Example sentences of "has [been] [verb] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their friendship has been called a unique political ménage à trois . |
| 2 | Oak has been given a rich honey-toned stain for a kitchen with a cosy farmhouse feel . |
| 3 | A CLEAN sweep at the Treasury , where Norman Lamont has been given a whole new team of ministers . |
| 4 | It has been given a signed framed photograph of Gary Lineker and a football signed by all the Tottenham Hotspur players . |
| 5 | The standard glow switch , as it is known , has been given a paradoxical new life by the recent arrival of energy-saving lamps . |
| 6 | ‘ She paid her own ticket from Australia for the interview , and has been running a much-respected heavy metal magazine there , ’ said Dave . |
| 7 | The approach of the project has been to develop a computable disaggregated model of the economy which differs from , for example , the Treasury model of distinguishing as many as 39 industries and a comparable level of detail in other sectors of the economy . |