women 's prison . |
| 16 | Mrs Jean Broke-Smith , the Lucie Clayton principal , who has been coaching debs for the show for 20 years , described the problem : ‘ Even though these girls are much more self-assured than their equivalent 20 years ago they still need to be told to push their hips and pelvis forward and to keep their bottoms tucked in , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Any teacher who has been borrowing equipment from the Society or Jean Parmiter and is NOT using it , please return as soon as possible . |
| 18 | The well-known argument is that the woman 's refusal to concede to sexual intercourse is totally unjustified , since the two bodies have in fact already been made one by a flea , who has been sucking blood from them both . |
| 19 | Kay Evans who has been seeing Molly regularly in hospital gave us up-to-date new of her . |
| 20 | The constable need not have witnessed the conduct in question before he utters his warning ; he could act on the basis of a report that he received from a person who has been caused harassment , alarm or distress , or on the report of somebody who has witnessed it . |
| 21 | C ONGRATULATIONS to Andreas Whittam-Smith , Editor of the Independent who has been named Arts Journalist of the Year in the BP Arts Journalism awards for his newspaper 's coverage of the Pop Art Show at the Royal Academy . |
| 22 | The cards , which cover the period from 1910 to 1945 , belong to David Watkins from Bangor in Gwynedd who has been collecting samples of nursing humour for many years . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's quite amazing what turns up when one is least expecting it , ’ says Laurie Milner of the Imperial War Museum , who has been collecting material here . |
| 24 | This has aroused hopes that the Chinese dissident physicist , Mr Fang Lizhi , who has been given sanctuary in the US Embassy in Beijing , might be released under a Chinese guarantee that he will not be arrested . |
| 25 | There again is the brave Boris Nikolayevich facing up to a murderous convict who has been given work on a building site and is threatening foreman Yeltsin with an axe ; sheer strength of will sends the man packing and the construction team gets the work done on time . |
| 26 | The scheme , along with other CAP reform details on sheep and suckler cow quota , as well as new stocking density calculations , was explained to the meeting by a senior Meat and Livestock Commission economist , Mrs Lesley Greene , who has been monitoring CAP changes for the last six months . |
| 27 | SEVE BALLESTEROS yesterday extended the hand of sympathy to Scotland 's leading golfer , Colin Montgomerie , who has been fined £1,000 for comments he made about last week 's Moroccan Open . |
| 28 | Jack , who has been breeding ferrets for more than forty years , showed us soft focus shots of brown ferrets , white ferrets , ferrets eating mice and ferrets building their nests in old Athletico programmes . |
| 29 | Emma , who has been studying piano with Teresa Ardagh Walters at Holybourne Vicarage for about 18 months , also plays the cello and is a member of the Hampshire county string training orchestra . |
| 30 | The brave tot , who has been battling leukaemia since he was six weeks old , was bouncing with life yesterday as mum Michelle took him out for a treat . |