Example sentences of "[noun] have been [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can co-exist as alternative spellings during transition — indeed , a hundred or so words have been simplified this century when dictionaries have listed alternative spellings and the public has opted for the easier way of arranging the letters . |
| 2 | Schools have been given greater autonomy and greater exposure to market forces , both of which are significantly altering their information requirements . |
| 3 | Milkmen have been collecting tinned foods and medicine from their customers to help the needy in the Russian town of Kostroma , which is twinned with County Durham . |
| 4 | These anomalous crustal fragments have been given various names-suspect terrane , allochthonous terrane-but we will use the term displaced terrane ( Note that in this book the spelling ‘ terrane ’ is used to refer to structural units whereas ‘ terrain' is applied in a topographic sense . ) |
| 5 | Three backbenchers have been appointed junior whips : Mr Andrew Mackay , MP for Berkshire East , Mr Robert Hughes , MP for Harrow West and Mr James Arbuthnot , MP for Wanstead and Woodford . |
| 6 | The world 's top fashion designers have been creating spectacular outfits to help raise funds for the charity Oxfam in its fiftieth year . |
| 7 | Madam Speaker , this announcement is now almost a year delayed the firm of Coopers and Lybrand have been paid one point six million pounds to come up with this ass access charging fiasco , surely this house in entitled to the , as entitled as the press to a full statement of the government 's intentions so that they can be answered by . |
| 8 | Recently , car manufacturers have been offering big discounts in a bid to sell more in a depressed market . |
| 9 | But already candidates have been holding informal sessions , enticing potential voters with great banquets of slaughtered sheep . |
| 10 | Michael Heseltine had his own way at the Department of the Environment and will continue to do so at Trade and Industry , where supporters of his during the leadership contest have been given junior positions . |
| 11 | The Republic of Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1819 although its borders have been redrawn several times since . |
| 12 | One-colour borders have been enjoying renewed popularity recently , and Mr Fothergill 's Seeds has come up with the perfect quick answer to monochrome gardening . |
| 13 | Farther north , in the Jaffna peninsula , where the rebels are strong , government aircraft have been bombing civilian areas . |
| 14 | Executive voices have been raised several octaves over the issue ( UX No 433 ) , and there does not appear to be any clear agreement yet on how COSE firms would level this playing field . |
| 15 | East Berliners have been offered free tickets for a football match today in West Berlin as well as to a number of concerts and the opera . |
| 16 | Books have been called many things in their time , but not ‘ lean and muscular ’ . |
| 17 | Former Test fast bowlers Sir Richard Hadlee and Michael Holding have been made honorary life members of MCC , as have the club 's former secretary Jack Bailey , Laurance Hancock ( secretary of Staffordshire for 53 years until 1987 ) and Glamorgan stalwart Don Shepherd , who took 2174 wickets for the Welsh county but never won a Test cap . |
| 18 | To talk up the prospects of change , some note that Japanese life insurers have been demanding bigger dividends lately . |
| 19 | ‘ The gangs have been going 23 years . |
| 20 | OFFICIALS of an apparently doomed workingmen 's club have been given fresh hope that it could survive . |
| 21 | They say gangs of youngsters have been targeting elderly people in the town centre and stealing purses from them . |
| 22 | Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far . |
| 23 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 24 | Administrators have been given greater access to confidential documents , which could facilitate taking legal action against auditors and other advisers . |
| 25 | Neither the 2,000 Bari or the 6,000 Yukpa have been granted full land rights . |
| 26 | Lyons have been selecting fine teas for almost 100 years . |
| 27 | Rats have been sighted several times in the Hundens Lane area and Darlington Council 's environmental health department say all rubbish should be kept securely bundled and no scraps of food should be left . |
| 28 | Together Skylark have been bringing this music far beyond these shores , to Europe , America and even Australia , so it 's a delight to welcome them back to the Harp Folk Club after an absence of five years . |
| 29 | Employees and contractors have been given preferential treatment and get the total amount applied for . |
| 30 | The process of management and the functions of management have been analysed many times in various ways by different writers , who have taken the view that : |