Example sentences of "they 've [been] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Many local authorities have had their budgets cut by reductions in central government They 've been given better education and higher expectations , but no future .
2 I I appreciate that point Mr , but as they arrived separately they 've been given different numbers er a as simply er a matter of administrative convenience .
3 And you can add to that the fact that a number of districts er have said that they 've been consulted five times by the County Council er on various erm population projections .
4 They say they 've been promised full consultation with the college 's governing body before a final decisionis made — and so far that has n't happened .
5 More recently the Solstice has attracted thousands of New Age travellers , but they 've been banned this year by the same injuctions that now govern Castlemorton common in Worcestershire , where an illegal festival just over a year ago attracted 20,000 travellers .
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