Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since last Sunday , Dr Woodward has been appointed to a further post : scapegoat . |
| 2 | The allocation for London in the current financial year 1991-92 has been cut by a further 8 per cent . |
| 3 | Although laser gain has been observed at a shorter wavelength — 18–2 nanometres by Geoff Pert 's group at the University of Hull — no claims have been made that those experiments produced coherent light ; the emission included radiation generated by other processes . |
| 4 | The temporary ‘ window of opportunity ’ which has made gifts of works of art and other property to US museums fully tax deductible since January 1991 , has been extended for a further eighteen months from July . |
| 5 | I am very pleased to announce that , thanks to the generosity of the Wolfson Foundation and family charitable trust , the museums and galleries improvement fund has been extended for a further two years to 1995-96 . |
| 6 | A SUCCESSFUL after-care scheme run for elderly people at Middlesbrough General Hospital has been extended for a further year , it was announced last night . |
| 7 | Sir Hugh added that the Dragon offer has been extended for a further 14 days . |
| 8 | The teaching of study skills should of course obviate the problems that arise in assignments and projects , but generally this provision has been made at a later stage of the pupils ' school career , at the sixth-form level , when a recognized amount of their time is allocated to private study . |
| 9 | That achievement has been rewarded by a further undisclosed but substantial injection of capital by Courtaulds to strengthen its position . |
| 10 | The fact that old people would lose out with QALY theory has been given as a further example of injustice . |
| 11 | Now the way has been cleared for a wider approach , through the use of software recommended as a common Group standard . |
| 12 | In our case I believe it has helped all three of us. has been exposed to a greater variety of people and situations which may have contributed to his easy-going nature . |
| 13 | has been re-appointed for a further year as part-time member of AEA Board . |
| 14 | McDonald's ' is typical of an old well-established firm which has been absorbed into a larger manufacturing group and modernized . |
| 15 | The creation of a group of special civil servants , including individuals recruited from outside the public service for their expertise or political connections , has been seen as a further desire to strengthen strategic thinking in government . |
| 16 | The ban on commercial whaling has been upheld for a further year — prompting threats from Iceland and Norway to leave the International Whaling Commission . |
| 17 | A prisoner who threw boiling water over a fellow inmate has been jailed for a further three and a half years . |
| 18 | Modernisation and an extension to the backing plant has improved quality and removed a potential bottle neck as the volume increase has been matched by a faster throughput . |
| 19 | Since the enactment of s 459 1985 , it has been regarded as a better remedy for a minority affected by prejudice in a company to ask for a share purchase order under s 461 rather than to seek a return of share capital through a winding-up petition which results in the liquidation of a solvent company ( a member can not petition under s 122(1) ( g ) if the company is insolvent because he has no interest ) . |
| 20 | Now the standard pto has been replaced by a beefier home-made version . |
| 21 | The seat has been replaced by a stronger version . |
| 22 | Remains are scarce as most of the work has been rebuilt at a later date . |
| 23 | The amount of building-society interest actually received is regarded as what is left after tax at the basic rate has been deducted from a larger amount . |
| 24 | Or alternatively if cash has been allocated for a later purchase of , say , an expected new issue of bonds and the fear is of prices rising , an investor can hedge by buying a future or by acquiring a call option . |
| 25 | An older faction , not so much of industrial workers as of municipal veterans with a ‘ collaborationist ’ attitude towards central government , has been displaced by a younger group including public-sector professionals and industrial workers with a recent and continuing history of trade union activism . |
| 26 | It would be more advantageous to study an action picture which has been captured at a lower camera speed . |
| 27 | Finally , the American Peke-faced cat is a long-haired breed that has been bred for a flatter and flatter face , rather as the Pekinese has been exaggerated among the dog breeds . |
| 28 | Rule 5 The module version has been nominated for a greater period than the nomination latency set in the configuration file . |
| 29 | But the case for amiodarone is not proved , and it has been associated with a higher incidence of sudden death . |
| 30 | Relaxation or withdrawal of treatment before mid-childhood has been associated with a further decline in intellectual ability . |