Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Aid for environmental planning in developing countries has been designated a top priority .
2 A working group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been taking a fresh look at the problem , and its report was endorsed by the college this week .
3 One of the world 's top snooker players has been gracing an unlikely stage .
4 The emotive subject of rapes has been given a great deal of publicity , and every case of an alleged rape of a Serbian woman by an Albanian is used as a pretext for fierce agitation among the Serbian population .
5 A fourteen year old criminal who 's had holidays in Spain paid for by social services has been given a two-year supervision order .
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