Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ireland have been adopting a New Zealand type of pressure game , ushered in with the help of former All Black skipper Andy Lesie , and further enhanced by his close ally Willie Anderson . |
| 2 | OLYMPIAKOS Piraeus and Atletico Madrid of Spain have been fined a total of almost £100,000 for serious crowd and player trouble during their European Cup Winners ' Cup clash on March 4 . |
| 3 | Hundreds of people have been arrested on contempt charges and Virginia Hills have been declared a ‘ federally secured area ’ . |
| 4 | IN MEMORY of three colleagues who died last year , Education Department staff at Torpichen Street have been holding a number of events to raise money for charity . |
| 5 | Most of the bigger hotels in Kos have been built a little way out of the old town and the Bohem is about 15 minutes from the far side of Heaven ( the disco ) ! |
| 6 | Paul Mardon 's hopes of clinching a dream £1 million move from Birmingham City to Liverpool have been dealt a major blow after he was told that he needs surgery on an ankle ligament injury . |
| 7 | THREE welfare organisations in West Cumbria have been given a tremendous boost , thanks to the golfers who took part in last year 's Sellafield Pro-Am golf tournament . |
| 8 | While the hangar has clearly attracted much of the limelight during the last couple of years , NAM have been undertaking a programme of conservation on their larger airframes . |
| 9 | Police in Egypt have been questioning a seventeen-year-old youth . |
| 10 | Linfield have been given a lifeline courtesy of Tbilisi 's shameful dismissal from the tournament and let's hope they grasp it with both hands . |
| 11 | Turtle breeding beaches in western Cyprus have been given a breathing space by the decision of the government to freeze development in the area for one year . |
| 12 | Barcelona gold medallists Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent have been given a boost for their 1996 Olympic hopes … by an American sportswear firm . |
| 13 | Toys R Us have been offered an alternative site at Linwood and all the help we can give them . ’ |
| 14 | EFFORTS to revitalise a hard-hit housing estate in Darlington have been given an unexpected financial boost . |
| 15 | WHAT I do know is that people like Havel have been getting a little impatient with those relishing pieces appearing lately in the American press that say , roughly : ‘ Right , you guys over there have had your romantic Ruritanian fun and games with revolution and dancing in the streets . |
| 16 | And dumbfounded unionist members in Carrick have been sent a book explaining the controversial employment and investment guidelines by the INC 's president , Fr Sean McManus . |
| 17 | The three Masses and the Gradualia have been championed a great deal in recent years , sometimes meshed with one another in the ‘ liturgical reconstruction ’ manner , although there are reasons for believing that Byrd did not have that in mind . |
| 18 | The hills around the city are held by Serbian forces , and the Hercules have been using a special steep landing technique , to keep them out of range of the rebel guns until the very last minute . |
| 19 | The legal opinion obtained by CPRE and the Council for National Parks from Professor Francis Jacobs , one of the leading authorities on EEC law , makes it clear that both MAFF and DoE have been taking an unduly restrictive view in adopting their stance . |
| 20 | IMC have been given a free … . ’ |
| 21 | The Palmers have been promised a back door ramp to get Mrs Palmer into the garden in case of fire , but no ramp to get her down the 5 garden steps into the street . |
| 22 | CONNAHS QUAY NOMADS ' new management team of Neville Powell and Phil Evans have been given a boost with the news that star striker David O'Gorman is staying with the club . |
| 23 | Lawyers for the Princess of Wales have been granted an injunction to prevent further publication of photographs of her exercising in a gym seen in the Sunday and Daily Mirror newspapers . |