Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It embraces the remains of a mediaeval well and has been made most aesthetic use of by the present owners of the manor as an interesting garden feature where flowering colours splash against the solid , more sombre stonework . |
| 2 | A WARNING has been given that some council buildings in Clwyd may have to close if maintenance is not carried out . |
| 3 | Although most of us can recognize without difficulty the importance that the emotions play in our lives , the subject has been given little systematic attention by the disciplines most concerned with furthering understanding of human behaviour . |
| 4 | ‘ Similar offences in the past have received a fortnight 's suspension , but because of the player 's disciplinary record he has been given this long ban , ’ said the committee chairman David Johnson . |
| 5 | If you are going to show candidates around then make sure there is someone to do it and that anyone whose work/routine might be affected has been given some advance warning . |
| 6 | The National Front leader , Jean-Marie Le Pen , has been given some ironic advice from members of his own party in the Riviera capital Nice . |
| 7 | I understand this has been given some serious consideration , but it has been decided not to proceed at present . |
| 8 | THE dying Swan Hunter shipyard has been dealt another crushing blow with its failure to win a key £50m order . |
| 9 | Some tenants to whom this happens every few months said they 'd been told that next time they 'd have to sort it out themselves . |
| 10 | Had Ken not been beset by peculiarly worrying tours as England manager/coach , that small family might have been spared such early grief . |
| 11 | He travelled as a seaman to Sydney where he won the Australian heavyweight title before transferring to San Francisco where he was persuaded by the Earl of Lonsdale to operate in England , a move which enhanced his status greatly , as a contemporary noted : ‘ I knew him in the days of his greatness when sitting on top of the pugilistic world , fêted and lionized , he might well have been excused some slight vanity ’ ( quoted by Henderson , 1949 , pp.20–1 ) . |
| 12 | If this had been the case I may possibly have been offered some cosmetic surgery , but this wo n't happen because it 's a natural part of pregnancy . |
| 13 | She told Lord Penrose that the action had been raised some considerable time ago but negotiations were continuing . |
| 14 | If the Council 's Temporary Press Officer , who had been appointed solely to deal with the alleged child abuse controversy , had been given such confidential information , she said , they wanted to know who had given it to him . |
| 15 | He admired his father-in-law 's farming ability and had been given some worthwhile advice whenever they had met . |
| 16 | The CO had been given another obvious cue . |
| 17 | And , guests were told , Mrs. Jarrett 's first pension cheque had been received that very morning ! |
| 18 | This was Henry Stafford , duke of Buckingham , who had come of age in 1473 but had been refused any political role by Edward IV . |
| 19 | This was Henry Stafford , duke of Buckingham , who had come of age in 1473 but had been refused any political role by Edward IV . |
| 20 | James got to Corunna , where the whole force had been supposed to rendezvous and pick up Ormonde , in time to see the last battered casualties arrive , grateful perhaps that , so soon after his own recent sufferings in the Mediterranean , he had been spared this further ordeal . |
| 21 | What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ? |
| 22 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 23 | In parts we have been given that modern definition . |
| 24 | One or two tribes have been given much more time on the radio than others . |
| 25 | At the same time , another Alloway family , contemporaries and friends of the Burns family , have been paid much less attention than their interesting story deserves . |