Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's known as a bit of a smoothie but Nigel Havers has been given a harder edge in his new series , Sleepers , starting next week . |
| 2 | Greene King already owns 28% of Morland and has been promised a further 14.9% . |
| 3 | The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh , I believe , had a recent £200,000 deficit , but has been awarded a larger grant . |
| 4 | He will tell you he has been left a better player and a better person . |
| 5 | Saints ' chairman Eric Latham said today : ‘ Nobody at St Helens has been offered a better contract than Gary Connolly and we hope he will sign it , but that is up to Gary . |
| 6 | BATTLE of the Atlantic veteran and Garston MP Eddie Loyden should have been given a greater role in the recent commemorations . |
| 7 | People with head injuries who ca n't get the long-term treatment they need have been promised a better deal . |
| 8 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 9 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 10 | Parents have been given a bigger role than ever before . |
| 11 | The point is not that some have been forgiven a greater number of sins than others or that some are ‘ worse sinners ’ than others but that some see their need of forgiveness and others do not . |
| 12 | His club , one of three teams on the six-point mark , have been dealt a further blow in the lead-up to today 's vital league meeting with Edinburgh Acads at Old Anniesland . |