Example sentences of "been [verb] [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the death of Mumtaz Mahal , Jahanara had been given charge of the Imperial harem . |
| 2 | They had not been given details of the legislation and so were unable to counter opposition scaremongering . |
| 3 | However , the buy-in or redemption may be carried out if it is approved by shareholders in general meeting and they have been given details of the offer in the circular . |
| 4 | The costs and risks involved indicated that it would have been very difficult to convince investors to invest in the generating company National Power if it had been responsible for the nuclear power stations , even though it had been given control of the majority of the generating capacity in order to compensate for this . |
| 5 | It is therefore advisable to delete clause 9.1.6 , or if that fails , at least ensure that it is amended to refer to the distress or execution being levied at the premises ( 5 ) Consider adding the following two provisos : PROVIDED HOWEVER that in the event that this Lease is mortgaged at the time of the proposed re-entry and the Landlord has been given notice of the existence of the mortgage then prior to such re-entry or proceedings therefor the Landlord will serve a notice of such proceedings and proposed re-entry on the mortgagee at the mortgagee 's last known address AND PROVIDED FURTHER that if the Tenant ( being an individual ) becomes bankrupt or ( being a company ) enters into liquidation ( whether compulsory or voluntary save for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent company ) or has a receiver appointed the Landlord shall not exercise the right of re-entry by virtue of such bankruptcy liquidation or receivership unless neither the Tenant nor its mortgagee shall pay the rent hereinbefore reserved on the days and in the manner provided or there shall be any breach or non-performance or non-observance of any of the other covenants or agreements on the part of the Tenant herein contained |
| 6 | The court had heard evidence that the woman making the accusation had been nominated slut of the year at the college a reputation she claimed was undeserved . |
| 7 | During the Second World War most Italians were interned as enemy aliens , even though they may have been respected members of the community for 30 or 40 years — and even had relatives serving in the British forces . |
| 8 | SINGER Sam Sorono , who appeared on the last series of Granada TV 's Stars in their Eyes competition impersonating Tom Jones and again last Saturday has been voted Vocalist of the Year by readers of the national club magazine Club Mirror . |
| 9 | The England international 's wonder strike against Pescara earlier this month has just been voted goal of the season so far by top TV station RAI and earned him £9,000 , which he has donated to a charity helping Brazilian schoolchildren . |
| 10 | BEAT bobby PC Ged Kirkbright has been voted man of the match by a group of schoolchildren on his patch . |
| 11 | But Murphy knows he can run a successful business — PRCS has been voted consultancy of the year by its peers — and the odds must be on him wanting to play on a bigger stage once he is free to do so . |
| 12 | THE Royal Family have been voted bores of the year — ousting 1991 's top yawn Madonna . |
| 13 | ’ He should have been voted broadcaster of the year . |
| 14 | AC MILAN 'S Marco Van Basten has been voted player of the year by World Soccer magazine ahead of Dutch team-mate Dennis Bergkamp and Manchester United keeper Peter Schmeichel . |
| 15 | She had n't been keeping track of the conversation , but he seemed to have pulled himself together over the past few minutes . |
| 16 | UK industry has already agreed to an 85 per cent interim cut in CFCs and carbon tetrachloride for 1993 and representatives of user industries and manufacturers have been meeting Department of the Environment officials to discuss the practicalities of cutting 1,1,1-trichloroethane and halons . |
| 17 | The gallery 's director emeritus has been named chairman of the board of America 's first arts cable-television channel . |
| 18 | James Clark , president of Unix System Labs Pacific Ltd , which negotiated much of the deal , has been named chairman of the board . |
| 19 | They are winger Alex Partington and stand-off John Gunning , who has also been named player of the month . |
| 20 | A second-century cremation cemetery has been uncovered south of the defended area in Swan Street ; it was claimed to have been receiving additional burials as late as the third and fourth centuries , when it must have lain within the built-up area . |
| 21 | We got a tremendous shock of course and I was extremely upset because the love of my life had nearly been made part of the road surface . |
| 22 | The upper part of his tomb had been made part of the perimeter by a grill of fine arches behind . |
| 23 | Donald Maclean had in 1950 been made head of the American department of the Foreign Office after dramatic breakdowns and drinking bouts . |
| 24 | Maclean , a Cambridge contemporary of Burgess , fellow Apostle , and fellow communist , had recently been made head of the American department at the Foreign Office . |
| 25 | Three freemen : Three long-serving Middlesbrough councillors have been made freemen of the borough in a special ceremony at the town hall . |
| 26 | ‘ He looks as if he 'd been made King of the Harem . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Actually I was really happy about that , not just because we 'd been made Singe Of The Week , but because it was a woman reviewing the singles — and they 're a lot harder to please . |
| 28 | Robert Allen continues to head the company and has also been made director of the newly formed Mensa Psychometrics . |
| 29 | In August 1981 every piece of the city 's urban common carried a population of wall butterflies ( Lasiommosta megera ) , the first time this species had been seen north of the Tyne this century . |
| 30 | In a reference to continuing reports that more Soviet weapons had been moved east of the Ural mountains and thus out of the treaty area , the UK Defence Secretary Tom King raised doubts about whether the treaty process was going forward with " the degree of control and accuracy that was intended " . |