Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The New Forest has been designated a Special Protection Area ( SPA ) for birds by the UK government , making it the 38th site in the UK so designated under the EC wild birds directive . |
| 2 | Lady Kilmarnock , Amis 's first wife , roared with laughter ( she and Lord K share digs with him — an unusual menage ) , while Paul Fussell , an old American friend of Amis , disclosed : ‘ Kingsley has been sent a clean set of underwear as a birthday present . |
| 3 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 4 | ‘ Baker has been carrying a strained abdomen for some time . |
| 5 | LIVERPOOL Council leader Harry Rimmer has been appointed a new director of Inward , the North West inward investment agency based in Warrington . |
| 6 | Taylor has been helped a great deal in the six weeks of preparation for the tour by England 's last great left-arm fast-bowler , John ‘ J.K. ’ Lever and the team 's new top bowling coach , Geoff Arnold . |
| 7 | Saints ' chairman Eric Latham said today : ‘ Nobody at St Helens has been offered a better contract than Gary Connolly and we hope he will sign it , but that is up to Gary . |
| 8 | Borg has been given a wild card for this week 's Nice Open and next week 's Monte Carlo Open . |
| 9 | Since then Milton Keynes has been called a brilliant success , and a place with no heart or soul . |
| 10 | Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go . |
| 11 | ‘ Between now and meeting Fergie and Andy , Johnny has been playing a double game . |
| 12 | Former Newcastle reserve full back Andrew Cole has been offered a one-year contract . |
| 13 | And another I noticed erm Simon 's been bringing a few of his friends home from school and erm I mean he 's in a class of thirty eight |
| 14 | He 's known as a bit of a smoothie but Nigel Havers has been given a harder edge in his new series , Sleepers , starting next week . |
| 15 | The Marquis of Blandford has been given a conditional discharge for possessing a twelve-bore shot-gun without a licence . |
| 16 | Occasionally however more personal comments creep in such as in his 1814 publication , A Description of Sixty Small Prints where on page 17 he wrote ‘ Skiddaw has been called a generous Lord , and the Fells of Borrowdale frowning and haughty Tyrants . |
| 17 | The club 's former accountant Vince Farrar has been given a six months suspended sentence . |
| 18 | The story , based on a novel by Edith Wharton has been called a heterosexual ‘ Death in Venice ’ , but it is far more than that ( you may equally regard it as a grown-up ‘ Sound of Music ’ ) ! |
| 19 | THE bogus doctor who ran clinics in Ulster has been given a two week reprieve before she knows her fate . |
| 20 | A CLEAN sweep at the Treasury , where Norman Lamont has been given a whole new team of ministers . |
| 21 | Well I think no greater no other individual but Paddy Ashdown has been providing a healthy lead , but sadly it 's one where he 's been citing a a an approach to Bosnia one month . |
| 22 | ROBERT LEE has been promised a good reception today when First Division leaders Newcastle visit promotion rivals Charlton . |
| 23 | A question mark now hangs over the future of the yard , but nephew Peter Cheesbrough has been granted a temporary licence to continue operations . |
| 24 | To this end , Ixos has been given a preliminary version of NT already . |
| 25 | Our experience has been that to create a new expression of the body of Christ has been to create a new possibility of conversion for many such people . |
| 26 | Mark Hazell has been granted a judicial review of Avon County Council 's decision not to place him in the residential home of his own choosing , Milton Heights in Oxfordshire . |
| 27 | During the last few years , Yugoslavia has been running a substantial surplus in its trade with the Soviet Union because , while there has been a sharp fall in the quantity of oil imported from the Soviet Union , as well as a fall in its price , the Yugoslavs have been unable to find other products worth buying from the Soviet Union . |
| 28 | Experienced Carrick Rangers defender Neil Cummings has been given a free transfer . |
| 29 | Twenty eight year old Susan Magill has been trying a homoeopathic approach to help her improve her diet and lose weight . |
| 30 | Mr Kelloway has been developing a rear cross conveyor , which will allow two swathes to be combined in one row . |