Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] have [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employees and contractors have been given preferential treatment and get the total amount applied for . |
| 2 | The activities of building societies and banks have been given prime consideration when assessing the appropriate definition of money and the problem of implementation of monetary control ( Bank of England , Dec. 1984 ) . |
| 3 | After four years of rigorous quality control , only beans and chilies have been found unfit to eat , copper and molybdenum tending to concentrate in leaves and stalks rather than fruits . |
| 4 | Doctors ( psychiatric and general practice trainees ) and nurses had been given special instruction in the assessment of deliberate self-poisoning patients . |
| 5 | Some time after dark , when the cans which had held chicken and plum pudding lay cold in a shallow pit , and when our plates and dishes had been scraped clean , we wrapped ourselves up and sat out of the wind , behind the Land Rover . |