Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing had been done for the women who were exploited by prostitution . |
| 2 | They themselves had been exploited for the purposes of exploitation and although they made a stab at the psychedelic scene , it had n't really come off . |
| 3 | no , I 'd voiced my concern and I understood the instruction had been given for the brochures or for that particular part of the brochure to be withdrawn and |
| 4 | If , on the other hand , ‘ domicile ’ had the meaning which that term had been given for the purposes of the application of the Brussels Convention , it must be assimilated to residence . |
| 5 | We were told that although up to this point no account had been made for the effects of new policies , the counties were at liberty to estimate the effects of new policies — either theirs or the Government 's via planning policy guidance and the work of development agencies , TECs etc . |
| 6 | No such efforts had been made for the children who preferred to be white or by those parents who brought up their children ‘ entirely white ’ . |
| 7 | They separated and , on their joint application for divorce , the Family Court of Australia granted a decree nisi and expressed itself satisfied that proper arrangements had been made for the children 's welfare , namely , that they would live with their mother during the week and be supervised by the father at weekends . |
| 8 | Against Sartre 's claim to establish Marxism 's truth philosophically , Althusser reasoned that if Marxism is a science , then the history of Marxism ought to conform to the kind of history that had been developed for the sciences . |
| 9 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 10 | Well as I understand it the er these lawyers for the defendants took the view that as all the statements had been prepared for the police complaints authority investigation , public immunity er yes er public interest immunity attached to them . |
| 11 | Obviously , the pitch had been prepared for the spinners , but since West Indies had prepared many of their own pitches for their speed merchants they could hardly complain . |
| 12 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 13 | People said at the time that the war had been fought for the children , for a better future , and the 1950s represent a watershed in the historical process by which children have come to be thought of as repositories of hope , and objects of desire . |
| 14 | Before the Christmas break , we fitted in two more FIS downhills at Altenmarkt , on a course which had been used for a women 's world cup . |
| 15 | Goulding J found as a fact that all parts of the sales information had been used for the purposes of the defendant 's business and he divided information into three categories where it was not the subject of any express provision : ( 1 ) Information which because of its triviality or public accessibility was not confidential at all . |
| 16 | Johnson ( 1971 , p. 283 ) points out that , historically , the emphasis ‘ in Britain has been almost exclusively on procedures which would enable Parliament to exercise a post facto check on the manner in which monies had been spent for the purposes approved by ( but not proposed by ) Parliament ’ . |