Example sentences of "[coord] have [adv] [been] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your bike is second-hand , or has n't been used for a while , then it 's important to check that it 's safe to ride . |
| 2 | Section 11 permits the revocation of an authorisation if , inter alia , it appears that any of the criteria specified in Schedule 3 is not or has not been fulfilled by the institution concerned . |
| 3 | The immunities which he does say the Director is wrongfully seeking to infringe are the second and third in the list , which protect the citizen from being compelled to answer questions on pain of punishment ; and these are not concerned specifically with the question whether the citizen has or has not been charged with an offence . |
| 4 | Yet education has never guaranteed employment , and whether it has or has not been expected to , we must also consider the other purposes it may serve . |
| 5 | If the colours are lighter near the surface , the chances are that it is either old or has genuinely been bleached by the sun . |
| 6 | Although preliminary speculation was that the crash might have been caused by a bomb , accident investigators revealed that the plane had nose-dived after the right engine suddenly went into reverse thrust ; electronic safety systems designed to cope with this had apparently failed , and a warning light had either malfunctioned or had not been believed by the pilot . |
| 7 | A number of public sector pay awards have been treated leniently through supplementary estimates being granted , or have even been placed outside the limits . |
| 8 | It is not often that I receive ‘ fan'-letters , and I always acknowledge them unless they are impertinent , or have obviously been written by lunatics . |
| 9 | The problem here is an obvious one and has already been alluded to , namely how do we know how good an indicator is if we can not compare the phenomenon with the indicator ? |
| 10 | The results for one set of three questions on a recipe was in the GT4 reference test and has already been discussed in the previous chapter . |
| 11 | This insert was cloned as a dimer within the Sma I site of the pUC19 polylinker and has previously been used for studying the effect of actinomycin on the structure of the surrounding blocks of A n . |
| 12 | This question is not new , and has previously been considered by courts in England and Hong Kong . |
| 13 | Because increased consumption of fat results in an increase in both weight and blood pressure and has also been implicated as a risk factor for some forms of cancer , dietary fat may explain the correlation between blood pressure and cancer . |
| 14 | This woman works at a Garrimpo and has also been exposed to mercury vapour . |
| 15 | He was recently banned from the directors ' room at Newcastle and has also been shifted from his seat in the directors box to the back of the stand . |
| 16 | Induced hypothermia is used intraoperatively during cardiopulmonary bypass and has also been used in the intensive care management of cerebral oedema . |
| 17 | But it has apparently proven useful for microscopic surgery — and has also been used by US cult band the Grateful Dead , who recorded their recent revival concert in three dimensions . |
| 18 | Because British intelligence has been reluctant to spy on a legitimately elected government and has also been forbidden from keeping ministers under surveillance , MI5 has welcomed the CIA 's intervention and given it a free rein in its British operations , always provided that it can share the resulting information . |
| 19 | Governor Clinton , who granted Bono a private audience , and has also been interviewed on MTV by Megadeth 's Dave Mustaine , received the endorsement of the official Madonna Fan Club Of West Hollywood . |
| 20 | This kind of criticism has been made by the writers mentioned above , and has also been amplified by Rowbotham et al . |
| 21 | On occasions rural depopulation has aroused considerable public concern and has even been represented as a draining away of the nation 's life-blood , to the detriment of the national character and vigour . |
| 22 | The Romans were fond of lead vessels for food and drink and used lead-based glazes on pottery : lead poisoning was common and has even been proposed as a cause of the madness among high-ranking Romans which contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire . |
| 23 | Her magnificent antique collection , which includes a 110-year-old Black Forest Clock , is very popular with other dedicated clockwatchers , and has even been put on display at Gloucester Museum . |
| 24 | The survey of what the private profession do and for whom , conducted on behalf of the Royal Commission on Legal Services , reinforced the results of earlier , more limited , surveys and has largely been confirmed by more recent surveys . |
| 25 | Often ill-informed and repetitive , the debate has tended to ignore the interests of the client and has frequently been conducted by those whose minds are already made up on the issue . |
| 26 | The kingdom also uses the amputation of limbs as a punishment , imposes the death penalty , and has frequently been accused of torturing prisoners . |
| 27 | The kingdom also uses the amputation of limbs as a punishment , imposes the death penalty , and has frequently been accused of torturing prisoners . |
| 28 | I recently read an assessment report which stated , ‘ Her mother seems to have disappeared and has n't been heard of for six months . |
| 29 | Now when that acid is fresh and has n't been used before two minutes is usually quite enough for it to have done the job it 's supposed to do . |
| 30 | Well , there are millions of people who are missing from electoral registers , who are people who are entitled to be registered and the problem is probably the greatest among those who are known as attainers and are qualifying for registration at eighteen for the first time in their lives , the numbers of attainers er qualifying has reduced percentage wise , year by year , especially since the introduction of the poll tax and has not been rectified by the measures that remove the poll tax . |