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 . |