Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal fears engendered by what has been called the revolution in reproduction are created by ignorance ; and as George Corner , who helped to lay the foundations for the new reproductive technology , foresaw , lack of understanding leads to fears , inhibitions and blind taboos . |
| 2 | He 's won dozens of gold , silver and bronze medals as a distance runner … more recently he has been awarded the MBE in the New Year 's honours list … and now he will be due for at least a service medal , at the end of the Gulf War . |
| 3 | Suffering is used in this sense in s1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 which provides that where a plaintiff 's expectation of life has been reduced the court in awarding damages for pain and suffering shall take into account the suffering caused or likely to be caused by awareness that his expectation of life has been so reduced . |
| 4 | He must have been given the stuff in his food . ’ |
| 5 | They share one feature in common , namely an attempt to quantify what the condition of , say , the balance of trade would have been had the country in question not participated in the CU . |
| 6 | That said , she should n't have been sold the tank in the first place . |
| 7 | United Left ( IU ) , which had been awarded the seat in a recount on Nov. 11 , appealed to the Constitutional Court against the decision . |
| 8 | ‘ A BOLT from the blue ’ is how Dounreay 's Myrtle Gillies described hearing of her ‘ thrilling ’ news that she had been awarded the MBE in The Queen 's birthday honours . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly , the group which had been told the topic in advance performed best on the tests . |
| 10 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
| 11 | And hundreds more have been given the chop in other areas . |
| 12 | It 's been claimed the cut in spending threatens up to 400 jobs . |