Example sentences of "[pron] has been [vb pp] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely , if someone has been convicted of possessing weapons or explosives , it is vital for the information to be passed on as quickly as possible , so that the officer concerned can take it into account . |
| 2 | A certified cheque is an ordinary cheque which has been certified in writing by a bank as being good . |
| 3 | Given that Ullman 's computations can indeed interpret correspondence , shape , and motion in a wide range of paired 2-D views ( which has been tested by running his system in its programmed form on a computer provided with the relevant input ) , how is his work relevant to questions about perception in animals ? |
| 4 | In a lengthy submission to the party 's Commission on Social Justice — which has been charged with reviewing the whole welfare state — Mr Blunkett suggests further debate on making the community service scheme compulsory . |
| 5 | I continue to be encouraged by the progress which has been made in maintaining our homebuilding capabilities , and look forward to visiting our sites and local office in order to participate in your successes during 1993 . |
| 6 | In this review we have charted the substantial progress which has been made in understanding the cellular and molecular basis of NMDA receptor-dependent LTP in the hippocampus . |
| 7 | The compounds are a major cause of low-level ozone pollution and photo-chemical smog , which has been blamed for damaging human health and contributing to " acid rain " attacks on plants , forests and crops . |
| 8 | RTZ 's Tinto Holdings Canada Ltd subsidiary has a controlling interest in a company which mines uranium at Elliot Lake , Ontario , which has been blamed for destroying the fishing-based economy of the local Anishnabe Indians . |
| 9 | So some of the sulphur which has been blamed for causing environmental problems , may before long emerge in the form of ‘ Andricite , ’ plaster and wall-boards in our houses — courtesy of ICI . |
| 10 | As far as total dust veil is concerned , it seems to be roughly the same size as the veil from the Agung eruption , which has been blamed for cooling the northern hemisphere by about 0.3 °C in the mid-1960s.There is one key difference , though : El Chichón 's eruption occurred in the northern hemisphere , Agung 's in the south . |
| 11 | The main method which has been used for obtaining chromosome preparations from pre-implantation embryos is again that of Tarkowski ( 5 ) and it is described in Table 2 . |
| 12 | Mr Wood has helped to nurse back to health badgers injured on the road or found orphaned but he has never come across one which has been used for baiting . |
| 13 | This , evidently , was how he viewed the ongoing crisis involving the NEA , which has been accused of using American tax dollars to subsidise morally offensive , even pornographic art ( see The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , pp. 1 , 2 and 14 ) . |
| 14 | A student who has been debarred from taking an examination or whose studies have been discontinued by decision of the Senate may ask for his case to be reviewed . |
| 15 | One anthropologist who has been noted for attempting to retain a balance between objectivist and subjectivist analysis is Pierre Bourdieu . |
| 16 | Morrison , who has been criticised for standing mobile in front of opponents , fought a smart fight against the old man of boxing , moving in and out of range to throw punches . |
| 17 | The Aussie singer , who has been accused of copying Madonna herself , has herself been accused of copying Madonna , has hit out at the American superstar . |
| 18 | Mr Miroslav Stepan , the politburo member who has been accused of setting the riot police on the demonstrators , has been charged . |
| 19 | And a 33-year-old mother-of-nine known only as Sandra — who has been helped by Turning Point — asked Di : ‘ How did you get into this kind of work ? |
| 20 | Pat shares some of the problems she has solved and tips she has been given before answering the questions raised at this month 's meeting . |
| 21 | Joseph Chamberlain , not Sidney Webb , was the man of her dreams ; but though she has been credited with overcoming romantic desire for the sake of her own independence , it is clear that she desperately wanted him to propose , with her eyes set on his becoming prime minister . |
| 22 | : , who on seeing Canova 's ‘ Paris ’ in Florence in 1813 , exaggerated the idea of the ‘ creative ’ and sexual role of the sculptor 's touch : ‘ The chisel is the last tool that comes to mind , for if statues could be made by caressing marble rather than by roughly cutting and chipping I would say that this one has been formed by wearing down the surrounding marble by dint of kisses and caresses ’ . |
| 23 | However , I must com comment on the way that since Christmas the Vice Chair of Council has undertaken the many civic duties he has been called upon to perform , assisted by his wife . |
| 24 | The basic view is best expressed by Skinner himself : ‘ A person disposed to act because he has been reinforced for acting may feel the conditions of his body at such a time and call it ‘ felt purpose' ’ , but what behaviourism rejects is the causal efficacy of that feeling . ’ |
| 25 | He feels he has been punished for looking after his customers . |
| 26 | Since his release a year ago , he has been prevented from working as a journalist . |
| 27 | We are sorry that Mr Blake is ill , and sorry , too , that he has been misled into thinking that experiments on mice can tell anyone anything about a human being . |
| 28 | A BARONET with a 1,300-acre estate is so hard up he has been reduced to eating free spuds provided by one of his tenant farmers . |
| 29 | Most of the population have welcomed Mr Mladenov 's reforms , although he has been criticised for leaving some of Mr Zhivkov 's supporters in prominent positions . |
| 30 | More controversally , he has been accused of giving plum EBRD jobs to former communists , but he defends the policy . |