Example sentences of "[pron] they have been [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The immediate increase in those deposits will come from transfers from banks but the ultimate origin will be a diversion of funds away from the destinations to which they had been channelled by unit trust managements . |
| 2 | In Chapter 6 , it was suggested that one factor which contributed to the variations in fortune between different towns was the extent to which they had been affected by developments in the manufacture of cloth . |
| 3 | But they had received a further ‘ hammer blow ’ with a demand yesterday ‘ for thousands of pounds from the Inland Revenue for taxation which they had been told by Barlow Clowes had been deducted at source . |
| 4 | Under his tutelage , the Indians began to demand the rights over their lands which they had been guaranteed by Brazil 's Constitution . |
| 5 | Under Russian rule many native communities were deprived of such rights by sheer seizure of land ( zakhvat ) or by forfeiting territory as a result of pernicious debtor-contracts into which they had been duped by unscrupulous settlers . |
| 6 | Not only is the official not complaining of the handicaps with which they have been saddled by Howard 's fellow-countrymen — he 's apologizing that they have n't overcome them ! |
| 7 | Asian hoteliers and restaurateurs have been reluctant to disclose the extent to which they have been affected by the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ) . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the auditors can only report on the information which they have been given by the Vendor and if that information is inaccurate ( causing the Accounts to be wrong ) the auditors will not be at fault . |
| 9 | The scale of many more recent industrial disputes , together with the manner in which they have been regarded by workers , employers and the state , have made explanations based on pluralism seem less and less plausible . |
| 10 | The concessions and trade-offs which have come to form the main content of Zambian politics have proved fatally debilitating , even though the skill with which they have been orchestrated by President Kenneth Kaunda ( KK ) has ensured that Zambia is one of the least oppressive societies in Africa . |
| 11 | After her husband told her they had been ruined by Wickens , she stormed off to confront him , only to see him setting off on his bicycle . |