Example sentences of "[det] [verb] be [vb pp] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , apart from the papers quoted above , little has been done to distinguish immature from adult digestive processes . |
| 2 | Until now , efforts to stop the trade have depended on development programmes , but government reports readily concede that little has been achieved to create alternative employment . |
| 3 | What has let Britain down is that this has been allowed to produce growing numbers of redundancies instead of the increase in employment , and growth in the availability of real resources that should have resulted . |
| 4 | Classification techniques such as this have been used to produce thematic maps of land-cover types , of rock types in semi-arid and arid regions and of the extent of urban areas . |
| 5 | These have been used to calculate continuous price series for 50 individual items based on 10 year average prices . |
| 6 | These have been used to supplement statistical observations , where appropriate . |
| 7 | It is hard to under-estimate the influence of the Popular Church in the lives of Salvadorean women who have become involved in the opposition movement , For many it has been the crucial eye-opener , the starting-point for what many describe as the transformation of their lives and their commitment to revolutionary change , Particularly among the poor , in the shanty towns and in campesino communities , women have become actively critical of the government because of the influence of their church leaders , Many have been encouraged to join self-help organizations or trade unions through their church and from there have developed wider political commitments . |
| 8 | Those involved are asked to make sure they have a copy . |
| 9 | Those involved are asked to make sure they have a copy . |
| 10 | Most time was spent retrieving ill-considered casts from trees , hunting in long grass for flies , cracked off . |