Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [been] [vb pp] [art] [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 | Fr Vince Ohlinger SVD has been appointed the new General Manager of Word Publishing Company in Papua New Guinea . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | LIVERPOOL Council leader Harry Rimmer has been appointed a new director of Inward , the North West inward investment agency based in Warrington . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | TEST cricket 's leading wicket-taker Sir Richard Hadlee has been accorded the unusual honour of having a pea named after him . |
| 7 | Borg has been given a wild card for this week 's Nice Open and next week 's Monte Carlo Open . |
| 8 | ACTRESS Jane Asher has been given the excellent news that the cakes she designs are to be sold nationwide by Sainsbury 's from next month . |
| 9 | Professor Roger Falconer has been appointed an Overseas External Assessor and Advisor to the Hong Kong Research Grants Council . |
| 10 | Since then Milton Keynes has been called a brilliant success , and a place with no heart or soul . |
| 11 | Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go . |
| 12 | Mitra had been considered the leading rival to Ramos for Aquino 's endorsement . |
| 13 | I read a short news item in which it was announced that Justine had been hanged the previous Saturday , the 24th , after several postponements of the event . |
| 14 | Former Newcastle reserve full back Andrew Cole has been offered a one-year contract . |
| 15 | Yassir Arafat and Kemal Jumblatt had been summoned the previous winter to Damascus , where they told Assad that they were winning the war and wished to move all the way into the Christian heartland . |
| 16 | To the Ryans and their like , Anthony had been given a magnificent send-off . |
| 17 | England had been given a pre-match boost by World Cup rivals Holland 's failure to beat group two leaders Norway in Rotterdam . |
| 18 | CHANGES to the law on damages in Scotland have been given the Royal Assent after a campaign to help the families of workers dying from asbestos-related diseases . |
| 19 | ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree . |
| 20 | Middlesbrough whistler Jeff Winter has been given the good news that he has been promoted to the Football League middle for the start of next season a distinction held by only 90 referees in the whole of the country . |
| 21 | I understand that Brady has been given no specific date for his meeting with the board . |
| 22 | Moving up the country to Bristol , the Lady Byron Park development in Exmouth has been given an all-American flavour with the apartments and homes named after US cities . |
| 23 | The Marquis of Blandford has been given a conditional discharge for possessing a twelve-bore shot-gun without a licence . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | UNILEVER senior manager Bill Duncan has been appointed the new chairman of the Wirral NHS Hospital Trust , which manages Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals . |
| 26 | Malekith had been shown the secret trade routes of the Dwarfs during his period as Bel Shanaar 's ambassador , and he now used that knowledge to his own benefit . |
| 27 | Bert Rafferty had been given an unexpected day off . |
| 28 | What can be done about discrimination against Travellers , given that travelling people in the Glen Road have been denied the fundamental right of official halting sites which should have been provided by Belfast City Council ? |
| 29 | 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 ’ ) ! |
| 30 | A CLEAN sweep at the Treasury , where Norman Lamont has been given a whole new team of ministers . |