Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] be [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conduct element is causing ‘ actual bodily harm ’ , which has been given the wide definition of ‘ any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim ’ so long as it is not merely transient or trifling' . |
| 2 | A Statement of Joint Proposals was submitted to the Bank of England Task Force on Securities Settlement , which has been given the remit to put together an alternative . |
| 3 | But the Sever-1 , which has been patented the world over — and licensed in the US — is the most significant . |
| 4 | A significant stratigraphic break is identified near the base of the Barren Measures in the late Carboniferous which has been designated the ‘ Symon Unconformity ’ . |
| 5 | Several reports have showed the coexistence of these two peptides in the same endocrine cell type , which has been named the L cell . |
| 6 | Retailers have effectively redefined ‘ debt ’ as ‘ credit ’ — a move which has been dubbed the greatest marketing coup of all time by the National Association of Citzens Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) . |
| 7 | Retailers have effectively redefined ‘ debt ’ as ‘ credit ’ — a move which has been dubbed the greatest marketing coup of all time by the National Association of Citzens Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) . |
| 8 | The overt , explicit aspect of the curriculum coexists with a less obvious , implicit or tacit side , which has been dubbed the ‘ hidden curriculum ’ ( Snyder 1971 ; Cornbleth 1984 ) and the curriculum plan is always open to a degree of interpretation and even reconstruction by those involved . |
| 9 | Those principles could well be applied to theology , which has been called the queen of the sciences . |
| 10 | The tip , which has been called the biggest in Europe , receives more than a million tonnes of waste every year , nearly two thirds of it toxic . |
| 11 | A dermatology hospital which has been called the best in the country has opened in Oxford . |
| 12 | War on the Unborn THE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has consistently opposed abortion for convenience which has been called The War on the Unborn . |
| 13 | Tai Solarin , an outspoken critic of the Government who has been appointed the Bank 's Chairperson , is happy that ‘ the Government has realized that structures operating in the country have not served the purpose of the ordinary people ’ . |
| 14 | Next to Howard Hodgson , who has been called the tycoon of funeral directors . |
| 15 | Several grand viziers entered the Sultan 's service via the devşirme , including Ibrahim , the Greek who served Suleiman the Magnificent from 1523 to 1536 ; the Macedonian Koçu Bey , adviser to Murad IV in the seventeenth century , who has been called the Turkish Montesquieu ; and Mehmed Sokolović ( Sokollu ) , the Bosnian who held the post from 1564 to 1579 , serving Suleiman , Selim II and Murad III . |
| 16 | The relative or person who has been given the medical certificate by the doctor must see the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district where the death occurred , in order that the death may be registered . |
| 17 | Mr Lawrence Eagleburger , the deputy secretary of state who has been given the job of co-ordinating America 's help for Eastern Europe , was told by Congress that the money the administration has in mind is too modest , but that its ideas about who should control the distribution of this money are immodest . |
| 18 | Complaints are investigated by the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar , which considers a written report from a barrister who has been given the task of investigating the complaint . |
| 19 | This is simply watching the patient who has been given the medicines . |
| 20 | Other articles include an examination of the present situation for journalists in Panama and an essay by Aung San Suu Kyi , Burma 's leading politician and dissident , who has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought . |
| 21 | What happens if a customer complains that she has been given the wrong change ? |
| 22 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
| 23 | She has been called the mourning Athena , since the bent head suggests grief . |
| 24 | From about 1902 she and Bateson were the leading members of the team which started the modern study of plant genetics in Britain ; indeed , she has been called the ‘ mother ’ of British plant genetics . |
| 25 | After all , she has been asked the question several times over the past few days and will not say yes or no . |
| 26 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 27 | WACC 's President , Rev Randy L Naylor , and General Secretary , Rev Carlos A Valle , sent a congratulatory telegram to Rigoberta Menchu Tum following the announcement on 16 October that she has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace . |
| 28 | Ken Thwaites , who remembers being told the news in the asssembly hall at Normanby Primary School , recalls : ‘ The sad and important words were recognised , but what worried me more was would ‘ Boro 's FA Cup tie with Doncaster Rovers due that afternoon at Ayresome Park be postponed ? |
| 29 | They 're supervised by Sonia Rafferty , who 's been given the rare privilege of forming the group and a selection of new works . |
| 30 | He has been called the Bellamy of fossils for his ability to inspire his listeners . |