Example sentences of "has been [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others consist mainly of equipment that has been built for particular experiments . |
| 2 | Essentially , we deal with the recent historical context ( development ) , the common configuration of the systems ( components ) , the software that has been developed for specific uses ( tools ) and the outcome of using these tools ( applications and implications ) . |
| 3 | It will certainly not be possible to totally reconstruct all the streets of an area at a cost of up to DM 1 million/100m as has been done for single streets in the past ’ |
| 4 | Their black pyjama uniform of the Seventies has been exchanged for grey-green jackets and trousers , but they still wear the krama , the chequered cotton scarves common to all Cambodian peasants . |
| 5 | Companies across the country will be subject to a uniform rate set by central government , although Mr Eggar is attempting to calm these fears by pointing out that a special case has been made for small firms . |
| 6 | Alan Charig , of London University , also says that no allowance has been made for differing life-spans or even the palatability of the different dead animals , nor for the robustness of fossilized skeletons , nor the latitude at which fossils have been found . |
| 7 | No evening functions are planned and no request has been made for licensed facilities . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This is something that has been advocated for disadvantaged communities across Europe but rarely gets past the rhetoric stage . |
| 10 | In most cases a single example of the relationships between the object and a given contextual domain has been selected for illustrative purposes , although it will be obvious that there is a vast number of alternative relevant instances . |
| 11 | A new oral drug has been selected for clinical trials which are progressing well at The Royal Marsden Hospital . |
| 12 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |
| 13 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
| 14 | In the sample design programme , the effect on sampling errors of clustering the sample — usually in wards or polling districts — has been examined for different types of questions and for different population subgroups . |
| 15 | The talented Bell has been ear-marked for big things this season and has thrown in his lot initially with the Eaton Park side . |
| 16 | One handbook has been produced for general SVQs in each of the following areas : |
| 17 | Since the 1970s Scandinavia , and in particular Sweden and Norway , has been campaigning for other countries to drastically cut sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions . |
| 18 | The Stock Exchange has been criticised for anti-competitive practices in relation to market sensitive information . |
| 19 | Mururoa has been used for nuclear tests since 1966 , at first in the air but , since 1981 , underground . |
| 20 | The Basement area has been equipped for audio-visual presentations . |
| 21 | In the UK since October 1982 , the number of people unemployed has been measured for official purposes as the number of ‘ people claiming benefit ( that is , unemployment benefit , supplementary benefits or national insurance credits ) at Unemployment Benefit Offices on the day of the monthly count , who on that day were unemployed and able and willing to do any suitable work ’ . |
| 22 | The technology that has been substituted for human lives on the widest scale is that of the microprocessor . |
| 23 | The Theogonist 's leadership value is not therefore used , but has been included for comparative purposes . |
| 24 | Since 1971 , 1280 kg of plutonium produced in the UK has been exported for civil purposes principally to Belgium , France , the Federal Republic of Germany , Switzerland , Japan and the United States . |
| 25 | The current poor economic climate has been blamed for total admissions of only 420,000 people , some 300,000 down on the 1988 total and the lowest figure since the show moved to the National Exhibition Centre from London in 1978 . |
| 26 | In recent months , it has been blamed for freak storms in Pacific islands and on the Californian coast , and flooding in Peru . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The hunting has been blamed for rapid falls in the population of birds . |
| 29 | It also reminds Beijing that permission has been refused for local protesters to erect a replica Statue of Democracy on a permanent site . |
| 30 | If the exchange suspects that a trade has been effected for improper purposes it must investigate this . |