Example sentences of "we have [been] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been denied the exhilarating late ‘ minuet ’ tempos of Haydn and Mozart … |
| 2 | We have been sent a copy of the special prayer approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury for use at ceremonies in connection with the RNLI and printed in your Winter issue . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We have been given a mandate by our supporters not to pay the rent and with Mr Butters refusing to reduce it further , the situation is still deadlocked , ’ committee spokesman John Daley said yesterday . |
| 5 | ‘ We have been given no indication by Gavin about what he might decide , ’ added McDermott . |
| 6 | We have been given the status , resources and expertise to do so — on both sides of the Channel . |
| 7 | Because we have been given the possibility of sight , it is no surprise when we are inconsolable if we have no eyesight . |
| 8 | This second stage is carried out in public speech to which we have been given the decoding key , and from our privileged perspective the success of the hypocrite has unfortunate consequences for the dupe . |
| 9 | I believe that we have been given the right to have dominion over animals . |
| 10 | We reluctantly cancelled our holiday and we have been offered a full refund . |
| 11 | We have been offered a pot-pourri of amendments — some favour London , some favour London and the south-east and others suggest carving up the country into all sorts of different regions . |
| 12 | Following the successful English Course in 1986 , we have been offered a course from Thursday 31 May to Tuesday 5 June 1990 . |
| 13 | Now that we have been offered the choice and the opportunity to buy produce that has n't been sprayed or hybridised , it does seem reasonable to expect that flavour will return . |
| 14 | Well , I can report on that front that we have been offered the opportunity to secure a few locomotives ( one has already been given to us ) , and a number of pieces of rolling stock . |
| 15 | Manager Harry McNally said : ‘ We are not out of the wood but we have been thrown a lifeline . |
| 16 | In return , we have been allowed the role of ‘ mother 's little helper ’ , and our services are being relied upon to support the public . |
| 17 | Answer guide : The point being illustrated here is that although we have been told the finite life of the machine and we are aware of the reasons for the loss in utility we still have to make estimates of when the machine will cease to be useful . |
| 18 | This is a wide er feeling and er a feeling of great anger er because only recently we have been told the truth of how this money was used . |
| 19 | Like all other departments we have been established a very long time and therefore have the experience and the knowledge in dealing with lettings . |
| 20 | We have been promised a grant of £1,000 from the Village Association , and a further long-term loan from them of £1,000 . |
| 21 | We have been promised a visit to another great showpiece in Peking — the Summer Palace built by the Dowager Empress last century from money she misappropriated from the naval funds ( so they tell us ) . |
| 22 | We have been allocated a flat and I hope we can live a normal life in spite of the past . |
| 23 | In addition , WGPT 's Permanent Downhole Readout product line has excellent potential for the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico , as evidenced by how quickly we have been awarded the Tahoe project contract by Shell in New Orleans ’ . |
| 24 | In fact we have been so good at it that we have been awarded the RCI Gold Star for the second year running . |
| 25 | GERRY Barron-Fox , newly appointed director of our Facilities Management Service , was delighted recently to announce that we have been awarded the contract for the management of multiple support activities at BP sites throughout Dorset and at Sherwood House , BP Wytch Farm . |
| 26 | We have been shown a large number of the judges ' orders which are reproduced in Dugdale 's Origines Juridiciales , 3rd ed. ( 1680 ) , ch. 70–72 . |