Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | An appeal against Langbaurgh Council 's decision not to allow the erection of a two-storey side extension at Abrams Buildings in Loftus has been dismissed by the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | LCCIEB has been endorsed by MCI to jointly seek accreditation to deliver MCI Level 3 ( for Supervisors ) and Level 4 ( for Junior Managers ) . |
| 3 | FOLLOWING the article by Warren Bagust on the raw deal David Gower has been given by the England selectors ( WCM Sept ) , I have been doing some research of my own on the relative merits of David Gower and Graham Gooch as batsmen and as captains of England . |
| 4 | SOCIAL worker David Jenkins has been appointed by the Essex Voluntary Association for the Blind to the new post of director . |
| 5 | Patrick has been hired by an obnoxiously trendy mismated publisher . |
| 6 | The news that Hanson may be preparing to bid for ICI has been met by a united front on the ICI board . |
| 7 | The genuineness of the Ring of Minos has been questioned by Nilsson , but now that it is lost , allegedly buried somewhere in the garden of Nicolaos Pollakis , the priest of Fortetsa , who for a time shortly after its discovery was its owner , the question will probably never be resolved ( Warren 1982 ) . |
| 8 | Ward given England call YORK City manager John Ward has been asked by England manager Graham Taylor to help with England Under-21 coaching . |
| 9 | An 84 acre commercial conifer woodland near Exmoor has been bought by Paul McCartney and given to the League Against Cruel Sports as a sanctuary against hunting . |
| 10 | FORMER Bishop Auckland and Gateshead full back Paul Doolan has been released by Barrow , and is now looking for a club in the North-East . |
| 11 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear has been charged by the FA with misconduct for the second time this year . |
| 12 | Mr Ritchie has been told by legal counsel that this new evidence in their opinion provides substantial grounds for Mr Lang to order a retrial or a full reinvestigation of the case , but assessment of the appeal documents is at an early stage . |
| 13 | Since 1982 , the burden of CGT has been eased by the welcome introduction of index-linking . |
| 14 | A SUPERSTORE development on the outskirts of Middlesbrough has been opposed by Cleveland planning officials . |
| 15 | Northants ' Rhodesian-born allrounder Kevin Curran has been told by the TCCB that he must wait until Oct 1994 before becoming England-qualified for registration purposes . |
| 16 | Romania has been hit by a major tragedy with hundreds of young children HIV infected through hazardous medical or nursing treatments . |
| 17 | Monday May 11th saw the new timetable introduced and with the withdrawal of InterCity from Shrewsbury , a basic hourly service from Birmingham to Shrewsbury has been provided by Regional Railways to Shrewsbury with alternate services onwards , one going to Aberystwyth and the other to Chester . |
| 18 | Royal portrait painter Andrew Festing has been commissioned by MCC to produce a group picture of several great players , including Trevor Bailey , Alec Bedser , Sir Colin Cowdrey , Godfrey Evans and Peter May , all of whom were photographed by Festing during the recent Lord 's Test . |
| 19 | The pace of Taylor has been complemented by the kicking form of captain Nick Edmonds , who has contributed 342 points so far . |
| 20 | While the two men have spent most of the first week concentrating on their acting , Isabella has been burdened by the special responsibility of the leading actress — the look . |
| 21 | I believe what the Newcastle local authority tells me , because I know only too well how Gateshead has been affected by Government cuts which the local authority has been forced to implement . |
| 22 | Despite his fame amongst his contemporaries , Gassendi has been overshadowed by those whom he influenced — perhaps because of the modesty and undogmatic nature of his arguments , which lie buried in lengthy , copiously annotated Latin works . |
| 23 | Jacqueline has been employed by Basingstoke for two and a half years . |
| 24 | MARKS & Spencer has been criticised by mothers who claim that it is Britain 's least parent-friendly stores group . |
| 25 | ‘ Michael Stein has been attacked by a guest . ’ |
| 26 | I have so looked forward to it , making all the things with Matey , and thinking of what we shall do with the money we make — which is stupid really , when I know that I could so easily give them so much more — But that would be nothing , for what I have done with Matey has been done by me , and not by Papa , for that is what giving them his money would mean . |
| 27 | Such underdrawing has now provided a significantly more accurate way of dating the famous palaeolithic cave paintings at Altamira and El Castillo , Spain , and Niaux in the French Pyrenees has been developed by a team of French and Spanish scientists . |
| 28 | Princess Lurana has been abducted by the odious Sheikh ( Itallabout ? — Ed ) Sazabiss , who is also exerting every ounce of power to make a takeover bid ( ah , he 's Brucie in disguise ) on the world . |
| 29 | When Cassio has been attacked by Iago , apparently murdered , Othello lauds his master 's example : The murder scene , with its marvellously wrought language , a ceremony that Othello thinks of as a sacrifice , is the most deluded , most fictitious scene in Shakespeare — not a word in it that Othello says is true . |
| 30 | DES Walker has been dropped by Graham Taylor for the first time in 36 games as the England manager fights for World Cup survival against Poland tomorrow . |