Example sentences of "[been] [verb] for the [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , he 's been picked for the conservatives to stand has he ? |
| 2 | ‘ In my opinion the sums expended have been applied for the purposes authorized by Parliament and the account properly presents the expenditure and receipts … for the year ended … ‘ |
| 3 | The profession had already been reviewing the role of the pension scheme actuary and this groundwork will be useful in responding to the calls which have been made for the professionals involved in pension funds , including actuaries , to play a stronger role . |
| 4 | Although many valuable religious icons had not been removed , there was sufficient evidence of the building having been ransacked for the police to refuse to rule out robbery as a possible motive . |
| 5 | A left-wing party outside government had , for some time , been calling for the workers to seize factories and , when they found themselves shut out by the closing of firms by management in the Bosses ' strike , the workers were prompted to action They seized firms and , having taken them over , set up a cordón in the area . |
| 6 | The territorial assembly has been calling for the tests to stop until proper health studies are done . |
| 7 | Johnson ( 1971 , p. 283 ) points out that , historically , the emphasis ‘ in Britain has been almost exclusively on procedures which would enable Parliament to exercise a post facto check on the manner in which monies had been spent for the purposes approved by ( but not proposed by ) Parliament ’ . |
| 8 | Now a deal has been struck for the scientists to take 200 packs of Elagen , which contains refined , concentrated extracts of powdered eleutherococcus , back with them to Russia for use by cosmonauts at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Moscow . |
| 9 | The students have been preparing for the assessments using open learning materials developed by Telford College . |