Example sentences of "it [verb] be [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It never drops below magnitude 10.5 , and at maximum it may rise to 5.9 , so that it is then on the fringe of naked-eye visibility and is easy in any binoculars ; it is distinguished by its intense redness , and it has been nicknamed the Crimson Star . |
| 2 | Instead it has been given a new imprimatur and left on the old job . |
| 3 | Now this woman had always been aware of the as a child , she had always known it , it had n't be unconscious in the sense she 'd forgotten it , but it had been isolated , it has been given a new name , and ca unfortunately I ca n't remember what it was , but it was , it was completely er innocuous , the name was the term she used was totally innocuous . |
| 4 | So valuable has the dating of tephra become that it has been given a specific name — tephrochronology . |
| 5 | It has been given a signed framed photograph of Gary Lineker and a football signed by all the Tottenham Hotspur players . |
| 6 | It has never been seen again , though it has been given an official variable star designation : T Boo¨tis . |
| 7 | However , the powerful US tuna industry lobby has made sure that it has been given an annual ‘ dolphin kill' ’ quota . |
| 8 | IT HAS been called the victimless crime . |
| 9 | Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car . |
| 10 | Botticelli , works by Piero della Francesca and Andrea Mantegna and the museum 's most famous work , the Profile of a Young Lady by Antonio Pollaiolo , now used as a symbol of the Poldi-Pezzoli and a painting that adorns the face of many Milanese tourist brochures — including one on the city 's museums in which it has been reproduced the wrong way round ! |
| 11 | But with ‘ decultured ’ Aborigines it has become such a problem that it has been labelled the Black Death . |
| 12 | I would not have minded the motion tonight quite so much if it had been given an honest title , such as the General Election ( Clearing the Decks ) Motion , or whatever title the Leader of the House wanted to give it . |
| 13 | After it had been moved a short distance away , the pilot was persuaded that the situation was all right and he accepted this , rather than face being unpopular for causing further delay . |
| 14 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 15 | Religiously , it had been reported the Young Group made £1.1m profit in 1990 . |
| 16 | Yes and er it 's been suggested the final thing that was suggested that you realised she was there . |