Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In previous years her job has been filled by a preregistration house officer .
2 Who will pay compensation if one operators ' trains are delayed by a breakdown of a train by another operator ?
3 Old Mahu , the gatekeeper who had slept on the night of Mertseger 's disappearance , had been dismissed without a pension , but that action had done nothing to mollify the general 's conscience .
4 And yet that part of the interview could have been dismissed with a laugh in five seconds .
5 Having been dismissed as a kitchen maid , she harnesses her poetry to her teapot .
6 Law and Order Minister Hernus Kriel announced on Aug. 27 that 13 police generals had been dismissed in a reorganization of the SAP .
7 But , while her non-dramatic soul was saying that to present herself at Vasey 's looking the way she did was going a bit over the top , she had never been dismissed from a job before .
8 The reliability and clinical applications of computerised image analysis measurement of bowel uptake of Tc-99m HMPAO labelled leucocytes has been examined as a measure of disease activity in Crohn 's disease .
9 They are clearly a very cost–effective form of risk assessment ; the situation will have been examined at a level of detail and expertise not usually available to individual companies .
10 Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning .
11 The boy had been examined by a surgeon , Thomas Chapman , who found numerous wheals , bruises and lacerations , and his report to the guardians led to proceedings being taken against the tailor before the County magistrates ; he was convicted and fined £5 .
12 Captain Bob Sclater , the Orkney island 's harbours director , said attempts to refloat the ship would stop until she had been examined by a team of salvage specialists .
13 That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real .
14 That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real .
15 Personal preference has been examined in a number of statistical ways .
16 These relations have been examined in a cohort of 46000 women followed for up to 19 years during the Royal College of General Practitioners ' ( RCFP ) oral contraception study .
17 As has already been indicated , the planning processes of each company had previously been examined in a research study carried out at the London Business School .
18 Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma .
19 If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine .
20 The house had been furnished with a lot of money badly spent in a mixture of styles .
21 Each of the rooms has been furnished in a manner which combines the elegant traditions of Thailand with the relaxed style of an international resort .
22 Forest products are gathered at a level which does not affect the harvest next year be it fruit , timber , grasses , wild honey or medicinal plants .
23 Bedrooms and lounges are furnished in a variety of styles ranging from Louis XIII to Louis XV .
24 Mkolongolo alleged in a press statement that the United States ambassador , Smith Hempstone , had been recalled as a result of " misleading information " given him by Muite [ see also p. 38136 ] .
25 More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests .
26 1982 ) is a revised version of a well-established North American test which has been restandardised on a sample of British children .
27 At this time of year , the twigs , branches and tree trunks are emphasized by a fall of snow , with a reflection in the stream beneath .
28 The Police Complaints Authority may direct that disciplinary charges are heard by a tribunal rather than by a chief officer sitting alone .
29 The paths through the graph are calculated through a process of graph reduction .
30 These are calculated from a knowledge of the material properties , and the loading and working conditions .
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