Example sentences of "been [adv] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Authoring Systems'--computer systems which allow a non-programmer ‘ author ’ to create a program automatically--have been widely used for industrial training software and offer unrivalled productivity . |
| 2 | No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons . |
| 3 | The breed was initially dual-purpose , whatever its colour , but for the most part ceded its milking role to the neighbouring Ayrshire ; it has continued as a beef breed but has never been intensively developed for that role . |
| 4 | Both Holywood and Instonians use the Olympia synthetic pitch as home venues , which threw up the possibility of the games being played back-to-back on April 24 — but the Centre has been already booked for that date for a Celtic boys football tournament . |
| 5 | Final thoughts : great pity that Neil and Glenys wo n't be in Number Ten — never have a couple been more made for that job . |
| 6 | The system has been specially developed for front drive cars like the Mondeo . |
| 7 | Business Direct has been specially developed for independent business travellers — people who travel on business , but whose companies do not necessarily operate an in-house travel scheme . |
| 8 | Around A$1 million has also been specially earmarked for industrial biotechnology . |
| 9 | Two tables have been specially built for this purpose , allowing a large area of carpet to be viewed under daylight bulbs . |
| 10 | Examination pieces have been specially written for each grade in a variety of styles and will be performed at the exam by the student using backing tapes . |
| 11 | The then Director-General of the JDA , Taku Yamasaki , welcomed the veto and stated that " … the environment has been further improved for smooth promotion of the joint development of the project " . |
| 12 | The lower limb , said Lovejoy , had been totally reorganised for upright walking and there were no compensatory modifications in the upper limb to suggest the creature was still partly arboreal . |
| 13 | The Committee drew attention to the fact that during the experiment fewer Members had been formally penalised for bad behaviour than in several recent sessions , and reported that neither the Speaker nor the Community had any evidence that rowdiness had significantly increased ; on the possible long-term effect , early evidence was ‘ mildly encouraging ’ . |
| 14 | Each page has been carefully planned for easy use . |
| 15 | The Teds took their name from the ‘ Edwardian ’ dress-style which had been originally promoted for fashion-conscious city gents who wished to cut an affluent fifties dash . |
| 16 | The advent of commercial and domestic freezing equipment means that what we eat is no longer limited by the time of year — although whether you consider the flavour of food which has been deep frozen for any length of time to be as good is another matter . |
| 17 | This company , in turn , departed , and by the 1970s , Millbottom had been partially converted for domestic use . |
| 18 | BUILDINGS Theft or attempted theft covered except when the home has been insufficiently furnished for full habitation or unoccupied for over 30 days . |
| 19 | 4*/5* MAXPLAN Theft or attempted theft covered except when the home has CONTENTS been insufficiently furnished for full habitation or unoccupied for over 30 days . |
| 20 | 2*/3* CONTENTS been insufficiently furnished for full habitation or unoccupied for over 30 days . |
| 21 | Under both Buildings and Contents sections , if the home has been insufficiently furnished for full habitation or unoccupied for a period in excess of 30 days , then there is no cover for vandalism or acts of malicious persons . |
| 22 | Under both Buildings and Contents sections , if the home has been insufficiently furnished for full habitation or unoccupied for a period in excess of 30 days , there is no cover for bursting , leaking or overflowing , etc . |
| 23 | Under both Buildings and Contents sections , if the home has been insufficiently furnished for full habitation or unoccupied for a period in excess of 30 days , there is no cover for leakage of oil . |
| 24 | If you have been validly dismissed for gross misconduct , you can not add the statutory minimum notice period to your period of service . |
| 25 | The plutonium , the first of an estimated 30-40 tonnes processed in Europe from spent Japanese uranium fuel , had been officially designated for commercial use to fire a new generation of Japanese fast-breeder reactors . |
| 26 | Last year the council called in the police to investigate claims that council-owned building materials had been allegedly misappropriated for private use . |
| 27 | The racial mixture was soon to be sharpened , as the mid-century railway boom got under way , by new waves of immigrants from Ireland , the Forest of Dean , Herefordshire , and Somerset , but already the social , political , and religious pattern of the new South Wales and the eastern valleys of Monmouthshire had been firmly set for another century . |
| 28 | The pharmacology of clozapine has been closely scrutinized for some time because of the drug 's atypical effects . |
| 29 | This may be a future subject for harmonisation , and indeed has been specifically reserved for further consideration by the Commission . |
| 30 | This has been specifically granted for this weekend . |