Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [conj] the [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The airport 's opening has been delayed because the island is subsiding . |
| 2 | More than 450 eyes have so far been treated but the study is based on 79 patients with the longest experience of the treatment . |
| 3 | A Science Group staff meeting has been arranged and the date is to be announced shortly [ September ‘ ] . |
| 4 | Stage : All consultations have been completed and the plan is likely to be adopted later this year . |
| 5 | Some two-thirds of the contract has been completed and the MoD is keen to see production continue . |
| 6 | The data collection has been completed and the material is , at the moment , being analysed . |
| 7 | Some ethnic foods have been included but the book is week on snack foods which now form a common part of our diet . |
| 8 | It has sometimes been claimed that the village is a peculiarly English invention . |
| 9 | A catalogue with a celebratory essay by Judith Goldman has been prepared and the show is on view from 9 January until 6 February . |
| 10 | Even when this has been done and the test is in progress , there should be sufficient flexibility to modify the test plan ( e.g. , by changing examination schedules ) in the light of information that becomes available as the test progresses . |
| 11 | Ownership would not have been transferred where the mistake is so fundamental that the transaction is void such as when there is a mistake as to the relevant identity of the recipient . |
| 12 | . A group set up not too far away from here in Newark said that the erm , It has been said that the river is worse now than it 's ever been in history . |
| 13 | It has always been said that the House is concerned with the rights of individuals and that any injustice , or possible injustice , to an individual is as much the concern of the House of Commons as is injustice to a large number of people . |
| 14 | Particularly since the Second World War and the advent of television , with its concentration on individuals and the personalization of political issues , it has been argued that the system is becoming increasingly presidential . |
| 15 | On such grounds it has been argued that the novel is not authentic communication , notably by the Marxist critic Walter Benjamin . |
| 16 | Indeed , it has been argued that the government is the most likely source of excess demand inflation : through its policy measures , it can finance its own spending by raising taxes , by borrowing or by printing money . |
| 17 | It has been argued that the scheme is geared too closely to the needs of the industrial worker disabled by accident or disease in middle life , who , following full medical care and rehabilitation , needs help in returning to the routine of work , in adjusting to disability and in finding new skills within his or her capacity . |
| 18 | I know what I see when I look at the grass and I have been told that the colour is called ‘ green ’ . |
| 19 | We have been told that the case is of no interest to Mr. Bell , he now being in custody in relation to other matters . |
| 20 | The Liberal Democrat conference has been told that the party is on the verge of a breakthrough in the Central South region . |
| 21 | A £5,000 fee has been agreed but the deal is subject to a work permit . |
| 22 | I 'm delighted now , to be able to inform members that terms have been agreed and the property 's formally under offer and off the market . |
| 23 | Two separate bi-lingual catalogues have been produced and the project is curated by Jaromir Jedlinski , Director of the Museum Sztuki and M. Thierry Raspail , Director of the Musée d'Art Contemporain . |
| 24 | ‘ It has now been sold and the money is in the bank . |
| 25 | Over 350,000 copies of the trilogy have been sold and the hardback is now in its fifth reprint . |
| 26 | There is no longer a resident priest , the vicarage has been sold and the parish is now one third of a united benefice . |
| 27 | • The opening round of the British side-carcross and four-stroke championships at Rusper in Surrey , which was planned for Sunday , has been postponed because the circuit is waterlogged . |
| 28 | In the past 10 years , with the discovery and exploitation of important oilfields from Venezuela south to Bolivia , roads and airstrips have been built , colonists have poured in , towns have been founded and the rainforest is disappearing . |
| 29 | ‘ I may not be of your persuasion but tonight I have been persuaded that the world is reaching a turning-point in its history and that the ancient biblical promise to your people is about to be redeemed . |
| 30 | It has often been noted that the disease is rarely contracted by medical , clerical or other visitors who do n't eat and drink in the sickroom . |