Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Another 60,000 had been punished for misdeeds but retained their party membership , while a further 120,000 were still under investigation . |
| 32 | In April 22 traders were charged with illegal trading , and the Justice Department announced on Aug. 2 that a total of 46 traders had been indicted for futures fraud . |
| 33 | That was kept in a cabinet — but ‘ regrettably , ’ said Mr Boal , the lock on it had been broken for months . |
| 34 | Just on item eight and item nine , Lord Mayor , Community Health N H S Trust and Health N H S Trust , to report the fact that dispensations from the Department of the Environment have rec been received for Councillors and , enabling them to take part in the debate but er not to vote . |
| 35 | But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously . |
| 36 | It is important to note , however , that the categories used in the Rolfe and Will lists may have been assigned for reasons of literary expediency , rather than as the result of rigorous classification . |
| 37 | The disk has been checked for viruses by the UK Computer Virus Certification Centre , based at the University of Bradford . |
| 38 | The disk has been checked for viruses by the UK Computer Virus Certification Centre , based at the University of Bradford . |
| 39 | Salesmen from Harvard and other licensed dealers who have been interviewed for jobs at companies such as Barclays de Zoete Wedd , Greenwell Montague , and Kitcat & Aitken have sometimes felt an obligation to explain their present work position . |
| 40 | The principle of treatment of like by like , however , had been enunciated by Hippocrates in the fifth century BC , but it had been forgotten for centuries until rediscovered by Hahnemann . |
| 41 | But although the natural health benefits of fish oil have been enjoyed for generations only now is it becoming clear how fish oil can provide the essentials for maintaining health . |
| 42 | They have been nominated for exhibitions which have been held outside London or abroad . |
| 43 | Five people who 've been nominated for awards are not available to receive them from her Royal Highness . |
| 44 | There is another function of playing dead that has been depicted for centuries but which , until recently , was thought to be no more than a fictitious folk-tale . |
| 45 | The legend of the fox that traps birds by pretending to be dead has been depicted for centuries . |
| 46 | Prediction is inaccurate , and one is reminded that economic recovery has been forecast for years by a party in government that is supposed to have great financial expertise . |
| 47 | The SunAccount package has been installed for Accounts , and will be upgraded as new releases become available . |
| 48 | The simple explanation would appear to be that Jacques worked in the family business on the rue du Harlay with his father and older brother Jean , Martin 's successor in 1712 , until Jean 's death in 1720 , when , as noted above , the workshop ceased , at which time the remaining stock would have been liquidated for reasons of inheritance . |
| 49 | However , many of these locally developed techniques have been discontinued for reasons that are discussed later in Chapter 8 . |
| 50 | Since the Second World War the family has entered the international arena by its contributions to multi-racial education in Africa , by establishing the International Students ' House in London for students from overseas , and by founding the Michael Wills Scholarships at Oxford University to replace the Rhodes Scholarships which had been discontinued for Germans in 1939 . |
| 51 | Nucella does not appear to have fluid spaces between mantle and shell , as has been reported for limpets , but , in common with other littoral molluscs , a certain amount of seawater is trapped in the mantle cavity ( above the head ) ( Boyle , Sillar and Bryceson , 1979 ) . |
| 52 | A similar result has been reported for mice bearing a transgene of 2.3kb of the 5' flanking sequences linked to a CAT gene ( 27 ) . |
| 53 | It may be noted , however , that a right ear advantage has been reported for stimuli other than speech . |
| 54 | Invariably jet-black and headless ( though sometimes having the heads of human beings ) Black Dogs have been reported for centuries as loping along lanes by ancient churchyards . |
| 55 | In cases where there have been failures to make applications to licensing courts in time for them to be heard at statutory sittings , the Court of Session has been petitioned for directions , in virtue of its nobile officium , to licensing courts to hold special sittings to deal with non-timeous applications . |
| 56 | ‘ I 'll try , but I do n't think I 'll have much luck — the best models will have been booked for months . ’ |
| 57 | High crime areas have been targeted for measures aimed at tightening security at business premises and homes . |
| 58 | IR systems have not been designed for end-users and require the skills of an intermediary . |
| 59 | They heard fairways have been designed for beginners and medium skill players , and the public will be able to use it on a pay and play basis as well as hotel guests . |
| 60 | This little Hampshire market town had not been designed for crowds such as these , and everyone kept on getting in everyone else 's way . |