Example sentences of "has been [verb] " in BNC.

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1 John Dellow , deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , has been elected the new president of the Association of Chief Police Officers .
2 South Africa has said it expects the UN to reduce its 4,000-strong military presence once the poll is over and a Constituent Assembly has been elected to draft a new constitution .
3 When the dust settled yesterday Michael Knighton , a thwarted professional footballer who has been elected to the Manchester United board , spoke bitterly of the vilification he claims to have endured since moving in on the club and Martin Edwards , the chief executive .
4 At least one RAFALO has been elected to an Area Council .
5 Air Vice-Marshal D G Bailey has been elected Chairman to succeed Sir Charles .
6 If he wins , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship .
7 If confirmed , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship .
8 Only Havel has been elected , the rest are appointees .
9 Many of our best supporters increased their majorities , and a new team of MPs committed to country sports has been elected .
10 S. M. Qaim , CChem , FRSC , has been elected a foreign member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences .
11 Those who do not believe in delegation to committees argue that each of them has been elected by the public to watch their interests and therefore they should each have a voice in the decisions of every committee .
12 The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day .
13 I could have told him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Academy Club drinking school run by Oofy Prosser and Stephen Hargrave , in recognition of his services to literature .
14 CHARLIE BISSET , a member of the elite club of players who have turned out for three Scottish districts , has been elected as an Edinburgh representative on the Scottish Rugby Union committee .
15 Dr Keith Suter of Australia has been elected to the Club of Rome , the prestigious international group of some 100 leading scientists , educators , philosophers and activists from 35 countries .
16 Alain Gourd , Canada 's Deputy Minister of Communications , has been elected President of the International Institute of Communications , a UK-based organisation which undertakes communication research and policy analysis …
17 Bishop Fortunatus Lukanima of Arusha , Tanzania , has been elected Bishop responsible for AMECEA ( the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa ) as well as Chairman of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference 's Social Communication Department .
18 Rev Dick Avi has been elected Chairperson of WACC 's Pacific Regional Association .
19 No British government in the past forty years and more has been elected with even a bare majority of the votes cast .
20 They take this view because they are alive to the fact that since 1935 no government has been elected by a majority of the electorate and secured 50 per cent of the popular vote .
21 Christopher Laing , Immediate Past President of the CIOB , has been elected as Chairman of the National Playing Fields Association [ NPFA ] , the charity of recreational space .
22 Emeritus Professor Richard Gregory , founder of the famous Bristol Exploratory , has been elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society .
23 Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Pickering of the Department of Anatomy has been elected an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences .
24 Professor Peter Warren of the Classics Department has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Society for Cretan Historical Studies .
25 His eldest son , Bradford Wiley II , has been elected as his successor .
26 FORMER Mr Universe Terry Phillips , 53 , has been elected as a Conservative councillor in Knowsley , Merseyside .
27 Former BAIE national chairman Bob Gooding has been elected a Fellow of the Association .
28 Susan has been elected to the newly created Reserved Seat on the Executive Committee for Women , in Dublin .
29 Sue has been elected to represent members in AIB Group , Britain on the Executive Committee .
30 Kate has been elected to the Executive Committee as one of the representatives of the Dublin District Committee .
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