Example sentences of "[noun pl] has be [vb pp] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can imagine how severe the reprimand will be for the officer whose disregard of the rules has been decorated with a successful conviction . |
| 2 | THE LONG-running feud between two of France 's wealthiest drinks dynasties has been resolved with the decision to merge liqueur group Cointreau with Remy Martin , one of the country 's leading makers of cognac . |
| 3 | However , in recent years a blitz on such companies has been mounted with the result that there has been some improvement . |
| 4 | The relatively recent introduction of regulatory prohibitions has been associated with an extension of the law 's conception of criminality to embrace a notion of social harm in addition to one of individual guilt , characteristic of traditional crime ( cf. |
| 5 | Since that time the productivity of the top 20 per cent of farmers has been sustained with a continuous record of technical improvement ; about 40 per cent have maintained a level of productivity which enables them to generate an acceptable income ; and a further 40 per cent have continued to produce enough for their own household 's subsistence requirements . |
| 6 | The widespread acceptance of floating exchange rates has been associated with a period of less favourable economic developments , such as massive payments imbalances arising from large but often irregular oil prices increases , declining commodity prices ( which seriously affect less developed economies ) , high interest rates during the 1980s ( which worsened the debt position of many countries ) , and lower average economic growth compared with the Bretton Woods era . |
| 7 | In some areas of upland Britain , a decline in otter populations has been linked with the decline in fish populations in acidified water courses ( Woodin , 1989 ) . |
| 8 | given to those on state pensions has been met with a resounding raspberry ? |
| 9 | Now this freedom in our eating habits has been complemented with a programme of exercises that actually does something beneficial for both your health and your figure . |
| 10 | The Polytechnic has recently taken the decision to enter the conference market during vacations and the standard of furnishings , fittings and facilities has been improved with a view to attracting this type of business . |
| 11 | The absence of strong unions has been connected with the alleged propensity of TNCs to hop from one cheap labour zone to another ( Frobel et al. , 1980 ) , though Dror finds little evidence of ‘ footloose ’ industries . |