Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Saints ' chairman Eric Latham said today : ‘ Nobody at St Helens has been offered a better contract than Gary Connolly and we hope he will sign it , but that is up to Gary . |
| 32 | So now the Black Horse has been named a regional Pub of the Year with a strong chance of winning the national title later this year . |
| 33 | Borg has been given a wild card for this week 's Nice Open and next week 's Monte Carlo Open . |
| 34 | From this viewpoint , football violence has been given a new meaning since the early 1960s . |
| 35 | It has been known for some time that the Inland Revenue has been taking a close interest in the marketing practices of livestock farmers in parts of Wales and the West Country . |
| 36 | Professor Peter Warren of the Classics Department has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Society for Cretan Historical Studies . |
| 37 | This department has been running an experimental scheme called project . |
| 38 | Scarborough 's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops . |
| 39 | This industry has been spending a great deal of money lobbying intensively in Brussels and Strasbourg to reduce restrictions of their trade . |
| 40 | Professor Roger Falconer has been appointed an Overseas External Assessor and Advisor to the Hong Kong Research Grants Council . |
| 41 | This effect has been given a special significance in the writings of E.P . |
| 42 | Since then Spool Setting has been given an expanded nightshift , resulting in a smoother operation and a reliable twenty four hour despatch service to customers . |
| 43 | Peer review has been having a hard time recently , while there is still widespread anger that the UGC 's devastating 1981 economies were resolved with little or no explanation of the philosophy behind them . |
| 44 | But let's not ignore the fact that , despite this , rock has been undergoing a certain process of feminisation over the last couple of years . |
| 45 | Since then Milton Keynes has been called a brilliant success , and a place with no heart or soul . |
| 46 | Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go . |
| 47 | ‘ Between now and meeting Fergie and Andy , Johnny has been playing a double game . |
| 48 | Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year . |
| 49 | Their friendship has been called a unique political ménage à trois . |
| 50 | The former secretary at Swindon Town football club has been given a suspended jail sentence for conspiring to cheat the Inland Revenue . |
| 51 | The 26-year-old was a free agent having been given a free transfer by the Scottish Premier League club , and flew to Belfast on Friday to complete the deal . |
| 52 | The Jockey Club expects to ‘ clarify that situation shortly ’ and Pipe , who believes the horse to have been administered a fast-acting tranquiliser , is anxiously awaiting the results . |
| 53 | The Australian Unwins , sitting with the rival owners of Flokati , were concerned about a lifelessness they had detected in Upper Gumtree due to the fact that on the train their horse had been fed a restricted diet of compressed food nuts and high-grade hay and the Flokati people were cheerfully saying that on so long a stretch without exercise , good hay was best . |
| 54 | Reports in early September indicated that the Bush administration had been conducting an ongoing but indirect correspondence with the Iranian regime . |
| 55 | Mr Justice Otton was told they regretted helping to give currency to the allegation that John Major and Miss Latimer had been conducting an adulterous relationship . |
| 56 | Although Bernice had been dealt a few rough cards in her life , she still thought that there could be something better . |
| 57 | His eyes had been rubbed a raw red by fatigue and cold and had a harried glitter . |
| 58 | It happened after police in an unmarked car had been following a stolen Maestro for several minutes . |
| 59 | The extent to which the courts could become involved in the politics of such disputes had been shown a few years earlier when Lord Cameron presided over an enquiry into a dispute on London building sites . |
| 60 | Where direct rule had been established a long time — in India , for example — it provided a framework in which there could grow an acceptance of European ideas of political organization . |