Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] has been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |
| 2 | Above all we must disregard any traditional idea and never , never , be put off by statements of ‘ practical men ’ who say it has been tried before or it will never work ; these two feeble and slavish statements have destroyed countless ideas and they have been the rocks against which many brilliant minds have foundered . |
| 3 | Despite the criticism levelled at the public conscience test it has been used in a number of cases . |
| 4 | ‘ Why , they say he has been thrown into prison for debt ! ’ |
| 5 | Grampian Police say he has been identified as a Northfield resident but his name is being withheld . |
| 6 | I spose he has been fading towards the end of matches , but then again — who has nt ? |
| 7 | I believe it has been identified as the ‘ puffout ’ , a distance cousin of our old favourite , the ‘ puffin ’ . |
| 8 | But when I put the phone down I find he has been standing in the doorway . |
| 9 | They claim it has been put in the story by the early Church , during the period of the oral tradition , to show that Jesus thought his mission was primarily for the Jews and not the Gentiles . |
| 10 | That matter is not really as we perceive it has been known to chemists and physicists for over 150 years , but despite Einstein 's demonstration , and that of other atomic scientists since , that matter and energy are interchangeable , we persist in our view that physical matter is solid and stable . |
| 11 | Although Re Sigsworth was only the decision of a puisne judge it has been approved by the Court of Appeal and extended to other statutes raising a similar question . |
| 12 | I declare it has been carried against . |
| 13 | I mean it has been referred to that we might have to do them again , I sincerely hope we do n't have to go through this process again . |
| 14 | You think it has been kept in the ‘ fridge so what do you do ? |
| 15 | Spender ( 1982 ) argues that male teachers are more likely to regard work highly if they think it has been written by a boy , although her research methodology is not made explicit . |