Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [pron] has be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from a year at Westfield College she has been on the staff of the Department of French at Reading University since 1962 , progressing from Tutorial Assistant to a personal chair as Professor of French . |
| 2 | The only " reason " given by Anderson — " I changed my mind " ( p. 87 ) — clearly violates the maxim of quantity in providing too little information , and his excuse , that he " did n't realize it mattered " , violates the maxim of quality because , being a Cambridge don who has been to a number of overseas conferences , he will be well aware of the procedures involved . |
| 3 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 4 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 5 | Looking beyond the confines of the EC , Jon Lester , a member of the company 's eastern Europe group who has been on secondment in Berlin , Bratislava and Budapest , gave an informed overview of publishing in the region , touching on areas of opportunity , support for foreign trade , and possibilities for foreign investment . |
| 6 | The state-owned French firm made its bid for Piper public after a spate of rumours about the US company which has been in deep financial trouble since early 1990 . |
| 7 | VAILA , a small Shetland island which has been on the market for more than 12 years , has been sold to a couple in London . |