Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] have be [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one test , for example , children are asked to identify a traditional English beer tankard — an object unlikely ever to have been seen by a child from a Muslim background in which alcohol is proscribed . |
| 2 | Thank you Chairman , I appreciate that erm prudence is n't flavour of the month in the current majority at this County Council and that indeed has been proved by several speeches from the opposition parties that were made this morning |
| 3 | The emergence of the satire movement in the early sixties ‘ marked a new stage in the social revolution ’ : ‘ Like the pop artists ( and the pop singers yet to come ) the satirists formed part of a new generation coming to the surface in English life , one young enough to have been moulded by the garish , anarchic and youth-conscious atmosphere of the late fifties … . ’ |
| 4 | This is the only picture among the 50 most expensive not to have been auctioned by Christie 's or Sotheby 's in London or New York ( with a single Sotheby 's exception in Monaco ) . |
| 5 | The meeting , which starts at 8.15 p.m. has been organised by the Alton and District Council of Churches . |
| 6 | Sheriff McKay had also suggested altering timetables to space train movements further apart , but that too had been rejected by Mr Seymour . |