Example sentences of "they have be [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.

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1 As such they have been called the ‘ securities market line ’ .
2 Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past .
3 Complacency about recession could destroy the Tories yet : they have been given a sharp warning by the electorate and they disregard it at their peril .
4 Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life .
5 In the author 's constituency , for example , there is a company whose main competitor in Germany has been given switchgear free of charge by the local electricity board , and they have been given a twenty-year loan at no interest for generating plant .
6 Nevertheless , despite the necessity to protect children from being misled by the stories of ‘ heaven ’ and miracles , it should be made quite clear to them that most of the stories of good works attributed to the people involved are most likely to be true , and as these people are believed to have done much more good than most , they have been given a place in the windows of the churches and in paintings and elsewhere .
7 And they have been given a plastic card to carry itemising the major banned drugs .
8 The former ought to be more prominently displayed , the article says , so that patients are n't confused about whether they have been given a different type of medicine when collecting subsequent prescriptions .
9 For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind .
10 They have been given a confidence and liveliness through the influence of a common interpretation of Quantum Theory .
11 Since 1970 they have been given an allowance for secretarial and research assistance .
12 They have been given the names of ‘ the mouse-pounce ’ , ‘ the bird-swat ’ and ‘ the fish-scoop ’ .
13 The verses seem to be saying that the disciples understand because they have been given the secrets of the mystery of the kingdom but everybody else is taught in parables so that it will confuse them and prevent them coming into the kingdom .
14 Every sales consultant has covered the basics ; they have been given the tools for success ; the Super Sales Grit ingredient takes you to where no sales-person has previously thought to go .
15 Semi-nomadic tribes live on the fringes of the notorious Empty Quarter desert , where they have been given the task by Sultan Qaboos and the World Wildlife Fund of reintroducing the rare Arabian Oryx ( antelope ) to its natural habitat .
16 Whether conscious or not of their own envy , the people in the most difficulty are those who feel they have been born the wrong sex — suspicious , or even quite clear , that their parents desperately wanted them to be the boy or girl they were not .
17 They have been granted the tenancy of a 71-acre county council holding at Underbank , Gawsworth , near Macclesfield .
18 Until now they have been spared the encounter with large ‘ megastores ’ , fast becoming commonplace in every major city .
19 L M Ericsson Telefon AB and Italtel SpA say that they have been awarded a contract by Stet-Hellas SA , one of Greece 's two mobile telephone operators , for Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular phone equipment worth $62.5m : the order includes exchanges , control systems , and radio base stations .
20 However , as has been reported in International Crossroads , they have been awarded the 1993 World Cup Sevens , a decision which did not meet with general approval , and as there is a rebuilding programme at Murrayfield only 38,000 fans will be able to watch the tournament on each day .
21 No doubt they have been promised a good party in return .
22 They have been labelled the ‘ Egyptian ’ ( joined crucible ) and the ‘ Renaissance ’ or ‘ Cinquecento ’ ( separate crucible ) techniques .
23 They have been offered a choice .
24 They may well feel that they have been offered a few crumbs .
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