Example sentences of "[pron] has [be] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Nothing has been decided either way . ’
2 One example of an hypothesis which has been given serious attention in recent years is the possible link between electromagnetic fields generated by high-voltage power lines or supply cables and ill health .
3 Another facet of the problem of rural services , which has been given considerable publicity in England , is the demise of the village retail store due to economies of scale and retailing and stringent food hygiene regulations .
4 The valley is the habitat of at least 21 species of the insect , which has been highlighted this month by a travelling exhibition .
5 The valley is the habitat of at least 21 species of the insect , which has been highlighted this month by a travelling exhibition .
6 By their nature such inquiries do not fit one of the requisites of classical adjudication , which has been termed strong responsiveness .
7 Appointments announced by the York Diocese include the Rev Catherine Durnford , assistant curate at Whitby , who has been appointed assistant curate at Redcar ; the Rev Christopher Morgan becomes vicar of St Hilda 's , York , and the Rev Simon Wright has been re-appointed Rural Dean of Middlesbrough for five years .
8 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga , who has been appointed acting president and will probably get the job permanently because the UNP has enough votes in parliament to secure it for him , is an unassuming 71-year-old compromise candidate .
9 He takes over from PHILIP SWANN who has been made assistant director ( adult services ) .
10 ‘ I ca n't explain how I feel in words and I do n't know what the future holds , ’ said Tamas , who has been granted political asylum and has applied for Hungarian citizenship .
11 Congratulations goes to Paddy Summers of the Sixmilewater league who has been elected assistant team manager to Russell Morrow , Ballymena .
12 of income in the north of Ireland — and that the hill livestock farmer depends very much on such payments at this time of year , will he ensure that these payments and other headage payments are made in accordance with the rules and regulations and thus assist the distraught financial circumstances especially of the small farmer who has been paid scant regard in the House this afternoon ?
13 But she has been given special dispensation to play in two events in her home state before that birthday .
14 She has been granted legal aid to pursue an action in the Court of Session against Lothian Regional Council .
15 She has been appointed this season after the Wordsworth Trust staged a six-day exhibition in Osaka last year .
16 Perhaps the reason is that she has been persuaded that teacher approval , and whatever other more tangible extrinsic rewards may follow , are in short supply and to gain what she needs she must not simply ( or even necessarily ) improve but also get ( or merely stay ) ahead of others .
17 In the 1980s there has been increased central control ( Davies , 1987 ) .
18 As a result there has been repeated political intervention in the bargaining strategies of railway management , with the government even orchestrating the negotiations in detail , as Gourvish convincingly documents for BR ( 1986 : chapters 7 , 12 ) .
19 While the market testing process is already under way and Scottish prisons assume decentralised ‘ agency status ’ on 1 April , there has been repeated Scottish Office denial of any intention to institute a private prison .
20 He has been granted legal aid for the case , which if successful could lead to hundreds of other claims .
21 Sometimes , however , a customer will complain that he has been given incorrect change .
22 Gardiner , the Observer 's architectural critic , knew Epstein , Lady Epstein and their family from the early Fifties and this biography is authorised in that he has been given unprecedented access to family papers , including letters between the artist and Kathleen Garman .
23 He has been advised that rest is the only remedy for a recurring groin strain .
24 He has been pursued all year by race fan Newman and his Chicago business partner Carl Haas .
25 He has been refused one review already .
26 Mr Hooke says he has been told that Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers .
27 More recently , it has been demonstrated that casein kinase II ( CKII ) phosphorylates c-Jun at Thr-231 and Ser-249 both in vitro and in vivo ( 16 ) .
28 Traditionally it has been assumed that thinking , whether about value or about fact , has to be fully detached from the spontaneous , which engages with it only as emotion biasing judgement .
29 In tropical countries the importance of maintaining the cold chain is recognised , but in temperate countries it has been given little attention until recently .
30 Recently , however , it has been given added emphasis and urgency by the growing appreciation that the damage being done to the environment by the use of fossil fuels may require drastic restrictions on their use .
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