Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Four members of Wear Valley District Council 's leisure and marketing department have been awarded certificates . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Tolerance and openness have been made excuses for much which is in fact lubricious ( and usually commercial ) exploitation of them . |
| 5 | But a high proportion have been offered jobs in their first placement , and we fully intend to offer the programme again next year . ’ |
| 6 | Two policemen who helped convict a fraudulent investment consultant have been given certificates of commendation . |
| 7 | Following the announcement by President Clinton that his administration would introduce a range of measures to encourage energy conservation [ see ED 68 ] , further details about the proposed federal energy tax have been made public . |
| 8 | While those in Canada are pushed around , those on the other side of the border have been given permission by Washington to run bingo halls , the only legitimate gambling in the area . |
| 9 | Dwr Cymru Cwf ( Welsh Water ) , Mid Sussex Water Company and Anglian Water Service have been fined £20,000 , £20,000 and £18,000 respectively , putting them in seventh , eighth and ninth place in the list . |
| 10 | Although bleeding and perforation have been feared complications in non-operated patients they have not occurred in this series or in others . |
| 11 | Certain kinds of access have been given priority and fall to the duty of the funding councils , but progression routes from LEA sector provision to more formal qualification-bearing courses are also important . |
| 12 | All colleges in the district have been given posters and leaflets as party time , especially 18th birthdays , are occasions where young people are likely to encounter problems with alcohol consumed outside licensed premises , said Val . |
| 13 | Many parts of the estuary have been designated sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) and the government is bound by international treaties to protect large stretches of it . |
| 14 | Book the dates NOW — Tangney Tour have been appointed travel agents for the 1993 Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes . |
| 15 | Book the dates NOW — Tangney Tour have been appointed travel agents for the 1993 Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes . |
| 16 | Erm I most of the tapes that I 've had in the past have been recorded mono , erm and I 've needed a little doohickey to turn the erm output into mono as well cos it 's awfully off-putting spending seven and a half hours with the stuff coming in through one ear only . |
| 17 | Patients who 've complained about the long wait have been sent letters of apology . |
| 18 | So far , 3,115 Vietnamese in the colony have been refused refugee status and had appeals turned down . |
| 19 | After years spent under the thumb of finance ministries , an increasing number have been given independence from politicians . |
| 20 | Over the past year , the counsellors have helped 51 people to deal with a wide range of problems , including marital breakdown , sexual abuse , bereavement and terminal illness , and almost three times that number have been given information and informal counselling . |
| 21 | Birds of prey have been registered nose-diving at speeds of up to 1 l 0 miles an hour . |
| 22 | Just four sentences from the prince have been made public — in which he uses the word ‘ love ’ four times . |
| 23 | Euthymides regularly gives his father 's name , Polias or Polios ( the genitive could belong to either ) ; and on the Acropolis have been found signatures of a sixth-century sculptor Pollias ( double letters are written double or single indifferently at this time ) . |
| 24 | THE Royal Family have been voted bores of the year — ousting 1991 's top yawn Madonna . |