Example sentences of "[pron] has be [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one has been executed for three years , human rights groups said . |
| 2 | Next is Upton Mill , which has been converted for residential use . |
| 3 | Charlemagne , a little book which has been written for 12 to 16 year olds ( but suitable for all ages ) would make an ideal present . |
| 4 | Wirral Council 's planning committee will tonight discuss the future of the 25-acre Bromb-orough Power Station site which has been earmarked for industrial use . |
| 5 | We are trying to populate a land which has been derelict for two thousand years with a people which has been scattered for two thousand years . |
| 6 | The El Niño climate phenomenon , which has been blamed for widespread droughts in southern Africa , Australia and south-east Asia [ see EDs 57 , 55 ] appears to be over . |
| 7 | Leith 's catering company has been hired to look after the Press at the stadium , which has been booked for three weeks . |
| 8 | In all they 've questioned twelve present and former members of staff from the school , which has been closed for four months . |
| 9 | There is a carers group , DACMI , which has been established for two years now , close to where you live . |
| 10 | But for this House to depart from a rule relating to land law which has been established for many centuries might upset long established titles . |
| 11 | The ERNIE machine is a modern computerized form of sampling by ‘ random numbers ’ which has been used for many years in research . |
| 12 | A much fresher horse who has been trained for this all season is Brown Windsor , fourth two years ago . |
| 13 | ‘ Obviously , anyone who has been oppressed for 40 years will have among their number people who want to make the complete lunge towards a so-called free market utopia . |
| 14 | One of the rebels , vice-chairman Ronnie Teese , 56 , who has been banned for 12 months , said the club was ‘ terrified of the can of worms they might find ’ . |
| 15 | Although the reprocessing plant itself has been shut for annual maintenance since February , discharges have been continuing at a reduced volume . |
| 16 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
| 17 | There has been exposed for all eyes to see the lack of military ability of ‘ the most brilliant strategist of all time ’ , that is , our megalomaniac corporal . |
| 18 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 19 | He has been banned for six months after being sent off in the Royal Liver League final replay against Donegal . |
| 20 | Unfortunately John Scott Morgan had to postpone his planned October talk ( but he has been booked for next May , see below ) . |
| 21 | If he can prove that it has been exercised for 20 years before the date of an action , it will be presumed that it has existed from ’ time immemorial ’ . |
| 22 | This approach , a very recent development for credit in this country ( though of course it has been accepted for many years as the basis of car insurance ratings ) , started in America . |
| 23 | Farmyard , horse , cow , pig , sheep , goat , poultry and similar ‘ raw ’ manures are all very variable because they must depend upon the food intake of the animals concerned , and the age of the manure — the time it has been stacked for nitrogenous urine to have drained out or been decomposed . |
| 24 | Because of its limited appeal among Grand Prix drivers , it has been ignored for some record purposes in the statistical section to be found at the end of this chapter . |
| 25 | Furthermore , from a banker 's standpoint a bill that indicates that the merchandise has been ‘ shipped ’ or placed ‘ on board ’ is preferable to one which merely states that it has been received for future shipment . |
| 26 | It has been validated for early diagnosis of tuberculosis . |
| 27 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
| 28 | It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced . |
| 29 | It has been advanced for some time by both the Liberal party and the Electoral Reform Society . |
| 30 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |