Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , the chairman of an Italian company that Morton acquired in the 1970s has been given responsibility for adhesives throughout the region . |
| 2 | As indicated in UPDATE 1 , the broad subject areas which have been given priority for development during the 1988–89 session are : |
| 3 | A vacuum is then created because new employers have not been given a chance to develop sufficiently for an orderly takeover and employees have not been given opportunities for retraining . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Perhaps the best known version is Shakespeare 's seven ages of man which is a poetic statement of what had already been received wisdom for centuries and was to remain so for centuries to come . |
| 6 | SEVE BALLESTEROS yesterday extended the hand of sympathy to Scotland 's leading golfer , Colin Montgomerie , who has been fined £1,000 for comments he made about last week 's Moroccan Open . |
| 7 | I have been sought redress for people damaged by the utilities , but over the years the Government have pushed my pleas to one side . |
| 8 | Dzerzhinsky had been made Commissar for Transport in the first place to deal with internal troubles among the railwaymen , many of whom had opposed the Bolsheviks in 1917 and nearly brought Lenin 's government to its knees after the October Revolution . |
| 9 | After a lengthy campaign they 've been offered compensation for drop in value of their homes . |
| 10 | Having granted permission to go ashore , I 've been promised trout for supper , although he 's never caught anything worth eating yet . |
| 11 | When we were first warned , I did n't really pay much attention to what was being said about it — the same problem had flared up at both Jersey House and the hotel I 'd just left but in neither case had there been prolonged cause for concern . |
| 12 | Poland had been trapped in a time capsule , and try as it might to struggle free , the parameters of its political and spiritual life had been set firm for years to come by the humiliation of invisibility . |
| 13 | Thus for practical reasons it has sometimes been found expedient for projects initiated by Unidroit to reach fruition at a Diplomatic Conference held under the aegis of UNCITRAL . |
| 14 | Bernard Tapie , who had been appointed Minister for Towns in April 1992 [ see pp. 38870-71 ; 38820 ] , resigned on May 23 . |
| 15 | In addition to Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih one may mention the reference in an imperial decree sent from Murad I to Haci Evrenos Bey — unfortunately the document is of questionable authenticity-to one Elvan Fakih " who has been appointed seyhulislam for Rumeli generally " , to whom Evrenos Bey is adjured to show particular respect . |
| 16 | In the capital , the certificate relating to Macdonald was received by John Dalrymple , Master of Stair , who had been appointed Secretary for Scotland by King William . |
| 17 | Gianna Urizio , a television producer with the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy ( FCEI ) , has been appointed Animateur for WACC 's European Region . |
| 18 | Its been wrotten weather for sport wrotten weather for just about anything this weekend … so let's give you some sunshine … we 're off to Brazil to Rio … for news of a Gloucester girl in the British Steel … |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | There have been repeated calls for reopening , but the destruction of many miles of trackbed would seem to make this a pipedream . |
| 21 | It was after the Revolution , however , that Herne , having been elected MP for Dartmouth on 28 November 1689 ( representing the constituency until his death ) , and knighted on 15 September 1690 , emerged to some prominence . |
| 22 | Heinz , 52 , an heir to the H. J. Heinz food fortune , had been elected senator for Pennsylvania in 1976 , following five years in the House of Representatives . |