Example sentences of "[been] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | Upton won their first game since the opening day of the season when they routed Winnington Park for 64 the season 's lowest score with groundsman Alex Kegg taking 4–18 after Upton had been dismissed for a modest 128 . |
| 3 | It endorsed British industry 's achievements under the policies that we have been pursuing for the past 12 years , urged us to continue and build upon them in future and condemned utterly the sort of policies still advocated by the Labour party , which is stuck in a mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 4 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 5 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 6 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 7 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 8 | A LIFEBOAT crew has been honoured for a daring rescue on the Cleveland coast . |
| 9 | The Redcar crew have already been honoured for a daring rescue earlier this year . |
| 10 | She had been intended for a respectable life . |
| 11 | More important , he set about gathering the Wordsworths into the Quantock fold , hastening a visit which must in any case have been intended for the near future . |
| 12 | The couple will begin their married life in Cyprus , where Paul , whose home is in Liverpool , has been posted for the next 18 months . |
| 13 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 14 | Conversation with Alexei had been limited for the past day to standard matters of duty , and since he had not been able to think of anything which he could say to change his son 's attitude , he had allowed himself to accept that the state of affairs which existed between them was likely to be permanent . |
| 15 | Mr Lindsey said that , from 5 January , S&P were offering a variable Tessa paying an initial 7.5% , against the fixed rate version at 5.875% , which is slightly higher than the average that S&P , as a group , has been forecasting for the financial year beginning in April 1993 . |
| 16 | Sumisho Electronics Corp is is to distribute the parallel database servers from Bracknell , Berkshire-based White Cross Systems Ltd in Japan : three orders worth £750,000 have been placed for the 9010 Deskside Server — two for customers , one for Sumisho 's own Tokyo office . |
| 17 | Second , the fall in unemployment adds something to the theory that the economy has in fact been recovering for a good deal longer than generally realised . |
| 18 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 19 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 20 | A decent man doing a difficult job with players who are light years away from being the world 's best , he has been treated for the last week like a cross between a child molester and a Nazi war criminal . |
| 21 | They have n't noticed the so-called economic boom Chile 's been enjoying for the last twenty years . |
| 22 | Timetables have not yet been adjusted for the higher performance of the Class 158s and the journey time to London remains at about 5 hours . |
| 23 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 24 | A 7 day tour to Poland , open to CIT members , spouses , and colleagues has been arranged for the first week of July , boasting a programme , both transport orientated and cultural . |
| 25 | Gorbachev , speaking at the closing ceremony , acknowledged that there were basic disagreements between the two sides , but thought the meeting had created ‘ opportunities for progress ’ ; Reagan thought that ‘ useful preliminary results ’ had been achieved , and hoped that further progress would be achieved at the meeting that had been arranged for the following year . |
| 26 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 27 | The following CAA Safety Evenings have been arranged for the coming months : |
| 28 | There , temporary accommodation had been arranged for the rescued sect personnel in the local church hall and community centre , and for the captured heavies in the town jailhouse . |
| 29 | A total of eight candidates had originally been registered for the presidential contest [ see pp. 38768-69 ] , but one , Joseph Estrada , had later decided to withdraw his candidature in favour of contesting the vice-presidency . |
| 30 | You would have been forgiven for a knowing smile then , but now acid rain is no laughing matter . |