Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] an [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Sheriff Officer is a person in private practice who has been appointed an officer of the court but is not a court employee . |
| 2 | Dr David Walker , Chief Inspector of Historic Buildings , has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) . |
| 3 | So now Marcus has been made an example of and locked up , and all for some crime committed from behind a desk . |
| 4 | Moreover , in most cases , the right to re-enter can not be exercised until the tenant has been given an opportunity of making good the breach of covenant . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 11.00am — Tony has been given an appointment at the local hospital . |
| 7 | Gazza has been given an insight into Maradona 's mad , mad world in Naples by Lazio team-mate Luigi Corimo , who was his understudy at Napoli . |
| 8 | The club has been given an allocation of 17,800 by the Football Association , and after season ticket holders and club commitments there will be about 12,000 tickets left for Gold Card holders who have collected the three vouchers at the home games against Ipswich , Plymouth and Middlesbrough . |
| 9 | Although it has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , several things blot the landscape . |
| 10 | A popular area for walkers , Blackdown Hills in South Devon and Somerset , has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty by the Countryside Commission ( CC ) . |
| 11 | A registered or occasional student who has been granted an intermission in his studies or leave of absence from his studies shall not be required to enrol for the period of intermission or leave . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Geoffrey Price FCIT has been awarded an MSc in Transport and Distribution from the University of Salford . |
| 14 | Glenlight Shipping , the company which operates puffers all-over the west coast has been awarded an extension to its tarriff reduction subsidy . |
| 15 | when you read in Police Review that an officer has been awarded an M.A. after post-graduate study , it will probably be in a ‘ safe ’ subject such as business management . |
| 16 | ( 12 August 1773 ) Later , having been given an extension to his leave by Colloredo , who was himself in Vienna in August , he again wrote : |
| 17 | He died aged eighty-three having been awarded an OBE for his indefatigable labours in the service of the deaf . |
| 18 | On the day after the Cease Fire he had been granted an audience with the Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and he had argued his case for the revitalisation of his dream . |
| 19 | The Foreign Ministry on Aug. 21 announced that there had been discovered an attempt by supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mohamed Taki to destabilize the government , and that one French mercenary and two Comorans had been arrested . |
| 20 | They could not ‘ observe ’ until they had been given an idea of what to look at and what to look for . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He had been made an object of fun and a target for abuse . |
| 23 | If a group of young people , from all races , all countries and bearing all creeds were gathered together after having been introduced to the concept of the Created God , and were able to set aside , for the time being , their own taught beliefs , they would find that they had been offered an area of religious discussion which would be on completely neutral ground . |
| 24 | 17 You 've been given an award for your services to natural history . |
| 25 | You 've been given an invitation to the most magnificent show in the world . |
| 26 | Since 1970 they have been given an allowance for secretarial and research assistance . |