Example sentences of "[conj] has been [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend raises a point that has been raised many times before . |
| 2 | As long ago as 1915 Scott published the first research on interviews showing that 6 personnel managers could not agree about a common set of applicants , a finding that has been replicated innumerable times and will be reflected in the personal experience of most interviewers . |
| 3 | On the other hand , we realise that professional clinicians coming to the book might remain unconvinced about some of our chosen examples , as indeed might those readers who only feel comfortable with terms like ‘ schizophrenia ’ when they are used in a sense that has been given medical approval . |
| 4 | It is this basic human right that has been denied deaf persons and their families for hundreds of years . |
| 5 | Of 720,000 sq ftof office space that has been completed this year , 350,000 sq ft has been let . |
| 6 | One of the many highlights is the view down Loch Shiel from Glenfinnan , a vista that has been reproduced many times on gaudy retouched 60s ' postcards , and on calendars handed out at Christmas by firms who manufacture ball-bearings . |
| 7 | One of the most universal of all designs ; it is found in the artistic and religious expression of cultures as far apart as America , Europe and India , as well as China , and has been ascribed many meanings ; the most popular of these are happiness , the heart of the Buddha and the number 10,000 . |
| 8 | The current head of state , President Omar Bongo , succeeded to the Presidency in 1967 on the death of Gabon 's first President , Léon M'Ba , and has been re-elected three times for successive seven-year terms , most recently in November 1986 [ see p. 35047 ] . |
| 9 | The first of these aid and trade agreements was signed in 1975 and has been renewed four times . |
| 10 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 11 | Further , the word ‘ communion ’ , a term again involving a verbal identification of Church and Eucharist , was so much used by the Council that it has subsequently been seen to express the Council 's ecclesiology most profoundly and has been made great use of in such documents as those of ARCIC . |
| 12 | In anticipation of the move , Mr Whitbread has already handed effective control of the company to his chief executive Peter Jarvis and has been made non-executive chairman . |
| 13 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 14 | The museum already has a comprehensive library donated as a bequest from Paul Maenz , the former Cologne gallery owner , and has been given fifty-five works of art by a West German group of industrialists . |
| 15 | ‘ Linking ’ and ‘ intrusive ’ are special cases of juncture ; this name refers to the relationship between one sound and the sounds that immediately precede and follow it , and has been given some importance in phonological theory . |
| 16 | The scheme , launched by Michael Howard in May , has so far attracted a large number of national and other contractors , and has been given widespread support from both Government and consumer associations . |
| 17 | The Womens Artist Slide Library is pleased to announce that it has succeeded in retaining its Arts Council funding for the publication of Women 's Art Magazine and has been offered financial assistance towards the running of the organisation over the next year . |
| 18 | ‘ Michael Stein pleaded guilty and has been fined 2000 Barbados dollars . |
| 19 | The fact that NTS have deliberately cut publicity about Ben Lawers is not new and has been reported many times . |
| 20 | Ken Stewart , MEP for Merseyside East , has met EC commissioners and has been told that German and French objections to Merseyside gaining a large slice of the European structural fund are no longer a problem . |
| 21 | Spielberg , accustomed to close encounters in the extra-terrestrial sphere , has offered to be creative consultant on a drama-documentary loosely based upon the book , which has sold over 300,000 hardback copies in the UK and has been reprinted fourteen times . |
| 22 | He looks promising and has been used this season as a replacment for Wallace . |
| 23 | As has been said many times ( certainly by me ) , it is the easiest thing in the world to write a review of an unimportant book . |
| 24 | This was fortunate for the Hearts forward Ian Ferguson who was as surprised as anyone to remain on the field after flooring Gus Caesar with as good a right hook as has been seen this side of Madison Square Gardens for many a long day . |
| 25 | With eleven women plus the Spare Rib Collective we were not able to cover all of these topics , but as has been mentioned this discussion is to launch a series which hopefully will discuss all of these issues and more . |
| 26 | Beveridge 's scheme was not , as has been stressed many times , revolutionary . |