Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.

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1 In recent years , the growth of National Certificate uptake has been especially strong in secondary schools .
2 He claimed that the allied forces had achieved " general air superiority " over Iraq and Kuwait ; that enemy nuclear weapons reactors were " finished " ; that Iraqi aircraft were able to operate from only five of the country 's 66 airfields ; and that Iraqi air defence radar had been reduced by 95 per cent .
3 British Bio-technology 's laboratory products division has been incorporated into a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Bio-technology Group .
4 The plausibility of the Full Listing Hypothesis versus that of the Stem + Lexical Rules Hypothesis has been investigated by looking at errors in speech production .
5 With admissible or near-admissible algorithms the search can end as soon as a spanning hypothesis has been found .
6 The main difficulty Lane foresees is that care managers will have to adapt to new systems which will vary between individual authorities rather than types of authority .
7 The support play has been brillient .
8 NCR Corp has been demonstrating an enhanced version of its Co-operation environment at UniForum in San Francisco , and says that it provides enhanced scalable , enterprise-wide support , including broadened server scalability ; enhanced desktop capabilities ; single point , local or remote , system administration ; access to object-based frameworks ; updated versions of all third-party components including Windows 3.1 and Hewlett-Packard Co 's NewWave 4.1 ; access to the Informix database ; and improved diary , mail and information access .
9 The hair rig has been a great leveller of angling ability and because on most waters it is self-hooking this can often lead to complacency on the angler 's part .
10 In addition permission has been granted to interview a sample of these patients together with their Responsible Medical Officers .
11 Of course progress has been made .
12 The long-term inhalation of such gases is harmful to health and , although no acceptable exposure level has been submitted , studies have shown that breathing in hydrocarbons increases the risk of lung cancer .
13 The Research Councils , through the Advisory Board for the Research Councils ( ABRC ) have commissioned a number of studies of research policy , in order to determine the best measures for the objective assessment of research productivity , and those carried out by the Science Policy Research Unit ( SPRU ) at Sussex University have been fundamental in reviewing existing measures , and suggesting new indicators which may be used singly or in combination .
14 At the extreme right of the picture the top of the Citicorp Building has been spun through 180 degrees .
15 Previously the rate support grant had been distributed to authorities on the basis of a complex formula which took account of a number of factors , including levels of local prosperity , which influence the need for local services .
16 Another change in local government finance is that the rate support grant has been replaced by the revenue support grant .
17 If you colour your hair because greys are growing faster than you can pull them out , you 'll be pleased to know that Poly Color has been improved .
18 DEREK ROBINS on the multi-talented Mary Whitehouse Experience the comedians who cause sides to split and tempers to rise THE shocking stars of the BBC2 comedy show The Mary Whitehouse experience have been forced to water down their controversial material for TV viewers .
19 During the last few years the Printing Division has been able to offer photosetting via its P.E .
20 Platelet structure and its relationship to platelet function has been given tremendous impetus , through the application of electromicroscopy to the study of platelet anatomy and the development of techniques for isolation of physiologically active platelets and their preservation for ultrastructural study .
21 Associations between glycaemic control and parameters of platelet function have been sought both in cross-sectional studies and prospective studies and conflicting findings have been reported .
22 The channel tunnel rail link has been at the centre of my thoughts about my own urban concerns .
23 That skating bit got 's to do
24 Likewise , supporters have reported to me that a well known , flamboyant Football League Premier Division chairman has been seen at ‘ The Tip ’ .
25 Venables and the Spurs board have been upset over a series of allegations Scholar has made in his book ‘ Behind Closed Doors ’ , which is published today .
26 and er , I get on the courses is the fact that that is very good attendance sort of thing for you to see T N T Express has been rather than a depot .
27 It seems that on human relationships within the prison the long-term effects of the Ruiz decision have been mostly negative .
28 In a few cases ( gold , corn , wheat , oats and soyabeans ) the direct opposite of the Samuelson hypothesis has been found , that is , a positive relationship between price volatility and maturity .
29 However , for each of the commodities for which a contradiction of the Samuelson hypothesis has been found , another study has found evidence that the commodity supports the hypothesis .
30 In Kent v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner , a blanket ban had been imposed for 28 days in the light of the Brixton disorders of 10–13 April , and disorder at several Bank Holiday fairs .
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