Example sentences of "have [been] [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mothers have been warned that alcohol and tobacco — as well as various medicines and other chemicals — can injure a fetus . |
| 2 | Then she would at least have been able to ask if he was anything to do with Massingham Engineering — and thereby have been prepared this morning . |
| 3 | Restrictions on water use have been imposed this month in areas of the south and east of the country , which is experiencing the worst drought this century . |
| 4 | The Republic of Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1819 although its borders have been redrawn several times since . |
| 5 | The six men and six women have been questioned all day by detectives : |
| 6 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 7 | Given the horrendous job losses that have been announced this month in the manufacturing sector , are these signs of the success of the Government 's economic policy ? |
| 8 | You will still call that colour ‘ green ’ because you too have been taught that grass is always green . |
| 9 | Twenty-one red kite chicks have been raised this year , compared to just 10 last year . |
| 10 | Many of the points which have been raised this evening will be considered in Committee . |
| 11 | Executive voices have been raised several octaves over the issue ( UX No 433 ) , and there does not appear to be any clear agreement yet on how COSE firms would level this playing field . |
| 12 | I have been sent another example , which is rather more serious . |
| 13 | Provisions relating to ancient monuments have been amended several times , the latest being 1983 when the National Heritage Act was passed . |
| 14 | Well again er , er a three bedroomed house , I would , you see and they were putting one plug in , in , in each , each bedroom and , and two plugs in the main bedroom so they dropped one down altogether and erm , erm in a lounge like this to put two plugs in , sort of one in that corner and one in that corner it 's no good to anybody , it 's , as much as anything else was er , er about placing plugs as well er , if one 's only going to have two plugs well then least one should be able to place them in , in the right positions , er putting them behind doors is , is , is no good at all , a lot of them have been done that way because the it always means flex is going to be draped across the , the door if people are walking in gon na trip over it and erm , they probably got down to now , something er just less than the standard I would think in the , in the last houses they built . |
| 15 | Lam exhibitions have been mounted this month at The Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid ( until 14 December and then travelling to the Fundació Miró in Barcelona , 21 January–28 March , 1993 ) , the Villa Medici in Rome , the home of the French Academy ( until 24 January 1993 and the first show of the artist 's work in Italy ) and in New York . |
| 16 | Could it be that some machines have been neglected all summer ? |
| 17 | The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies . |
| 18 | In the Northern General hospital NHS trust , six new consultants have been appointed this year and 95 per cent . |
| 19 | Resources for employment training have been cut this year and for youth training are roughly the same , even though the need is so much greater . |
| 20 | Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far . |
| 21 | Lesbians and HIV prevention have been given little attention in the overall response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic . |
| 22 | When Jesus appeared after his resurrection to his disciples in Galilee , he told them , ‘ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth . ’ |
| 23 | In terms of the future of formal education , priority has been given to achievement of non-racial education , and neither questions of female access and achievement , nor the gendered content of educational materials , have been given much attention . |
| 24 | I have been given enough money for you to live the life of a gentleman in London while you are studying . |
| 25 | At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe |
| 26 | Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ . |
| 27 | that people can make their o , they have a balanced education which allows them then to make their own choices about , that things are n't over , I mean if we 've lived in a patriarchal society in which men are in power and that kin , and male sexuality maybe has come through more in sex education , those have been the issues that have been co , ha have been given more importance and female issues have maybe been neglected a little bit and now erm , with Aids as a problem we do n't want to turn out and suddenly become really homo homophobic or really , you know , right condoms , condoms , it has to be you know , you need to kind of keep the balance so that people are given the information and then have the freedom to make the choice themselves . |
| 28 | ‘ We have been given another chance and it 's up to us to take it . ’ |
| 29 | SSDs have been given another set of community care priorities . |
| 30 | Members , who are advised to take walking boots or track shoes because of the likelihood of a muddy site , have been given these directions to get to the centre : from the M5 motorway , exit 17 , take the B4055 , signposted Severn Beach : straight on through Pilning and across the A403 dual carriageway at the traffic lights , then through Redwick and take first left B4064 , signposted Severn Beach half a mile ; through first set of temporary traffic lights ( plant crossing ) , then sharp right at next set of lights ; look for visitors ' centre on left-hand side . |