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 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 .
8 THE captain of the USS Vincennes , which shot down the Iranian airbus , has been awarded a medal for ‘ exceptionally meritorious conduct ’ .
9 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 .
10 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 :
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal .
14 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 .
15 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 ) .
16 They were ragged and cowed , but they had been given a bed for the night and an enforced bath .
17 The British egg industry had been made a scapegoat for food poisoning by the Government .
18 The Boro 's second leading scorer felt he had been made a scapegoat for the home defeat by Watford .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Barcelona gold medallists Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent have been given a boost for their 1996 Olympic hopes … by an American sportswear firm .
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