Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [art] [noun sg] has be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rowan tree ( Sorbus aucuparia ) or in Gaelic , which stands in the corner of the kitchen garden or just beyond the house or byre , has protected the home , the family and the cattle from witches and fairies for centuries , and has endured after many a homestead has been deserted . |
| 2 | ‘ The truth of the matter is that the children remain in care after all the evidence has been considered by the children 's panel and the courts . ’ |
| 3 | The need for such a centre has been recognised for some time . |
| 4 | Statutory exemptions are provided in section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and , inter alia , allow a person to drive without a licence or cause or permit another to do so if the driver has held or is entitled to obtain a licence for that class of vehicle and an application for such a licence has been received including in it the date he was driving . |
| 5 | In particular if notice of an application for such an order has been given he may : ( a ) strike out the claim or defence if they show no reasonable cause of action or defence and enter judgment ( Ord 13 , r 5 ) ; ( b ) where £1,000 or more is claimed , upon submission of affidavit evidence proving the facts ( and proof of service of the application , copy affidavit and exhibits seven days before ) , enter summary judgment in a default action where there is no real defence . |
| 6 | Evidence for such an association has been publshed in the Register General 's Decimal Supplements on Occupational Mortality since 1937 , but these data have not been highlighted . |
| 7 | Despite this the result has been a travesty of democracy in that the permanent minority of Catholics and Irish nationalists have been excluded from the Protestant Unionist conception of " the people " , called in this case " the people of Ulster " . |
| 8 | As a result of this the club has been able to run at a constant level of activity . |
| 9 | No record of such a loss has been found . |
| 10 | An excellent example of such a walk has been developed and waymarked by councils in the eastern county of Gwent — a move which in itself is a sign of changed official attitudes and priorities . |
| 11 | … it would be unwise to introduce a prohibition on insider trading before some attempt to prognosticate the economic repercussions of such a prohibition has been made . |
| 12 | Although the use of such a relation has been queried , the mean diameter for faint remnants , such as this , becomes insensitive to brightness . |
| 13 | The enormity of such a task has been made obvious by an American psychologist in the 1930s , who worked his way through an unabridged dictionary , and found that there were about eighteen thousand words that could be used to describe people . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , until direct evidence of such an effect has been obtained through the supplementary use of IPV , combined schedules should not be regarded as a substitute for the proven strategy of mass vaccination campaigns for the global eradication programme . |
| 15 | For 1992 the dividend has been increased from three kroner to five ( 50p ) to sweeten shareholders , including many in Scotland who subscribed for the rights issue last year at 175 kroner . |
| 16 | Erm it 's it 's erm a further alternative erm in that the attempt has been made to fall in more closely with the county council 's wording erm and yet introduce a more positive tone . |
| 17 | In these the selection has been done for the trainer . |
| 18 | The tower was demolished by lightning in 1821 and since the present Abbey clock tower was erected on the site in 1822 the papingo has been placed there for every contest . |
| 19 | By the time the Minutes resume in 1920 the trophy has been changed to the present bowl . |
| 20 | Built in 1884 the house has been modernised but still retains its original charm with a very pretty secluded south-facing garden . |
| 21 | Since its opening in 1978 the gallery has been seen as the main centre for contemporary art in the city . |
| 22 | At the time of the Arab invasion in 639 the population has been estimated at between 20 and 30 million , but when Napoleon invaded the decaying Ottoman Egypt in 1798 it had been reduced to some two and a half million . |
| 23 | They take this view because they are alive to the fact that since 1935 no government has been elected by a majority of the electorate and secured 50 per cent of the popular vote . |
| 24 | Since 1980 a proposal has been under discussion for a Directive which could require companies to introduce procedures for informing and consulting employees ; it became known as the ‘ Vredeling Directive ’ . |
| 25 | Ever since 1979 the Government has been trying to widen and deepen share ownership , but apart from privatisations , which have resulted in millions of people owning a few hundred shares in one or two companies , it can not be said to have had much success . |
| 26 | Since 1975 the Treasury has been working to lengthen the average maturity of the debt , and with good reason . |
| 27 | Since 1976 the trend has been reversed , managerial values have again become predominant and the bureaucracy has expanded , albeit with some strengthening of the legislative role of the National People 's Congress and , since the Democracy Movement of 1978–80 , a strengthening of the role of ‘ workers representative congresses ’ to give workers a limited say in the management of enterprises ( White 1985 ) . |
| 28 | Since 1978 the Principality has been governed by a coalition of the Vaterländische Union ( Patriotic Union — VU ) and the Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei ( Progressive Citizens ' Party — FBP ) . |
| 29 | Since 1977 the bridge has been electrically operated , but one of the steam engines is preserved in situ . |
| 30 | But since 1961 a question has been asked to list all educational qualifications , and the General Household Survey and the cohort studies now provide additional information . |