Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The peace plan , which would allow for republics to declare independence , had been amended to allow for republics to form a common state , the economy of which could be organized on non-market lines ; the article granting autonomy to the ( currently Serbian-controlled ) provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina was deleted . |
| 2 | The most dramatic breakthrough came in 1970 as Courtaulds , the textile giant , was upgrading its machinery and selling off cheaply equipment which had been built to last for years . |
| 3 | The current study , restricted to the geology of a single country , has identified four relevant theses from American universities during the period , but no attempt has been made to search for theses on Scottish geology produced in France , Germany , or any other country , because it is felt that : |
| 4 | In Britain , for example , the evolving structure of the financial markets has been characterised by both processes of deregulation and reregulation : the former , in that barriers which impede competition and choice have been discarded ; and the latter , in the sense that new regulatory measures have been adopted to cater for problems arising from structural changes . |
| 5 | Traffic wardens and police patrols have been told to watch for motorists who might attempt to break the rules . |
| 6 | The authority says dealing with the problems caused by the squatters wasted money that ought to have been spent caring for patients . |
| 7 | Part of that money had been allocated to pay for pensions and vehicle leases , but now the force will have to find the money elsewhere or face cutting jobs . |
| 8 | Each part of the company has been asked to look for ways of doing more , with less , and the performance improvements now happening all over the company are starting to feed through to the bottom line . |
| 9 | He blames the crisis on the fact that the museum has been forced to pay for warders out of its own budget , which has meant that the sum of DM300,000 ( £103,000 ; $186,000 ) per year earmarked for acquisitions has been virtually used up . |