Example sentences of "[adv] been [vb pp] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that to sustain a plea of autrefois convict a defendant had to prove not only that he had already been found guilty of the offence charged by a court of competent jurisdiction , either by the decision of the court or verdict of the jury or entry of his own plea of guilty , but also that the court had finally disposed of the case by passing sentence or making some other order ; that since the proceedings on the first indictment had been discontinued before sentence had been passed there had been no final adjudication and the defendant had properly been convicted on the second indictment ; but that , in all the circumstances , particularly having regard to the lapse of time between trial and determination of the appeal to the Judicial Committee , it would be appropriate for the death sentence to be commuted ( post , pp. 931D–E , 935H ) . |
| 2 | Suffolk County Council has long been over-stretched on the conservation side , and comparable houses have suffered from lack of expert advice . |
| 3 | While great emphasis has rightly been placed on the active involvement of the pupils in their learning , it should always be remembered that there is still a place for the teacher to convey a feel for an event or person by presenting the story . |
| 4 | Following the safety line up to your guide boat seems to be the best possibility , but only if the line has not been cut on the sharp edges of the ice , or if the boat tender has not had to release the safety line to keep his boat from being capsized or dragged under the iceberg . |
| 5 | She has not been beaten on the European circuit this season . |
| 6 | This has not been based on the theoretical approach adopted above ; instead , it has been concerned with offering criteria to be used in practice in order to determine whether a unit should be included within the overall financial report of what they call the ‘ oversight unit . |
| 7 | In the meantime the thief would be peddling stolen radios ( from aircraft B ) whose serial numbers had not been notified on the stolen list . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , this has not been corrected on the new model . |
| 9 | Last year 's winner , Quinlan Terry , would not have beaten the second horse , the subsequent Group One race winner Ile De Chypre , had that rival not been drawn on the far side . |
| 10 | It is much easier and it 's much safer and it strikes me to be making the case for a western relief road to provide the relief north to the A one , has already been achieved on the six five eight . |
| 11 | Comment has already been made on the continuing changes within the industry . |
| 12 | Much work has already been generated on the biological mechanisms involved . |
| 13 | An indemnity basis taxation of costs that have already been taxed on the standard basis would seem to us to lead to the conclusion that the costs of the standard basis taxation were unnecessarily and unreasonably incurred and should be disallowed on the taking of the account . |
| 14 | But if Conservatives have always been agreed on the main danger they face , and have always agreed on the basic means to combat it , they have not , Eccleshall argues , always been agreed on the precise manner of exercising authority and maintaining social discipline . |
| 15 | But if Conservatives have always been agreed on the main danger they face , and have always agreed on the basic means to combat it , they have not , Eccleshall argues , always been agreed on the precise manner of exercising authority and maintaining social discipline . |
| 16 | The Building News said that it was ‘ the greatest scandal and disgrace that has ever been inflicted on the architectural profession ’ . |
| 17 | The growth hormone locus has also been mapped on the long arm of chromosome 17 , at 17q 22–24 , close to the BRCA1 gene in breast and ovarian cancer families . |
| 18 | Medical opinion has so far been divided on the precise relationship of nicotine to such conditions as cardiovascular disease and oral cancer , with many experts considering tar and carbon monoxide to be the most toxic substances in tobacco . |
| 19 | The third volume of Antologia devoted to Neo-classical studies ( n.s. nos. 39–42 , 1991–92 ) includes a highly important article by the editor , Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios , which recapitulates what has so far been published on the great Roman bronze founders Francesco and Luigi Righetti and then adds twice as much more and concludes with a fascinating technical account of the casting of Canova 's equestrian statue of Charles III Borbone in Naples taken from a family notebook . |
| 20 | The original stones of the sloping gable coping had simply been bedded on the slate-roof covering of the aisles at their verges so that rain entering the joints between the coping stones had saturated the top courses of the stone facing and caused premature decay . |
| 21 | I suspect that the theology of Genesis 22 is not to be pushed very far , that cautious theology has here been sacrificed on the fine altar of dramatic tension and powerful storytelling . |
| 22 | Geographical separation between those solicitors and staff continuing to deal with the case and those who have previously been involved on the other side is recommended and it will be essential to extract appropriate undertakings from all such personnel . |
| 23 | I understand that a report has recently been produced on the above topic . |