Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wisdom Books has been appointed exclusive distributor for Snow Lion Publications , US . |
| 2 | 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 . ) |
| 3 | The development of the gardens has been given high priority and there is a large variety of named trees and shrubs . |
| 4 | Defence lawyers claimed that several injured defendants had been denied medical attention and that many others had been tortured while in custody . |
| 5 | Employees and contractors have been given preferential treatment and get the total amount applied for . |
| 6 | News that the Islands ' social workers had been given professional stress therapy astounded the families and their support organisation . |
| 7 | These advances have been accorded full acceptance with ready abandonment of firmly held convictions on all those matters which are now covered by the sciences , and which were in their earlier interpretations considered unquestionably true . |
| 8 | The activities of building societies and banks have been given prime consideration when assessing the appropriate definition of money and the problem of implementation of monetary control ( Bank of England , Dec. 1984 ) . |
| 9 | Ashrawi had said on Jordan on Nov. 9 that she and her fellow delegates had been given diplomatic protection by the USA and the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | CONSERVATIONISTS striving to free six sperm whales trapped in Orkney waters have been offered underwater sonar equipment in an attempt to lure the stricken mammals to safety . |
| 11 | London Crusaders have been given special permission to field five overseas players per game in the new season . |
| 12 | Even with endoscopic clearance , which should be more thorough , it is often difficult to remove radiologically undetectable , tiny fragments adherent to or embedded in the mucosa and therefore , latterly , patients have been given adjuvant bile acid therapy for an arbitrary three month period . |
| 13 | Welcome back : Cancer patients have been given new hope by the development of a drug to prevent tumours spreading through the body . |
| 14 | The Commission had decided in July 1989 that serious transgressions of EC law had occurred in the allocation of contracts , with Danish interests having been given preferential treatment . |
| 15 | Great Yarmouth North Denes , the Nene Washes , the Ouse Washes , Hornsea Mere , Gibraltar Point , Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs have been designated Special Protection Areas ( SPAs ) under the European Community 's Birds Directive concerning the conservation of wild birds . |
| 16 | ‘ School governors have been given increasing responsibility in recent years , but they have n't been adequately prepared and as a result children have n't been properly protected against abuse by teachers , ’ NASWE general secretary Sue Allen told delegates . |
| 17 | In this Special Reference Feature a chronology outlines the key events leading to unification and cross refers to articles in the monthly News Digest section where developments have been given extensive coverage . |
| 18 | The head of Cardiff University 's health psychology research unit revealed yesterday that 400 volunteers had been given cold virus nose drops . |
| 19 | One important application of the open justice principle which has increased the rights of the press is found in recent cases in which reporters have been accorded special status as " representatives of the public " . |
| 20 | Two London men have been granted conditional bail after appearing before Chelmsford magistrates facing charges in connection with an assault at a burger bar over the weekend . |
| 21 | ( Common safety standards for engineering products had been given final approval by the Council on June 14 . ) |
| 22 | Thus , if the ten students had been given additional tuition , however ineffective , it would have appeared to be of benefit . |
| 23 | Doctors ( psychiatric and general practice trainees ) and nurses had been given special instruction in the assessment of deliberate self-poisoning patients . |
| 24 | The eight residents have been given alternative accommodation until the building is made safe . |
| 25 | Nigel Jones , who won Cheltenham for the Liberal Democrats has been named front bench spokesman on housing and local government . |
| 26 | One hundred selected employees have been given Perfect Pint cards containing a hotline number at the Cheltenham site on which such breaches can be reported . |
| 27 | The offences were of varying degrees of gravity and the appellants have been given different release dates under the statutory provisions which have been under examination in these appeals . |