Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do so because I believe she has been made a scapegoat for what happened . |
| 2 | CYCLOSPORIN-A , a drug that can prevent the body rejecting bone-marrow transplants , has been given a licence for general use in Britain . |
| 3 | Two senior boys have expressed an interest in attending a course to enable them to participate more in the running of the club [ the J.G.V.A. has agreed to pay their fees ] a volunteer Diane Prior has joined the staff , Laura Brown has been given a date for mini bus driving test , two staff members have attended a Youth Work Conference for South West Edinburgh — G. Lightheart has ordered new equipment . |
| 4 | Two senior boys have expressed an interest in attending a course to enable them to participate more in the running of the club ( the J.G.V.A. has agreed to pay their fees ) a volunteer Diane Prior has joined the staff , Laura Brown has been given a date for mini bus driving test , two staff members have attended a Youth Work Conference for South West Edinburgh — G. Lightheart has ordered new equipment . |
| 5 | Sheffield 's Fidel Castro Smith has been given a reward for going so close to beating Henry Wharton in their exciting super-middleweight fight at Leeds United 's Elland Road this week . |
| 6 | A JUDGE nicknamed Zorro has been given a wigging for kissing a pretty court usher . |
| 7 | The otter and its haunts are now protected by law too and so this lovely animal has been given an opportunity for a new lease of life . |
| 8 | Norwood , Massachusetts-based Microcom Inc reports that it has been granted a patent for the Microcom Networking Protocol Class 10 feature , called Aggressive Adaptive Packet Assembly : the feature improves data link transmission performance by pro-actively adapting the size of data packets to line conditions — MNP 10 enables modems to connect , stay connected and have the highest transmission possible , regardless of the line conditions . |
| 9 | For the last forty years population growth has been used an explanation for African famine , allowing us to blame Africans for bringing their poverty upon themselves . |
| 10 | THE captain of the USS Vincennes , which shot down the Iranian airbus , has been awarded a medal for ‘ exceptionally meritorious conduct ’ . |
| 11 | The JMP-1 is an attractive 1U package , with what looks like a gold anodised front panel into which has been set a window for all the data controls . |
| 12 | Since our last meeting The Medau Society has been offered a Grant for one year only — which is very generous of the Sports Council under the circumstances and for which we are very grateful — BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS : |
| 13 | I 'd been given a date for the baby to arrive but that came and went , but then I woke up in the early hours of the following Friday . |
| 14 | The latest goal to Brann was given on a dubious penalty in overtime and there should probably have been given a free-kick for handling — for — Lyn just before the last Brann goal — the ref admitted this after seeing the whole situation on video-tape . |
| 15 | He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal . |
| 16 | Thompson was backed by former hard-man Liverpool colleague Tommy Smith , who said Thompson should have been given a medal for what he did at Anfield , not the sack . |
| 17 | He died aged eighty-three having been awarded an OBE for his indefatigable labours in the service of the deaf . |
| 18 | Orchard had been granted a rent for his ‘ good and praiseworthy service and counsel ’ in 1475 , and he was engaged as a contractor for several parts of the college buildings , including the great west window of the chapel to his own ‘ portraiture ’ ( design ) . |
| 19 | They were ragged and cowed , but they had been given a bed for the night and an enforced bath . |
| 20 | The British egg industry had been made a scapegoat for food poisoning by the Government . |
| 21 | The Boro 's second leading scorer felt he had been made a scapegoat for the home defeat by Watford . |
| 22 | We have all heard the stories of season ticket holders being found to stand for a match because someone else had been allocated a ticket for that seat . |
| 23 | 17 You 've been given an award for your services to natural history . |
| 24 | As from two years ago , all students entering technical secondary school have been given a slide-rule for use in classes and subsequently at work . |
| 25 | Barcelona gold medallists Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent have been given a boost for their 1996 Olympic hopes … by an American sportswear firm . |
| 26 | Since 1970 they have been given an allowance for secretarial and research assistance . |