Example sentences of "been an [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife had been an islander by birth and after she died he decided to live there where they had spent many happy holidays . |
| 2 | Need has been variously defined , but in this study needs were deemed to be unmet if interventions were acceptable to the client and the following applied : ( a ) for activities of daily living a person was dependent on help from the carer and this dependence could be reversed by provision of an aid ; ( b ) for communication disorders there had not been an assessment by a speech therapist ; ( c ) for services ( day care , respite care ) a referral had not been made to the appropriate agency and subsequent referral proved successful ; and ( d ) for benefits the client or carer was unaware of eligibility for benefits , an application had not been made , and subsequent application was successful . |
| 3 | A spokesman said this afternoon ’ There has been an error by Thames Valley Police . |
| 4 | Indeed this could be their base value for capital gains tax purposes by virtue of s17 TCGA 1992 if there has been an acquisition by management in consideration for or in recognition of their services in any office or employment , though usually management will resist any such argument . |
| 5 | It may have simply been an offer by Roe which he could n't afford to ignore . |
| 6 | Behind the decline in asylum applications to France has been an effort by the French government to clear the backlog . |
| 7 | The motive for Nepomuk 's canonisation appears to have been an attempt by the Jesuits to set up an alternative national hero to the heretical Hus . |
| 8 | An exciting development in the women 's movement over the last few years has been an attempt by feminists to organise together around housing issues and to develop a feminist analysis of how the organisation of housing in Britain specifically affects women . |
| 9 | Troon , who had first presented the government with the findings of his investigation in September 1990 , also stated that he believed that there had been an attempt by Biwott and top-level security officials to hamper his investigations . |