Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In previous years her job has been filled by a preregistration house officer . |
| 2 | Here , the intergranular pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement leaving only leached porosity , and the sonic log displays a very clear downward-decreasing porosity profile in the uppermost unit of oolitic grainstone ( Fig. 18 ) . |
| 3 | In the second well , however , the sonic log indicates that the upper unit is much tighter and the core descriptions suggest that the pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement . |
| 4 | Who will pay compensation if one operators ' trains are delayed by a breakdown of a train by another operator ? |
| 5 | Old Mahu , the gatekeeper who had slept on the night of Mertseger 's disappearance , had been dismissed without a pension , but that action had done nothing to mollify the general 's conscience . |
| 6 | And yet that part of the interview could have been dismissed with a laugh in five seconds . |
| 7 | Having been dismissed as a kitchen maid , she harnesses her poetry to her teapot . |
| 8 | Law and Order Minister Hernus Kriel announced on Aug. 27 that 13 police generals had been dismissed in a reorganization of the SAP . |
| 9 | But , while her non-dramatic soul was saying that to present herself at Vasey 's looking the way she did was going a bit over the top , she had never been dismissed from a job before . |
| 10 | Richard Crossman , for one , in 1965 lamented , ‘ How much more humane and imaginative our post-war reconstruction would have proved if government departments had been invigorated by an influx of experts with special knowledge , new ideas and a sympathy for the Government 's domestic and foreign policies ’ .3– George Brown 's National Plan of 1965 represented a belated attempt to recapture the ground perceived to have been lost since the war ended . |
| 11 | Defeated presidential candidates Ion Ratiu ( Christian Democratic National Peasants ' Party — CDNPP ) and Radu Campeanu ( National Liberal Party — NLP ) listed irregularities in the process and complained that the campaign had been waged in an atmosphere of violence ; both , however , stated their intention to participate in the new parliament . |
| 12 | The reliability and clinical applications of computerised image analysis measurement of bowel uptake of Tc-99m HMPAO labelled leucocytes has been examined as a measure of disease activity in Crohn 's disease . |
| 13 | They are clearly a very cost–effective form of risk assessment ; the situation will have been examined at a level of detail and expertise not usually available to individual companies . |
| 14 | Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning . |
| 15 | The boy had been examined by a surgeon , Thomas Chapman , who found numerous wheals , bruises and lacerations , and his report to the guardians led to proceedings being taken against the tailor before the County magistrates ; he was convicted and fined £5 . |
| 16 | Captain Bob Sclater , the Orkney island 's harbours director , said attempts to refloat the ship would stop until she had been examined by a team of salvage specialists . |
| 17 | That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real . |
| 18 | That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real . |
| 19 | Personal preference has been examined in a number of statistical ways . |
| 20 | These relations have been examined in a cohort of 46000 women followed for up to 19 years during the Royal College of General Practitioners ' ( RCFP ) oral contraception study . |
| 21 | As has already been indicated , the planning processes of each company had previously been examined in a research study carried out at the London Business School . |
| 22 | Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma . |
| 23 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 24 | The house had been furnished with a lot of money badly spent in a mixture of styles . |
| 25 | Each of the rooms has been furnished in a manner which combines the elegant traditions of Thailand with the relaxed style of an international resort . |
| 26 | Forest products are gathered at a level which does not affect the harvest next year be it fruit , timber , grasses , wild honey or medicinal plants . |
| 27 | Bedrooms and lounges are furnished in a variety of styles ranging from Louis XIII to Louis XV . |
| 28 | This hare has been aroused by an exchange of letters between Donald Riegle , chairman of the Senate banking committee , and the SEC 's ambitious chairman , Richard Breeden . |
| 29 | Mkolongolo alleged in a press statement that the United States ambassador , Smith Hempstone , had been recalled as a result of " misleading information " given him by Muite [ see also p. 38136 ] . |
| 30 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |