Example sentences of "[noun] have been [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Only when these key steps have been taken will government and individuals alike be able to plan for the long term , instead of focusing on the short term and the next election .
2 Thousands of fish and other wildlife have died in the immediate vicinity of the project , water levels downstream have fallen by several metres , and water shortages have been reported Budapest and other cities along the Danube ( which receive most of their drinking water from wells bordering the river ) .
3 Nor would such a study have been given permission by the RUC , for it is utopian to expect police authorities in divided societies to open up these sections of their force to scrutiny and observation by outsiders .
4 Four members of Wear Valley District Council 's leisure and marketing department have been awarded certificates .
5 The man who listened into an alleged conversation between the Princess of Wales and a male friend says only parts of his tape have been made public , and that far more damaging sections may soon be revealed .
6 Adams Aviation Ltd at Biggin Hill have been appointed aviation distributors for the unit and can be contacted on
7 Tolerance and openness have been made excuses for much which is in fact lubricious ( and usually commercial ) exploitation of them .
8 OBAN Camanachd have been fined £150 by the executive committee of the Camanachd Association following verbal abuse given to referee Jim Kerr , of Inveraray , after he abandoned their home league match against Glasgow Mid Argyll with ten minutes to play as Camanachd led 4-0 .
9 WAQAR YOUNIS 'S county Surrey have been fined £1,000 for repeated ball-tampering over a three-year period .
10 Throughout the country access funds have been stretched way beyond the limit .
11 Meantime , all 5 defendants have been granted bail until April 27 .
12 Studies in which rats have been fed ethanol have suggested that there is reduced ability of hepatocytes to bind to laminin , type I collagen , and fibronectin ; a possible explanation for which is that there is reduced expression or activation of specific receptors for these matrix components .
13 But a high proportion have been offered jobs in their first placement , and we fully intend to offer the programme again next year . ’
14 The Church Commissioners have been granted outline planning permission for residential development on a plot of land at the corner of the main road and Colliery Road at Auton Stile , Bearpark .
15 Traffic wardens and police patrols have been given instructions to keep a careful watch for motorists who may attempt to break the new rules .
16 America 's top two golfers have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they are determined to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup at St Andrews .
17 with objectified consciousness , the transcendental or abstract elements have been made concrete , and the ultimate reality is a perceptible reality .
18 Two policemen who helped convict a fraudulent investment consultant have been given certificates of commendation .
19 At the conclusion of The Return of the King , the third of the three books — Tolkien always denied they were a trilogy — Frodo and his friends ride back to their lost land , to discover that ‘ they cared about it more than any other place in the world ’ , though its cottages and gardens have been laid waste and replaced by ugly new houses and factories belching smoke ; and they defeat the ruffians who had defiled it and resume the kingdom of little men .
20 MORE than 170 Bosnian refugees have been refused visas to enter Britain , only hours after they turned down an asylum offer from Spain .
21 Minority representatives , including two Indians , have seven seats ; three other guerrilla movements have been given seats in return for disarming .
22 Software Development Kits have been cut 40% to $600 .
23 Software Development Kits have been cut 40% to $600 .
24 Ballyskeagh have been granted Monday and Friday nights and there is a possibility that they will apply for Wednesday later on .
25 Statistics on the death penalty in the USSR have been made public for the first time since 1934 .
26 Two councillors who have served Hartlepool for a total of 26 years have been nominated Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the municipal year beginning on May 19 .
27 Children with HIV infection or the children of people with HIV or AIDS have been refused admission at some schools .
28 DR GREGG BUTLER and Ken Jackson have been appointed executive directors of BNFL .
29 National Power and PowerGen have been given permission to burn that fuel at their power stations at Pembroke , Richborough and Ince .
30 Ugandans have been promised elections for a constituent assembly by the end of the year .
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