Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Professor Roger Falconer has been appointed an Overseas External Assessor and Advisor to the Hong Kong Research Grants Council .
2 Their friendship has been called a unique political ménage à trois .
3 Oak has been given a rich honey-toned stain for a kitchen with a cosy farmhouse feel .
4 A CLEAN sweep at the Treasury , where Norman Lamont has been given a whole new team of ministers .
5 It has been given a signed framed photograph of Gary Lineker and a football signed by all the Tottenham Hotspur players .
6 The standard glow switch , as it is known , has been given a paradoxical new life by the recent arrival of energy-saving lamps .
7 The leader of Britain 's biggest union has been touring an old industrial battleground , to see how times have changed .
8 He has been promised an initial six-match run .
9 ‘ She paid her own ticket from Australia for the interview , and has been running a much-respected heavy metal magazine there , ’ said Dave .
10 And the party has been devising an environmentally-friendly economic strategy .
11 The approach of the project has been to develop a computable disaggregated model of the economy which differs from , for example , the Treasury model of distinguishing as many as 39 industries and a comparable level of detail in other sectors of the economy .
12 He 'd been lent an old relegated rod with two mottled bamboo sections and a greenheart tip , a plastic centre-pin reel and a yellowed quill float .
13 She said she 'd been following a higher moral law .
14 ‘ If Debbie had lost a leg she would have been given a customised artificial limb and provided with physiotherapy at the hospital and at home , ’ says Mrs Finni .
15 Some fruit may have been given an artificial protective coating , so it 's best to wash them in warm soapy water and rinse them well before use .
16 The effect of such a marriage , had it ever taken place , would have been to create a substantial English-dominated fief on France 's northern and eastern borders which would have been a northern equivalent of Aquitaine .
17 So your ideal system would have been to have a few strategic Cabinet committees beneath the Cabinet that would have done all the most controversial business ?
18 Duncan 's small room , with a metal-framed cot , small table and two chairs , was one of the best in the hotel , having been repainted a sickly pale green only six months earlier .
19 One of his ideas had been to take a small naval party with him who would attempt to scuttle a ship in the harbour mouth .
20 The initial aim in forming the DUP had been to create a united unionist party which would be as orthodox in its constitutional position as the Unionist Party of Craig and Brookeborough .
21 Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP .
22 He had been to Martin Finkelstein 's bar mitzvah and had been given a small white hat , which was still on his mantelpiece at home .
23 She had been given a plain black dress with a crisp white apron and a mob-cap .
24 To the Ryans and their like , Anthony had been given a magnificent send-off .
25 A few days ago , some hooligan or other walked into our bedroom , mine and Jane 's — and lifted " Suddenly , as the thought struck him , he jerked back in his chair , as if he had been given a minor electric shock , and stared at Alice , his jaw literally dropping .
26 In view of future events it is important to note the absence of detail on agriculture , even though this had been designated a special economic activity which would be handled completely at the supranational level .
27 While the area had been designated a National Archaeological Reserve , he expressed fear of looting from the site .
28 He turned out to be an inspector of taxes with whom I had been conducting a mini back-duty enquiry and which was in the concluding stages .
29 Only then did he fully realize that he had been experiencing a mild dull pressure in the head , as well as the nausea , physical and mental fatigue .
30 This significant increase in industrial concentration through merger activity would not have been possible if the government had been operating a tough anti-merger policy .
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