Example sentences of "[vb -s] be told [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These trends indicate how difficult it is for the market to translate what it has been told about the purchasing power of this group into reality . |
| 2 | No solicitor can sue for fees unless the client has been told about the remuneration certificate procedure . |
| 3 | A very disappointed Cray Research Inc has been told by the US Department of Energy that the $72m joint venture on developing software for the forthcoming T3D massively parallel processor , agreed by the outgoing Bush administration late last year ( CI No 2,041 ) , is not going ahead after all . |
| 4 | Northants ' Rhodesian-born allrounder Kevin Curran has been told by the TCCB that he must wait until Oct 1994 before becoming England-qualified for registration purposes . |
| 5 | She has been told by the local hospital that she can not have an appointment until June 1993 . |
| 6 | The Government has been told by the former Lord-Justice General that its appointment of temporary judges in Scotland 's courts could lead to miscarriages of justice . |
| 7 | Now the company has been told by the DoE inspector , John Steers , that he had considered the possible unreasonable noise levels from trains on the Whitby to Middlesbrough railway line . |
| 8 | Sheena Falconer , senior lecturer in textiles , has been told by the principal , Dr David Kennedy , that there is room for only one textile lecturer , but that she could stay on as an ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 9 | THE Conservative-controlled Stirling District has been told by the local MP , Michael Forsyth , that he is horrified at the way in which the council has handled a housing matter . |
| 10 | ‘ Jackson has been told by the specialist how close he came to losing an eye . |
| 11 | said about the Animal Procedures Act of nineteen eighty six , erm , I know she 's been told about the animals are killed painlessly and that they suffer very little pain , where there 's any pain at all , but in fact this act erm which is governed by a committee only erm issues guidelines as to what might happen . |
| 12 | The judge then , bearing in mind , all that he knows , and all that he 's been told about the guilty person , proceeds to pass sentence . |