Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I have been declared innocent .
2 Does n't bother me You , Stu and I have been broken hearted a few months ago and I 've cried over him not coming to see me but not any more .
3 She says ; I have been made redundant that is why I have all this in my hands .
4 The prime site out of the above-mentioned locations is , in my experience , London , and the worst the railway stations , but there are far better places than even the City of London and I have been made aware that the airports are an example of sites that fall into this category .
5 I have been made privy to the wisdom and knowledge of the Galactic Great Folk , and have returned here to solve all the world 's problems . ’
6 I have been given free catalogues , invited to try any guitar I wished — not just the cheapo imports either but vintage stuff too — actually got useful information from people who , without exception , seem to be knowledgeable and often talented players , and generally made to feel welcome .
7 I said playing the European Championships in Sweden would later take its toll on players and I have been proved correct . ’
8 However , once again , I have been proved wrong !
9 I have been shown real ‘ good Samaritan ’ help by people in prisons here , and without their help I have found things a whole lot tougher than they were .
10 You have been granted special access to the module by the owner or manager of the module OR
11 You have been given great talents , you can achieve results that are beyond the ability of anyone else .
12 If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome .
13 However , if you have been made redundant or are long-term unemployed you need to understand the thinking behind the interviewer 's prejudices and strive to overcome them by demonstrating strongly that you are unemployed because of circumstances beyond your control , not because you yourself are inadequate .
14 To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period :
15 Building societies will , generally , be sympathetic if you ask to suspend your mortgage payments for a fixed period because you have been made redundant or because you have a crisis .
16 However , if you have been made redundant from a skilled or semi-skilled job you are eligible .
17 if possible you want to avoid that , so you do n't want to , and , and you certainly do n't want to leave it until a time when you have been taken sick and you ca n't do anything about it .
18 This offence for which you have been found guilty
19 It does not mean that we have been made righteous as if we are perfect and free from sin , because our daily experience will tell us of the power of sin ; but it does mean that we are declared righteous .
20 But since then we have been given additional help with the cleaning , but the same hours .
21 We have been given full details of who is attending , where the various ceremonies are being staged and at what time .
22 That is why we have been given free will , in order that we may choose the correct one .
23 The problems er that face me accommodation have been overcome with the assistance of the Chairman and the Town Clerk ah and we have been offered additional accommodation here in the Council offices , which is most welcome .
24 ‘ I was brought up here by your soldiers and now we have been set free .
25 We have been proved right .
26 That is what the Labour party said in 1988 and we have been proved right .
27 Directors have sometimes been called trustees , or commercial trustees , sometimes they have been called managing partners ; it does not matter much what you call them as long as you understand what their true position is , which is really that they are commercial men managing a trading concern for the benefit of themselves and all the other shareholders … they are bound to use fair and reasonable diligence in the management of the company 's affairs and to act honestly .
28 They have been called magic bullets because of their use in the treatment of cancer .
29 The recent Toyne Report ‘ Environmental Responsibility , An Agenda for Further and Higher Education ’ , commissioned by the DoE and the Welsh Office states , ‘ Everybody has some scope for doing his or her job in a more environmentally responsible way , and needs to understand the importance of this … but may well need more than this , either because they have been given specific responsibilities within their organisation , or simply because their organisation 's environmental impact is heavily dependent on the way they carry out their day-to-day tasks , and on the decisions which they have to take . ’
30 They are the seeds produced by the fern-like plants such as Mariopteris , but because they are difficult to link with their foliage they have been given separate names .
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