Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | With admissible or near-admissible algorithms the search can end as soon as a spanning hypothesis has been found . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The support play has been brillient . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In addition permission has been granted to interview a sample of these patients together with their Responsible Medical Officers . |
| 8 | Of course progress has been made . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At the extreme right of the picture the top of the Citicorp Building has been spun through 180 degrees . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Another change in local government finance is that the rate support grant has been replaced by the revenue support grant . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | During the last few years the Printing Division has been able to offer photosetting via its P.E . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The channel tunnel rail link has been at the centre of my thoughts about my own urban concerns . |
| 18 | That skating bit got 's to do |
| 19 | Likewise , supporters have reported to me that a well known , flamboyant Football League Premier Division chairman has been seen at ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Some grant funding has been successfully arranged and the building should be completed by March , 1993 . |
| 22 | The jury in the trial of a florist accused of drug smuggling has been sent to a hotel overnight . |
| 23 | Investigations into the activities of this particular smuggling gang had been going on for nearly twelve months prior to the climax of Yashmak and were initiated in Sussex . |
| 24 | I mean if we look at erm the large number of single parent families , mainly who are headed by women , the position of Social Security for these women has deteriorated in the last few years erm both in terms of the real value of the money received ; Child Benefit has been frozen for the last three or four years ; regulations such as you used to be able to offset your child care expenses when you were claiming income support have been changed , women can no longer can now only earn erm fifteen pounds a week of they 're a single parent and they can not offset their child care costs . |
| 25 | As a result , the number of women eligible for income support has been radically reduced . |
| 26 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 27 | The government claim that GP fund-holding has been a success . |
| 28 | There is no doubt that GP fund-holding has been proving successful and has been extending quite dramatically . |
| 29 | A misadventure verdict 's been recorded on a man who died in hospital after being admitted with broken ribs . |
| 30 | A spokesman said the fur ban had been introduced purely on commercial grounds . |