Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems there certainly were : the disentangling of assets with multiple uses ( for example , some offices had been used for gas billing as well as for electricity ) inevitably caused some headaches . |
| 2 | A senior Customs and Excise source said yesterday that all the relevant ministries had been approached for evidence during that time , yet not one warned them off . |
| 3 | Laptop computers have been acquired for calculation work both in the office and in the field , and the output from our new electro-static colour plotter is impressive , providing many work opportunities as well as enhancing the presentation of our drawings . |
| 4 | Treasury Secretaries have been fighting for reinstatement ever since . |
| 5 | Bending angles of the magnitude seen for the POU proteins have been determined for lambda cI ( 46° ) and Cro ( 30° ) repressors binding to the O R 1 operator using 8% gels ( 62 ) , the Xenopus estrogen receptor ( 34° ; 69 ) and from the crystal structure of a Cro-operator complex ( 40° ) ( 70 ) . |
| 6 | This means giving support to on-going campaigns like for example , the Tottenham Three Campaign , we believe those three brothers have been framed for murder . |
| 7 | Barges had been destroyed for fuel or left by their previous owners to be broken up by ice or swept downstream by the spring floods . |
| 8 | Both these areas had been proposed for SPA status by the Nature Conservancy Council , in August 1990 and July 1988 respectively , but no progress has been made . |
| 9 | Yesterday , Coun Davies said she understood that bids had been invited for exploration of the coastal region which included Aberconwy . |
| 10 | According to the Middle East Times of June 11-17 , up to 115 of the 150 public-sector companies had been selected for privatization . |
| 11 | More than 2,000 companies had been earmarked for privatization in March . |
| 12 | It was reported on Aug. 1 that 30 of the country 's 60 active investigative judges had been dismissed for incompetence , the head of the Department of National Security ( DAS ) , Gen. Miguel Marza Márquez , stating that they were " responsible " for unsolved crimes [ see p. 37529 for dismissals from armed forces and police ] . |
| 13 | Petrographic descriptions have been provided for core plugs from five wells . |
| 14 | This , the Institute stresses , remains a core requirement , but in recognition of the difficulties of separating accounting from auditing experience in many assignments , the two functions have been linked for qualification purposes . |
| 15 | Seven of their 1:20 scale models have been chosen for exhibition and two have been combined to provide the full-scale installation . |
| 16 | Many organisations and companies have been approached for support , with a measure of success . |
| 17 | Conversely , if state-owned companies have been offered for privatization but few bidders have come forward , is this a ‘ failure ’ if the firms continue as loss makers in the public sector ? |
| 18 | The lack of ‘ teeth ’ in UK restrictive trades practices policy is in stark contrast to both the US ( where executives of colluding companies have been gaoled for conspiracy , in addition to the levying of substantial fines on companies ) , and the EC ( where a firm can be fined up to 10 per cent of its worldwide turnover ) . |
| 19 | Areas of extensive hydrothermal alteration in high level intrusives of the west and central Scottish granites have been investigated for gold mineralisation especially in , or near , shear zones . |
| 20 | Today , major green belts surround the main conurbations of Birmingham-Coventry , West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire , Greater Manchester , Merseyside , Cheshire and South-east Lancashire and , of course , London ; elsewhere sizeable green belts have been approved for North-east Lancashire , South-east Dorset , Bristol-Bath , Tyneside , Nottingham-Derby , Oxford , Stoke , Luton-Dunstable , Cambridge and Cheltenham-Gloucester . |
| 21 | Due to afforestation a gradual stream of workers has been released for re-employment and this will continue . |
| 22 | Gloucester claimed that the weapons had been intended for use against him , a story that he was later to use in an attempt to have the captured Woodvilles executed , although Mancini comments that no one took it seriously . |
| 23 | Gloucester claimed that the weapons had been intended for use against him , a story that he was later to use in an attempt to have the captured Woodvilles executed , although Mancini comments that no one took it seriously . |
| 24 | Since the Commissioner 's remit has been extended to cover breaches of trade union rules , 10 applications have been received for assistance where applicants have alleged rule breaches concerning the constitution or proceedings of any trade union committee , conference or other body . |
| 25 | Scottish Enterprise , and Highlands and Islands Enterprise have announced that both Skillstart awards have been recognised for Output Related Funding at a rate of .5 of a point . |
| 26 | No mail messages have been selected for processing using option 6.0.0 — Mail System . |
| 27 | Since 1918 comparatively few jewels have been designed for court wear in any country ; since 1939 hardly any . |
| 28 | Multi-media audio-visual teaching packages have been produced for use with the MEDIATRON unit developed by Vickery and Pratt at the University of London , in 1977 . |
| 29 | Twice on the trot packages have been opened for inspection by HM Customs . |
| 30 | If further packages have been marked for processing , the scrolled area will be redisplayed with the contents of the next package and you can continue as before . |