Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] been [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . ) |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Administrators have been given greater access to confidential documents , which could facilitate taking legal action against auditors and other advisers . |
| 6 | Employees and contractors have been given preferential treatment and get the total amount applied for . |
| 7 | MORE than 600 illegal nets have been confiscated this year from poachers who are stealing thousands of pounds worth of salmon from the River Foyle . |
| 8 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 9 | Job prospects for aspiring pilots have been dealt another blow this autumn . |
| 10 | The effect of this is that while financial intermediaries have been given greater freedom to broaden the range of financial services they may offer , this relaxation has been compensated for by regulating each individual sector more thoroughly . |
| 11 | In the end only one or two small sub-programmes have been investigated each year . |
| 12 | At present no other organisations have been given this status . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | Fears have been expressed that timber cladding could suffer from Britain 's cold and damp climate , but the location on the south bank of the Thames estuary at Thamesmead should test the method to extreme : in winter the fog rolls in directly from Denmark . |
| 16 | At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe |
| 17 | No average for the country is available for comparison , but compared with other areas where similar surveys have been made this figure is regarded as a high one . |
| 18 | Anhydrite in minor quantities has been reported at different Devonian horizons in two wells in France and Belgium , and in more substantial thickness in the Dinantian in Belgium ( Massa and Oudin 1980 ) ; intriguing speculations have been made that halite might be present deeper in the Namur and Dinant basins . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Twenty-one red kite chicks have been raised this year , compared to just 10 last year . |
| 21 | Several studies have been produced that point to correspondences between French fabliaux and intellectual ( scholarly ) currents of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries . |
| 22 | Could it be that some machines have been neglected all summer ? |
| 23 | In the Northern General hospital NHS trust , six new consultants have been appointed this year and 95 per cent . |
| 24 | TWO hundred baby hedgehogs have been saved this year by RSPCA nurses who fed them scrambled eggs at West Hatch , Somerset . |
| 25 | Loughlin , out until Christmas , broke his arm playing for Great Britain against New South Wales Country , and Saints have been told that insurance does not cover players on international duty . |
| 26 | London Crusaders have been given special permission to field five overseas players per game in the new season . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Welcome back : Cancer patients have been given new hope by the development of a drug to prevent tumours spreading through the body . |
| 29 | We must check to see whether the lady 's slipper survived the winter — only six species of orchids have been seen this year . |
| 30 | Thamesdown Borough Councillors have been told that expenditure to tackle the problem of subsidence is virtually inescapable . |