Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] by many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , its application to class differences has been recognised by many commentators , most notably in the work of Basil Bernstein ( 1971 ) on whom Greenfield leans heavily . |
| 2 | The use of sacred measure and proportion has been developed by many researchers to postulate a geometrical pattern across the land , extending Watkins ' ley theory into wider concepts of ‘ landscape geometry ’ , and we have already looked at the work of Tyler , Lawton and Koop in exploring wider patterns . |
| 3 | Superficially , such a judgement would have been rather puzzling , given that adverbs , including adverbs of manner , normally can qualify the verb believe : ( 71 ) we must reluctantly believe what she says 4.8 The proposal to treat the adjectives of Sections 4.5 and 4.6 as if they were part of a modified subordinate clause is not of course a novel one ; notoriously , the postulation of modified subordinate clauses has been adopted by many writers in recent decades as a grammatical panacea for all manner of syntactic problems . |
| 4 | Palynology has been adopted by many biogeographers and pollen analysis was the basis for the reconstruction of the detailed vegetation history of many specific areas although more recently emphasis has changed from individual sites to the reconstruction of patterns of change in Britain ( e.g. Barber 1976 ) and in the tropics ( e.g. Flenley , 1979 ) . |
| 5 | It has been adopted by many authors and consultants and it seems to mean many things , depending on the author and context . |
| 6 | The reliability of the sedimentation tube methods , as determined by good reproducibility of results from repeated analysis of the same samples and by analysis of multiple sub-samples from individual sediments , has been recorded by many workers . |
| 7 | The September issue of Catholic Voice , our diocesan newspaper , carried an insert — four pages giving an overview of the diocese — what has been done by many people — clergy and laity — during recent years — what should be developed or initiated , together with a general account of the financial position . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the British Red Cross has been contacted by many people across the region offering accommdation and help if more wounded from the former Yugoslavia are brought here in future . |
| 9 | The unchanging , unknowable , eternal wellspring of that energy has been called by many names in many civilisations : Brahman , Allah , God , The Absolute , to name a few . |
| 10 | That point has been made by many business organisations . |
| 11 | Its independent status has been supported by many companies , merchant bankers , stockbrokers and lawyers . |
| 12 | It seems to have been working — up to a point at least — and even members of the opposition Popular Front agree that he has been accepted by many Moldavians . |
| 13 | The preservation of a pseudo-aristocratic culture within the upper class has been emphasised by many authors as a source of Britain 's weakness . |
| 14 | Her finding of a mean right ear advantage ( REA ) in , the recall of dichotically presented material by right handers has been replicated by many investigators ( see Studdert-Kennedy , 1975 ; Berlin and McNeill , 1976 ) and is now a firmly established phenomenon . |
| 15 | He has been seen by many vets , and a dermatologist , who have prescribed a range of treatments including antibiotics and anti-inflammatories . |
| 16 | This advocacy , he said , " has been seen by many countries as tainted with a political desire for delay in agreeing further emission reductions " . |
| 17 | This has been contested by many students of welfare systems . |
| 18 | This focusing on JC has been noted by many writers , and is the basis for the term " London Jamaican " which has been current at least since Rosen and Burgess ( 1980 ) . |
| 19 | When it is said in Psalms that the enemies will be smitten in the ‘ hinder parts ’ it has been thought by many people to refer to haemorrhoids , but the description could equally refer to the anal manifestations of secondary syphilis , condylomata lata . |
| 20 | YWA 's answer to the Guest Tea has been the annual Treasure Hunt and Barbecue which has been enjoyed by many Edenderry members and friends in recent years . |
| 21 | Second , evacuation has been identified by many writers as an enormously important causal factor in the construction of that wartime reformist consensus that led to the Welfare State legislation of the late 1940s . |
| 22 | It is wise to bear in mind that similar reasoning has been used by many others — so much so that much of our supposed ‘ knowledge ’ of the history of English phonology is filtered through this kind of reasoning . |
| 23 | Bird-watching has been used by many researchers to study children 's behaviour . |
| 24 | Such differences have encouraged the view , which has been held by many psychiatrists since the disorder was first identified , that schizophrenia is in fact a group of related conditions . |
| 25 | The higher civil service has been accused by many writers of being a major cause of Britain 's weak economic performance [ Allen , 1976 ] . |
| 26 | As to the first of those points , the ability of the courts to control the visitor by the prerogative writs has been established by many cases . |
| 27 | The report has been welcomed by many legislators as the most authoritative and independent assessment of the old-growth timber industry ever prepared . |
| 28 | For instance most of this debate would not have been understood by many people in my parish . |
| 29 | The old quarrel , sprung from a tract of land in dispute , had been fomented by many acts of hostility since . |
| 30 | Misgivings had been expressed by many deputies , however , principally about allowing less than two weeks for preparation and discussion of such an important piece of legislation . |