Example sentences of "been chosen for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place was fairly close to his parents ' home and possibly had been chosen for that reason . |
| 2 | One thing about him that was widely known was the fact that he was a businessman , and so it was as such that he was welcomed ; the party could even claim some credit for being the first to elect a businessman as its leader — much as it claimed credit in 1975 for electing a woman , although Margaret Thatcher had certainly not been chosen for that reason . |
| 3 | When a module name is first entered into LIFESPAN , it is checked to ensure that the same name has not already been chosen for another module . |
| 4 | I must say that the black and gold hardware that has been chosen for this guitar is excellent , too . |
| 5 | ‘ It leaves me wondering why you should have been chosen for this very tame assignment . |
| 6 | ‘ I asked him how he had been chosen for this honour and he told me ‘ I was pushed ’ ’ . |
| 7 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 8 | These sectors have been chosen for several reasons : their services are provided for wide sections of the community ; they are major employers ; and new technology is being introduced into their central work activities . |
| 9 | Scientific interests have been chosen for these few pages of examples because of the tendency in some quarters to assume that resource-based learning is a Humanities or Social Studies prerogative . |