Example sentences of "been [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In general , however , Haycocks III has been regarded as the least important of the three reports and the difficult financial climate of the last few years has meant that its recommendations have been given a low priority . |
| 32 | But these concerns perhaps reflect that the last two of the eight key tasks — on staff training and informing users — have been given a low priority in some areas . |
| 33 | In practice registry work and the storage of ‘ dead ’ records have been given a low profile and few resources . |
| 34 | No wonder the Secretary of State has been given a roving brief across Europe . |
| 35 | The Marquis of Blandford has been given a conditional discharge for possessing a twelve-bore shot-gun without a licence . |
| 36 | An unemployed man who caught pike out of season to feed his family has been given a conditional discharge by magistrates . |
| 37 | The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions . |
| 38 | THE Irish golfer , Eamonn Darcy ( above ) , has been given a delicate commission — to design two new golf courses on the site of the Battle of the Boyne . |
| 39 | A fourteen year old criminal who 's had holidays in Spain paid for by social services has been given a two-year supervision order . |
| 40 | Jeremy Batty , an 18-year-old off-spinner , has been given a two-year contract by Yorkshire after his first-class debut in the last game of the season against Lancashire at Scarborough when he had match figures of 8 for 193 . |
| 41 | THE bogus doctor who ran clinics in Ulster has been given a two week reprieve before she knows her fate . |
| 42 | It is important from the landlord 's point of view to ensure that the centre does not expand where the tenant has been given a fixed service charge percentage , unless provisions are inserted in the lease to countenance this . |
| 43 | Norman Cole , a partner in Specsaver , which has branches in Stockton and Middlesbrough , has been given a temporary suspension for two years from the British College of Opticians . |
| 44 | A brass band from Point of Ayr Colliery , which has been given a temporary reprieve from closure after being included in a 90-day pit review , headed the rally . |
| 45 | He has nt been given a real chance — but it is quite a difficult position to get a decent run if you are nt 1st choice . |
| 46 | Broadly , the survey confirmed that parents of children with special needs had not been given a real choice of placement , and that they had to fight hard for mainstream provision if this was their choice . |
| 47 | He was about five-feet tall , but he had an enormous ability to make you feel that you had been given a real challenge and it seemed all-important to discharge it to his satisfaction and he was equally praising of your achievement . |
| 48 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 49 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 50 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 51 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 52 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 53 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 54 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 55 | The foal is now an eight-year-old mare with a sweet disposition ; but then she has never been given a second chance to smell methylated spirits . |
| 56 | About half their original sample had been given a second interview four years after the first . |
| 57 | Some thought that fundholding general practitioners had been given a perverse incentive not to spend money on their patients or even to be selective in the types of patient they enrolled on their list . |
| 58 | THREE welfare organisations in West Cumbria have been given a tremendous boost , thanks to the golfers who took part in last year 's Sellafield Pro-Am golf tournament . |
| 59 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
| 60 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |