Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This woman has been prosecuted four times for failing tio send her daughter to school . |
| 2 | In the field immediately south of Port Charlotte there is a four-part chambered cairn with a substantial forecourt in which recent excavation discovered neolithic pottery , two leaf arrowheads , and flint knives , and which has been dated 2650 BC . |
| 3 | It is chiefly thanks to the Drunken Poet — another new arrival in the 1693 quarto — that the score , another of his haunts , has been dated 1693 with such conviction . |
| 4 | Pauline Golightly , 24 , of Vernon Gardens , Harrowgate Hill , says that since she moved into the house last October her Nissan Sunny has been vandalised four times . |
| 5 | The American , considered one of the most sympathetic of riders , has been penalised four times for careless riding since arriving here in 1979 . |
| 6 | Nancy Peters has been appointed m.d. of Harlequin Mills & Boon , Australia . |
| 7 | A much sought-after right-winger , Cooper has been transferred four times . |
| 8 | PC Bob Holt has been assaulted three times in his three years in the force . |
| 9 | But they 've proved so popular with visitors , the order has been increased six fold . |
| 10 | For instance , the fine against a player ranked in the top 4 in the world has been increased five times from $20,000 to £100,000 . |
| 11 | To this end the ODR has been raised five times since May 1989 . |
| 12 | Over the last number of years the way unemployment figures have been measured has been altered 31 times creating an entirely distorted picture . |
| 13 | Neil Kinnock has been sent three Tyler missives and responded , albeit in plain prose . |
| 14 | The group , which has been given 18 bins , is building setts to replace those dug-up by badger-baiters . |
| 15 | The museum already has a comprehensive library donated as a bequest from Paul Maenz , the former Cologne gallery owner , and has been given fifty-five works of art by a West German group of industrialists . |
| 16 | Nurse Beverley Allitt who killed four babies has been given thirteen life sentences . |
| 17 | Nurse Beverley Allitt who killed four babies has been given thirteen life sentences . |
| 18 | Little Wolfgang has been given two magnificent swords … |
| 19 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 20 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 21 | The vicar who keeps more than fifty animals in his garden has been given two weeks to get rid of them . |
| 22 | But one or two MPs emerged from behind the public show of loyalty to warn that Mr Major has been given one last chance . |
| 23 | John Prescot has been given one of the key posts in the new shadow cabinet . |
| 24 | ‘ Much of it is , but Christian has been given fifty acres of forest land . |
| 25 | Strathaven-based Yuill and Dodds , which was due to have its licence suspended for seven days from midnight on Sunday , has been given 49 days ' grace to decide whether to appeal against the decision . |
| 26 | The company has been given 12 months to fit equipment to control discharges of the highly toxic chemical pentachlorophenol ( PCP ) . |
| 27 | And Altovar Limited has been given three months to pay the eight thousand pound fine . |
| 28 | Gary Gavin , who 's twenty-four , has been given three life sentences for a series of sex assaults on women , girls and young boys . |
| 29 | NOW THAT the council has been given thousands of pounds for traffic calming measures , how about a pedestrian crossing outside Alder Hey Hospital ? |
| 30 | The first of these aid and trade agreements was signed in 1975 and has been renewed four times . |