Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We operate a full range of specialised equipment that has been modified for aircraft application . |
| 2 | ( It is somewhat remarkable to note that after such stirring events , the committee went on to draw the master 's attention to the fact that a horse had been observed grazing in the paddock , which had been let for sheep only . |
| 3 | He was surprised to receive shortly afterwards an invoice from the first agency informing him that his Visa account had been debited for £153 for tickets he did n't know he had bought . |
| 4 | Although the wood is presumed to have been used for firesetting. the association between mining activity and the sample is rarely certain . |
| 5 | Electronic systems have long been used for data , but as increasing volumes of information and records are also created and stored electronically issues are raised about the management of this information . |
| 6 | Electronic systems have long been used for data , but as increasing volumes of information and records are also created and stored electronically issues are raised about the management of this information . |
| 7 | NGC 's physical security arm has now been sold for $20m . |
| 8 | If the Government had given away Hampshire Bus and the assets had then been sold for £2 , 1 million , the profit would have been the same to the buyer , and the loss to the public purse in real terms would have been no less . |
| 9 | On 11 November these could have been sold for 35p each , a profit before transactions cost of 40 per cent . |
| 10 | On to the Poet Laureate , Lord Tennyson and Volume I only of his Works , a book which ordinarily , as an odd volume , might well have been sold for £1 or less had not the inscription on the title turned it into a desirable association item . |
| 11 | Another batch of goods which had been bought for £400 and sold for £600 were subsequently found to be faulty . |
| 12 | For example , Bass shares could have been bought for 567p and sold for 652p , a gross return of 15 per cent ( about 7 per cent after costs ) . |
| 13 | On the other hand the December options ( exercise price 550p ) could have been bought for 42p and sold for 115p , a gross profit of 174 per cent . |
| 14 | The painting dates from around 1903–05 but was only rediscovered last year in New England , where it had been bought for $175 in 1905 when the artist made a trip abroad to find a new audience for his Nihonga work . |
| 15 | It has been known for staff to accept offers of jobs on the assumption that crêche places and hours will be organised to fit around the duties of employees . |
| 16 | This was in accordance with a 1987 debt restructuring agreement whereby creditor banks agreed to allow the repurchase of up to $500,000,000 of debt obligations , and in 1988 $299,000,000 had been repurchased for $167,000,000 from foreign reserves at a 44 per cent discount . |
| 17 | BRITISH Pathe News Library , the film newsreel archive which chronicled world events of the last 100 years , has been acquired for $16m by Parkfield Group , the mini conglomerate . |
| 18 | It has been purchased for £120,000 by Dr Raymond and Mrs Beverley Sackler and presented to the Museum in honour of Sir David Wilson , Director from 1977–91 . |
| 19 | In 1983 the company purchased the Palace Theatre in London for £12.3 million , both as a commercial theatre , and as a base for the organisation although a new company headquarters in the West End has recently been purchased for £3.3 million . |