Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [been] [vb pp] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the last decade or so , new types of financial instrument have been developed to help businesses manage the risks from fluctuations in interest and exchange rates . |
| 2 | The questions at the end of each chapter have been designed to assist students to test that the reading has been understood before moving on to the next chapter . |
| 3 | The problems for discussion and solving have been designed to encourage students to discuss the issues before attempting to answer the technical side of the problem . |
| 4 | It is often difficult to assess the colour vision of mammals , and some which were thought to see in monochrome have been shown to have sensitivity to colour . |
| 5 | A User Group and a Quality Assurance and Verification committee have been established to obtain feedback on the operation of the new programmes and to make recommendations on their implementation . |
| 6 | Geophysical surveys resulting from the initiative have been made to study saltern mounds on the Lincolnshire coast ( for Lindsey Archaeological Services and English Heritage ) ; to delineate terrace gravels near the Trent containing evidence of Roman settlement ( Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust and Steetly Products Ltd ) ; and to define the extent of a deserted medieval village under threat from road improvements ( Leicestershire County Council ) . |
| 7 | Other species of bat have been found to exploit insects attracted by street lights , for example , in Israel ( see BBC WILDLIFE , March 1990 , p 144 ) . |
| 8 | The disposition of the rooms and the hang within each room have been rethought to take account of modern preoccupations : the national Schools of painting now relate to each other as do the countries on the map of Europe , with France situated between Italy and Spain and Holland . |
| 9 | Important contributions to sociological knowledge have been made using data from small samples . |
| 10 | ‘ But — how could an English doctor and his wife have been exposed to nerve gas ? ’ |
| 11 | Activity in giant cells in the pontine brainstem have been shown to precede eye movements in REM sleep in animals ( or paradoxical sleep , as it is called in rodents and cats ) while there is no evidence that cortical activity can influence these cells ' discharges . |
| 12 | THE Prodigy have been forced to scrap £50,000-worth of gigs because their P.A. system is too loud . |
| 13 | Now British Gas have been forced to scrap plans to pull down the 110-year-old hulk . |
| 14 | First , foreign earnings from copper have been used to purchase shortfalls in indigenous production . |
| 15 | INMATES of Risley remand centre have been invited to take part in the first recycling scheme of its kind in the country . |
| 16 | ( Marantaceae ) , where cycles of dryness have been invoked to explain species relationships and distributions . |
| 17 | Many features of the pelvis have been stated to show sex differences , but only those which are particularly important and can be described easily are mentioned here . |
| 18 | The Product can only be registered if a known Product package and Package version have been entered using option 5.1.2 — Update Product . |
| 19 | For the last two years the public have been asked to nominate winners for the Korn/Ferry prize but this year it will be decided by a judging panel alone . |
| 20 | Local education officials opposed to the guidebook have been given standing ovations at public meetings , and churches of numerous denominations have slammed the education policy as immoral and irresponsible . |
| 21 | Substances with high osmolarity have been found to inhibit acid secretion . |
| 22 | The first two of these patients were advised to undergo cholecystectomy which was done two and 10 weeks later and the remainder have been followed to determine outcome . |
| 23 | Gates or pens for pedestrian access and ‘ slot and bar ’ for cyclist have been installed to limit access to the intended users and keep out motor cyclists , cars and other unauthorised motor vehicles . |
| 24 | New figures for accumulated temperature have been calculated using 0°C as the growth threshold and covering the months January to June inclusive . |
| 25 | The three agencies involved in the pitch have been asked to present options before a final strategy is adopted . |