Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [ex0] [verb] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have heard , it has been claimed that there has been widespread hardship among students this summer . |
| 2 | The shipyards , the traditional industry , had closed and there had been widespread unemployment . |
| 3 | It has recently been recognised that there have been considerable liquidity problems both before and after Big Bang for some of the smaller companies listed on the ISE , prompting some calls for a two-tier market . |
| 4 | Her high-handed personal style , it appeared , had created widespread hostility to her , which surfaced in the course of the trial , especially when it became known that there had been blatant intimidation of witnesses . |
| 5 | It is well known that there has been widespread acceptance of restrictive trade measures falling outside the formal GATT rules , e.g. voluntary export restraints and anti-dumping legislation . |
| 6 | The laws of war may be one means of bringing about harmonisation : the very first multilateral laws-of-war convention of the modern type , namely the 1856 Paris Declaration on Maritime Warfare , was concluded because there had been divergent practices among the allies involved in the Crimean War . |
| 7 | In Scotland , the lack of development of Elderly Mentally Infirm Homes and the failure to implement the recommendations of the Timbury Report has meant that there has been increasing pressure on local authorities to care for " the mentally confused " ( the SWSG term ) and problems getting people into psychiatric care as they deteriorate . |
| 8 | It was confirmed that there had been broad agreement on establishing a ceiling of 6,000 on the overall combined number of nuclear warheads . |
| 9 | The cost of tracing the damage is covered provided there has been accidental damage to the pipes or cables . |
| 10 | The European Court has stated that the concept of abuse is to be assessed by determining whether an undertaking in a dominant position ‘ has made use of the opportunities arising out of its dominant position in such a way as to reap trading benefits which it would not have reaped if there had been normal and sufficiently effective competition ’ . |