Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it has [been] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour party does not like to know that it has been rumbled . |
| 2 | They acknowledge that it has been sparked by the slide in the pound , but say that the financial markets do not think sterling will ever recover all of its value against the deutschmark or the franc . |
| 3 | If you are playing Dwarf Wars , for example , the adventurers might reach Hargrim 's tomb only to find that it has been defiled and looted . |
| 4 | I arrive at the venue to find that it has been changed at a whim to another hotel across the road ( ’ It 's much cooler and we 've got a cosy corner in the lounge , ’ the PR man assures me ) . |
| 5 | I do not consider that it has been shown that she exercised her discretion inappropriately or wrongly . |
| 6 | Although it is based on a mudane Chrysler Concorde saloon , the two-seater version looks like it has been driven straight off the set of ‘ American Graffiti ’ . |
| 7 | Do n't wait until it has been completed . |
| 8 | There was some confusion in court as to whether a private prosecution can be withdrawn once it has been decided that there is a case to answer . |
| 9 | It says that it has been urging motor manufacturers to make cars more secure since 1961 . |
| 10 | He says that it has been known for drugs to be smuggled in large packages . |
| 11 | Rainow , Cheshire-based Eden says that it has been working with unnamed telecommunications operators and user groups on the design of the phone , and envisages both business customers and consumers being interested in the device . |
| 12 | The ( very guarded ! ) formulation ‘ unit ’ does not in any way preclude us from becoming a committee , a commission , a staff , a section , or anything else you may choose once it has been decided what form we are going to take . |
| 13 | I sincerely hope that it has been picked up by accident and that I will be re-united with it soon , as I find it hard to believe that such an incident could lead to its deliberate theft . |
| 14 | This generally , occurs because it has been decided to reduce the provisions sought in an estimate , or because it is necessary to take account of the consequences of transferring the functions of one department to another . |
| 15 | The area around the crack should be thoroughly cleaned and the two-part resin filler applied after it has been mixed up in accordance with the instructions . |
| 16 | It is anticipated that this approach will be extended to the advanced courses catalogue when it has been developed more fully . |
| 17 | From the seventeenth century onwards , much of this land to the south of the Wash was drained and it has been farmed intensively ever since . |
| 18 | It is important that this is done immediately , as the master disk can not be copied once it has been used . |
| 19 | However , it is apparently the practice that if the prisoner inquires in such a case whether the tariff has been set at 20 years , he will be told if it has been set at that period , but not if it has not . |
| 20 | The European method is exactly the reverse : the right exists unless it has been abridged by a law which , moreover , has to be specifically justified . |
| 21 | Only the one chosen background material has been used but it has been presented at various distances and angles . |
| 22 | If we can never be certain that we have stated every objective we might have , in the clearest form , and with the most practical means of testing whether it has been achieved , this does not mean that we abandon the attempt or that to try one 's best under the circumstances is not a helpful activity . |
| 23 | ( d ) a delivery after transfer , where the requested item proves to be already on the reserve shelf of another reader , but can be supplied after it has been transferred from that reader to the more recent applicant . |
| 24 | In this context , we shall assess how the Act has added to police power and what effect it has had when it has been used in tandem with the pre-existing law . |
| 25 | Your article of April 10th about the CS First Boston Group states that it has been kept out of the league of top-flight American investment banks . |
| 26 | Furthermore , from a banker 's standpoint a bill that indicates that the merchandise has been ‘ shipped ’ or placed ‘ on board ’ is preferable to one which merely states that it has been received for future shipment . |
| 27 | The most recent government statements on the deal indicate that it has been shelved indefinitely . |
| 28 | Siemens AG has been having such a tough time in the former Soviet Union with its nuclear safety and telecommunications projects that it has been cutting back and recalling expatriates early ( CI No 2,043 ) , but Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG does have some work . |
| 29 | Assume that it has been trying to help you , in some misguided way . |
| 30 | Place the text block back onto the page and you will discover that it has been converted into a graphic which can be stretched and distorted as much as you want . |