Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | America 's top two golfers — they have won $2.5m between them on the US circuit this season — have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they want to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup , when Love , Couples and Tom Kite lost to England in the semi-finals . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I have received a number of requests recently from clients who have been sent claims for payment which , while clearly including a VAT element , contain the words ‘ this is not a VAT invoice ’ . |
| 4 | JLM Projects Ltd have been given permission for a plan to build four houses on the site of a former Mission Church at Moor Crescent in Ludworth . |
| 5 | Subject headings lists are lists of index terms , normally arranged in alphabetical order , which have been given authority for use in an index , catalogue or database for describing subjects . |
| 6 | As indicated in UPDATE 1 , the broad subject areas which have been given priority for development during the 1988–89 session are : |
| 7 | There have been repeated calls for reopening , but the destruction of many miles of trackbed would seem to make this a pipedream . |
| 8 | Statistics on the death penalty in the USSR have been made public for the first time since 1934 . |
| 9 | Tolerance and openness have been made excuses for much which is in fact lubricious ( and usually commercial ) exploitation of them . |
| 10 | I have been sought redress for people damaged by the utilities , but over the years the Government have pushed my pleas to one side . |
| 11 | Celia and Richard Chamberlain of Old Malton Road , Staxton , Scarborough , have been refused permission for an aviary on appeal to the Department of the Environment . |
| 12 | Ugandans have been promised elections for a constituent assembly by the end of the year . |
| 13 | WAQAR YOUNIS 'S county Surrey have been fined £1,000 for repeated ball-tampering over a three-year period . |