Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] at " in BNC.

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1 Mark Wood has been appointed a partner at Newcastle-based law firm Wilkinson Maughan 's commercial litigation department .
2 The Foreign Office has been given a seat at the Natural Environment Research Council , which funds the BAS .
3 Is my hon. Friend aware that while Derbyshire county council 's policies have led to the redundancies of hundreds of teachers recently , and while Derbyshire is the only county in England to have fewer policemen than 10 years ago , none the less the county council 's job creation priorities have managed to find no fewer than three posts at £40,000 per annum for former Labour councillors and Members of Parliament , the council leader has fitted himself up with a job at an annual equivalent salary of £40,000 , the leader of the Derbyshire Labour party — one David Skinner — has been given a job as a minder to Japanese business men despite being kicked out of the council for corruption 15 years ago , and his wife has been given a job at £23,000 per annum in the council 's bloated publicity department ?
4 A draft European Community regulation proposing that producers label their food-stuffs with a Protected Graphical Indication ( PGI ) or Designation of Origin ( PDO ) has been given the thumbs-down at the consultation stage with trade bodies describing it as ‘ protectionist and unnecessary ’ .
5 11.00am — Tony has been given an appointment at the local hospital .
6 She is a member of Canzonetta — a newly formed chamber choir directed by David Victor-Smith and has been awarded a place at the Royal Northern College of Music in September .
7 MERCY death doctor Nigel Cox has been offered a job at another hospital .
8 You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT .
9 Neither had practised archery before becoming immobile ; one of them had been taught the art at Pinderfields Hospital at Wakefield and had gone on to become captain of his club .
10 Fortunately , I noticed that he had been given a place at a different school from his older brother and that it was actually a matter of filling in the appeal form requesting a place at another school .
11 As it had been made an exhibit at trial they were entitled to inspect the tape in the jury room , subject to the discretion of the trial judge to prevent e.g. an unedited version containing inadmissible material from being handed over .
12 Rose , giving evidence , said Sweeney had been refused a drink at three pubs and left a fourth .
13 Leopold had already written to Padre Martini urging him to send a letter of recommendation to the Elector and , since Munich was on Mozart 's route from Paris to Salzburg , he suggested that his son intimate to the Elector , or to a close associate , that he had been offered a post at Salzburg with a salary of 700 or 800 gulden ( the actual salary was only 450 ) in the hope that a more rewarding appointment might be offered .
14 CW reported that H Smith had been offered a place at Liverpool University , and would be leaving the Library in September .
15 Despite writing a pet column for the Daily Telegraph for more than four years , I have been given no information at all about Crufts over the past two years .
16 ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’
17 The former England cricketers have been shown the door at Old Trafford just 24 hours after the departure of manager Alan Ormrod .
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