Example sentences of "[num] have been [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peak numbers are usually noted in September , when flocks totalling up to 1,600 have been noted in Chichester and Pagham Harbours and flocks of up to 200 have been seen elsewhere along the coast . |
| 2 | For example , up to 105 have been seen at Manhood End , 80 at Harting pond , 70 at Swanbourne Lake , 105 in the Arun valley , and 30 at Rodmell , all since 1965 . |
| 3 | Salati and Vose ( 1983 ) , for example , believe that of the 8 x 10 6 km 2 of tropical forests that have been converted to agriculture , some 3 × 10 6 km 2 are now under shifting cultivation while 3.5 × 10 6 k 2 have been converted to pasture . |
| 4 | The models of language awareness training described in Tables 1 and 2 have been developed in work with staff in further education colleges . |
| 5 | Already 10 systems have been sold in the UK , mainly to local authorities , and another 140 have been installed in mainland Europe . |
| 6 | Many hundreds have been arrested on suspicion of corruption ; after referendums last month , the voting system is being changed ( to reduce the power of the party bosses ) and state subsidies for political parties are being abolished . |
| 7 | The Sw.Fr 150 million 1996 Notes outstanding at the end of 1991 have been swapped into £58 million at an interest rate of 6.85 per cent . |
| 8 | Although automatic and semi-automatic high-bay warehousing systems are being built abroad at an ever increasing rate — some 2,000 have been constructed in Japan in the last fifteen years — the rate of development in the United Kingdom may only be described as slow . |
| 9 | Sixty-seven parties fought the election of 1991 ; 29 won seats in parliament ; a dozen have been jockeying for seats in coalition governments . |
| 10 | Questionnaires returned by course organisers up until 8 November 1984 have been included in analysis . |
| 11 | More than 800 islanders died when the volcano erupted last year and 31 have been killed by mudflows since mid-August |
| 12 | The 1960s and early 1970s have been characterised by Pearson ( 1975 ) , perhaps rather extravagantly , as the period of ‘ the great refusal ’ . |
| 13 | The opportunity costs of two children to a white mother in the 1970s have been estimated at $50,000 ( Calhoun and Espenshade 1988 ) . |
| 14 | 62 people were arrested … 18 have been charged with theft and handling offences . |
| 15 | The Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation awards for 1992 have been awarded to Edward Dwurnik of Poland for paintings , Helga Fanderl of Germany for film and Dan Graham of the USA for sculpture . |
| 16 | High densities of up to 100 000 m -2 have been recorded on moss turf in the South Orkneys , and on warm summer days ponds in South Georgia are occasionally covered with a grey film of collembola , apparently newly emerged from the soil . |
| 17 | Here the vapors above heated Na 3 PO 4 have been co-condensed with argon . |
| 18 | Coding segments 1 , 3 and 4 have been characterized as exons ( Fig. 1b ) . |
| 19 | Receptors for 5HT 4 have been identified in neurons of guinea pig ileum and ascending colon ; the inhibitory effects of the 5HT 4 agonist , SC53116 , on 5HT induced ICJ transit in the present study suggest that there may be a 5HT 4 mediated stimulation of the ileocaecal sphincter itself . |
| 20 | Results almost identical to those shown in Fig. 5.8 have been produced by experiments in which the two reinforcers differ in their nature ( Trapold ( 1970 ) used sucrose pellets and standard food pellets ) , in their timing ( Carlson and Wielkiewicz. ( 1972 ) used immediate versus delayed reinforcement ) , or in their magnitude ( one food pellet versus five , Carlson and Wielkiewicz ( 1976 ) ) . |
| 21 | Those shown in Sample 3 have been worked in contrast yarn to make them stand out . |
| 22 | Untold billions have been poured into research and building working reactors in return for a relative few penn'orths of electricity . |
| 23 | Billions have been invested in Italy 's preparations , ( see inevitably Italia ) . |
| 24 | Millwall with 5 wins in 8 have been roaring towards promotion , but on Saturday Brian Horton 's men were masters of the ring . |
| 25 | Twelve people have died and a further twelve have been hurt in crashes in freezing fog on roads in England and Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | Fourteen locomotive types were eliminated during the 1980s , although examples of all but five have been secured for preservation . |
| 27 | All five have been placed under investigation . |
| 28 | The United Kingdom received six extra seats under the agreement , of these six , five have been allocated to England and one to Wales , which the government , in a moment , which the government believes is the fairest distribution on an arithmetical basis . |
| 29 | An army of 2000 have been reporting for duty … tables to set … glasses to clean … crates of bottles to wheel in … |
| 30 | Spermicides such as nonoxynol-9 have been shown in laboratory tests to kill HIV , though on their own spermicides are not sufficient to prevent the transmission of HIV — a condom is necessary . |