Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would wish to express my very great anguish to all those women concerned if I have been taught an inadequate technique , ’ she said . |
| 2 | In both cases you have been given an explicit and specific purpose and your notes should be deter-mined by this task . |
| 3 | ‘ You will probably have realised that , due to an administrative error in our payroll section , you have been given an extra day 's pay … instead of having a day 's pay deducted . ’ |
| 4 | EFFORTS to revitalise a hard-hit housing estate in Darlington have been given an unexpected financial boost . |
| 5 | Together with the lower than expected flotation price , the 10 companies have been given an attractive yield averaging as much as 8.55 per cent . |
| 6 | Together with the lower than expected flotation price , the 10 companies have been given an attractive yield averaging as much as 8.55 per cent . |
| 7 | The importance of the BBFC has been enhanced in recent years by local licensing requirements for sex cinemas , which generally require that all films screened shall have been approved by the BBFC in its " adult " category , and by the rule that cable television companies and video shops shall only carry films which have been granted an appropriate BBFC certificate . |
| 8 | THE administrators of Maxwell Communication Corporation have been granted an extra two months by the American courts to prepare a reconstruction plan for the company . |
| 9 | I have been left an agitated message from my niece Marie-Christine telling me that you are camping at Les Hiboux , without chairs or even the bare necessities of life . ’ |
| 10 | Patients nationwide have been promised an improved service , including an ambulance within 14 minutes in urban areas and 19 minutes in rural areas . |
| 11 | Toys R Us have been offered an alternative site at Linwood and all the help we can give them . ’ |