Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three of its board directors have also taken on additional responsibilities and have duly been retitled group executive directors . |
| 2 | The domination of the cinema screen over the audience has also resulted in experiments with ‘ smell-o-vision ’ , but so far we have thankfully been spared Aldous Huxley 's vision of ‘ the feelies ’ . |
| 3 | It was bordered by Rat Lane which has since been renamed Norway Lane after Neville Shute Norway , the famous author and aircraft engineer who founded the Airspeed Company here . |
| 4 | The battalion , which had operated in Namibia and Angola , was composed largely of Angolan rebels who had fought in the Angolan civil war , and also a number of white mercenaries ; its members had since been given South African citizenship . |
| 5 | Murray Holmes , the BDA 's present Vice-Chairman took his place , and has since been elected Vice-President of an the World Federation . |
| 6 | Some have since been paid compensation . |
| 7 | Such license had effectively been denied Galileo who , by his friend Ciampoli , had been advised to suppress remarks that might imply extraterrestrial life : Would they not invite awkward questions such as how descendants of Adam and Eve could have reached the moon ? |
| 8 | ‘ What if half the people in Beirut or somewhere are called Azul ? |
| 9 | Amnesty , denounced by Wijeratne in 1990 as a " terrorist organization " , had hitherto been denied access to Sri Lanka , most recently at the height of the JVP insurgency in 1989 [ for December 1989 , September 1990 Amnesty reports see pp. 37353 ; 37711 ] . |
| 10 | Once again the solicitor representing them said that there was not and that his clients had put him in difficulties , as he had only been given instructions a week before . |
| 11 | We have long been committed Europeans , believing that Britain can only be secure , successful and environmentally safe if we play our full part in building a more united and democratic Europe . |
| 12 | Four sets , which come under the affirmative procedure , have been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and have all been declared intra vires . |
| 13 | We have all been given golf tips at some time or other while playing , and some tips do work . |
| 14 | As Outdoor Action goes to press , the details of the scheme have not all been made public . |
| 15 | ‘ We have all been branded murderers , ’ Lin Foh persisted . |
| 16 | Nowadays they get in free and are given VIP passes ( access to all areas ) , but tonight the five mates with whom they 've driven the 150 miles from Southport have all been refused entry by the Ritzy 's management for being under 20 . |
| 17 | It 's all been taken care of . |
| 18 | The specialist reassured him plans were being worked out by his colleagues even as they spoke , and it had all been taken care of . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's all been taken care of , ’ Molly replies . |
| 20 | The edges of the body have all been left square , with no contouring , lending the guitar a very sharply-defined profile . |
| 21 | Indeed , they do show rhythms in activity , waking , feeding requirements , bladder-emptying and body temperature — rhythms that all have a period between one and four hours and so are called ultradian . |
| 22 | Such a position should rightly be called humanist . |
| 23 | In the very strongest language , which can rightly be called anger , Jesus expresses his seven woes against religious leaders who put religiosity before worship of the true and living God ( cf. Matt. 23 ) . |
| 24 | An Act of Parliament abolished the very surname and ordained that the property outside Perth should henceforth be called Huntingtower . |
| 25 | Farmers over another 22,400 hectares , would merely be given advice and asked to use less fertiliser ; there would be no money for them , and no other sanctions ( The Swells , Gloucestershire ; Bircham and Fring , Norfolk ; Sedgeford , Norfolk ; Fowlmere , Cambs ; Far Baulker , Notts ; Dotton and Colaton , Devon ; Cringle Brook , Lincs and Leics ; and Bourne Brook , Warwicks ) . |
| 26 | Particular importance has been attached to the question whether , where the testator 's words appeared to conflict with his intention , his intention could none the less be given effect . |
| 27 | It looks as if sex evolved because it 's in the interest of genes to constantly be re-combined self interest not always in company with the same others may want to be er mixing themselves up , so they launch themselves in continually different combinations , and this presumably each gene what , what , what is happening is a constant filtering process all the time , by means of which natural selection is working on basically random changes in the final point I want to make and that 's |
| 28 | The last point means that individuals need only be given training in those areas in which they have a skill shortfall . |
| 29 | Note that the user can only be given privileges which you possess ( or a subset thereof ) . |
| 30 | Applicants can only be given credits if they already fulfil the entry requirements for the programme of study and must be able to supply proof of qualifications or prior learning attainment which they are submitting in support of credit application claims . |