Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Chancellor 's friends should know , the Government have been warned every year — from the days of Mr. Vredeling until the present time — that additionality is essential , and that this country is breaking the rules . |
| 2 | As a result of the invasion , the Iraqui invasion on August the second , many economies , especially in the third world countries developing countries , have been affected a lot by this crisis , not only in terms of erm world trade , the international security , the stability in the world , stability in the international markets and so on so forth , but also with regard to the ruminations from the ex-patriots living in the gulf area in general . |
| 3 | I mean it 's not only Kuwait as a country has been affected erm with regard to the ex-patriots , also the countries , the home countries of the ex-patriots , have been affected a lot , especially the third world countries . |
| 4 | THE parents of a boy who suddenly withdrew into a silent world have been sent a message of support from the Queen . |
| 5 | I think that all hon. Members have been sent a circular about the Bill by the Consumers Association . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | SWIMMING : Two hundred potential swimming internationals have been sent a letter by British team manger Paul Bush and team doctor , Dr David Hunt , warning of the danger of using prescribed medication that is not within permitted guidelines . |
| 8 | Doctors have been sent a letter by Sandoz pointing out that 4 people have suffered liver failure after taking Lamisil . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Virgin had , to a large extent , been built on Branson 's abilities at man-management and manipulation — his unrivalled capacity , as one friend put it , ‘ to get people to do things for him , and feel that they are the ones who have been done a favour ’ . |
| 11 | Thus , the published index for April 1985 is no longer a simple Laspeyres index because , since 1974 , the weights have been revised every year . |
| 12 | When all candidate content words have been assigned a score , use the Student 's t-test ( see Appendix A ) to determine whether the difference between the means of the correct-word scores and the highest-other-word scores is statistically significant . |
| 13 | Only this week , our shower and changing room have been declared a disaster area by the council . |
| 14 | However , I have been given no allowance under the ‘ premises ’ budget head and would prefer it if we asked the Trustees to allocate the requisite funds from our investments . |
| 15 | The latter group have been given no consideration whatsoever . |
| 16 | ‘ We have been given no indication by Gavin about what he might decide , ’ added McDermott . |
| 17 | Despite writing a pet column for the Daily Telegraph for more than four years , I have been given no information at all about Crufts over the past two years . |
| 18 | ‘ People have been given every chance to make payment in full or to make an arrangement to pay , but it seems as though there is a hard core who do not want to pay . ’ |
| 19 | For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind . |
| 20 | A brief review of the appearance of the disease in goats was given : the six premises on which cases were thought to have occurred have been given a choice , after being placed under restriction , of slaughtering their stock receiving ex gratia payments , or remaining restricted . |
| 21 | Members of Schedule I have been given a choice of remaining in that Schedule with an NRA of 60 , or of opting for the new , improved , Schedule II . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Finally I have been given a gearbox with the number 26107266 on top , 22 stamped on the right between gearbox and transfer box and Marshall 219467 on the side of the transfer box . |
| 24 | These deflation surfaces have been given a variety of names : desert pavement and boulder pavement are self-explanatory terms , while the gravel left after deflation has been termed lag gravel and in the Sahara a stone-strewn surface is known as hamada . |
| 25 | It is murmured that one or two departments have been given a warning shot across the bows : ‘ improve , or you may sink without trace ’ . |
| 26 | As from two years ago , all students entering technical secondary school have been given a slide-rule for use in classes and subsequently at work . |
| 27 | However , Goram , Huistra and Steven at least have been given a chance of recovering in time . |
| 28 | The company who carried out the painting and varnishing of the large wooden replica of the Hunterston brooch which stands in the Visitor Centre at the station , JHB Decorators of Paisley , have been given a Merit Award by the Scottish Decorators Federation . |
| 29 | Some authorities have issued broad discussion documents ; others have been rather more prescriptive ( in Croydon , for example , parents have been given a checklist of skills against which to evaluate their children . |
| 30 | The tenants have been given a year 's notice to quit and they face the loss of their livelihood and homes . |