Example sentences of "have [adv] been [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have already been given a full briefing on the facts , ’ said the President . |
| 2 | The council 's plan to replace their Saturday shift with a standby system has infuriated the men whose bosses have just been given a big pay rise . |
| 3 | All these strategic arguments in favour of nuclear power , from the military imperative through national pride to the need for an alternative to fossil fuels , have also been given a powerful institutional base . |
| 4 | The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions . |
| 5 | All the 10-inch high dogs have now been given a decent burial at the village 's Pound Bottom rubbish dump . |
| 6 | To these have now been added a vast range of applications in fibres , films , housewares , rigid packaging and building . |
| 7 | In these withdrawal classes they have frequently been offered an inappropriate , low-level curricular experience accompanied by low teacher expectation — just as many disruptive children have . |
| 8 | that people can make their o , they have a balanced education which allows them then to make their own choices about , that things are n't over , I mean if we 've lived in a patriarchal society in which men are in power and that kin , and male sexuality maybe has come through more in sex education , those have been the issues that have been co , ha have been given more importance and female issues have maybe been neglected a little bit and now erm , with Aids as a problem we do n't want to turn out and suddenly become really homo homophobic or really , you know , right condoms , condoms , it has to be you know , you need to kind of keep the balance so that people are given the information and then have the freedom to make the choice themselves . |
| 9 | Whether people have actually been paid a fair wage for what they 've made . |
| 10 | I have recently been given an electric propagator and am keen to grow lots of plants from seed . |
| 11 | I understand that you have recently been allocated a new ISBN prefix by the Standard Book Numbering Agency Ltd and I am writing to ask if you could send the Library copies of your current and forthcoming publications . |
| 12 | Please check your envelope to see if your address/postal code is correct or if you have recently been allocated a new telephone coding PLEASE send relevant information to at the Office as soon as possible . |