Example sentences of "it have [been] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norwood , Massachusetts-based Microcom Inc reports that it has been granted a patent for the Microcom Networking Protocol Class 10 feature , called Aggressive Adaptive Packet Assembly : the feature improves data link transmission performance by pro-actively adapting the size of data packets to line conditions — MNP 10 enables modems to connect , stay connected and have the highest transmission possible , regardless of the line conditions . |
| 2 | It has been given a signed framed photograph of Gary Lineker and a football signed by all the Tottenham Hotspur players . |
| 3 | Instead it has been given a new imprimatur and left on the old job . |
| 4 | There is an apple-tree up against the fence that separates them from their neighbours , but it has been given a kind of Buddhist monk 's haircut . |
| 5 | Now this woman had always been aware of the as a child , she had always known it , it had n't be unconscious in the sense she 'd forgotten it , but it had been isolated , it has been given a new name , and ca unfortunately I ca n't remember what it was , but it was , it was completely er innocuous , the name was the term she used was totally innocuous . |
| 6 | So valuable has the dating of tephra become that it has been given a specific name — tephrochronology . |
| 7 | However , the powerful US tuna industry lobby has made sure that it has been given an annual ‘ dolphin kill' ’ quota . |
| 8 | It has never been seen again , though it has been given an official variable star designation : T Boo¨tis . |
| 9 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 10 | In some lesser developed countries , particularly in central and east Africa , it has been called a ‘ bureaucratic bourgeoisie ’ , a term which is discussed below . |
| 11 | It has been called a " gut " response . |
| 12 | There are so many works of art in the church that it has been declared a museum and is included as such on the official list of Milanese museums . |
| 13 | Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car . |
| 14 | Although it has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , several things blot the landscape . |
| 15 | It has been thought a monument of the new democracy , immediately after the expulsion of Hippias in 510 ; by others placed , perhaps most convincingly , somewhere between the two , around 500 . |
| 16 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |
| 17 | It was extended in 1968 ( since when it has been termed a ‘ blight notice ’ ) and further extended in 1973 . |
| 18 | It 'd been taken a few years earlier at a family Christmas party when we were playing Musical Chairs . |
| 19 | A sheet had been spread out on the ground , and around it had been placed a square of long hard bolsters . |
| 20 | It had been raised a year earlier at a residential conference for Wirral secondary heads with the sugestion that schools should attempt accreditation under BS 5750 . |
| 21 | Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance . |
| 22 | I would not have minded the motion tonight quite so much if it had been given an honest title , such as the General Election ( Clearing the Decks ) Motion , or whatever title the Leader of the House wanted to give it . |
| 23 | It is hard to say how directly the King reminded the Company that it was doing well because it had been granted a monopoly of the English market . |
| 24 | After it had been moved a short distance away , the pilot was persuaded that the situation was all right and he accepted this , rather than face being unpopular for causing further delay . |
| 25 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 26 | As it had been made an exhibit at trial they were entitled to inspect the tape in the jury room , subject to the discretion of the trial judge to prevent e.g. an unedited version containing inadmissible material from being handed over . |
| 27 | Black , because it had been burned a thousand years ago ; it still showed the shape of the face impressed upon it . |
| 28 | It was identified as such only a short while after Delta Cephei itself , and if it had been found a few months earlier the short-period stars would probably have been known as Aquilids rather than Cepheids . |
| 29 | It 's been made a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of its strength as a habitat for a wide range of grasses and rare plants . |
| 30 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |