Example sentences of "have been [verb] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is true , of course , that for the first time in 75 years , Russia now has in place the mechanisms of national democracy — a government whose president has been elected and a parliament able to enforce , by argument and voting , restraints on what the government does , as well as a constitutional court .
2 At the present time , the development stage of the " persons " system has been completed and a number of reports and listings are produced for each location ; these include : strength return ( report ) nominal roll ( listing ) retirement lists ( listing ) etc The number of regular reports has deliberately been kept to a minimum to prevent managers from being besieged with information .
3 Counsel for the Crown conceded , in our view rightly , that in a case where the prosecution has been completed and the judge thereafter refuses leave to the Crown to discontinue , it is counsel for the prosecution 's duty to remain in the case .
4 Mr Fallon said last night that the full statement issued on the subject was : ‘ The investigation has been completed and the Serjeant at Arms was satisfied that the matter had been dealt with properly . ’
5 Some two-thirds of the contract has been completed and the MoD is keen to see production continue .
6 The media 's search for the monster has been completed and the future safely of innocent women can be celebrated .
7 When the price has been agreed your agent will confirm it in writing and notify your solicitor — but wait until the buyer 's survey has been completed and the house given the OK before celebrating or allowing your agent to put up his ‘ Sold Subject to Contract ’ sign .
8 Work on placing bolt belay stations at the top of the crag has been completed and the placement of markers , showing which areas are available for climbing , was expected to be completed by mid-September .
9 The data collection has been completed and the material is , at the moment , being analysed .
10 Such a relation has been explained as the result of increased androgenicity .
11 A Science Group staff meeting has been arranged and the date is to be announced shortly [ September ‘ ] .
12 Though the problem of radiation embrittlement has been recognised since the outset of the civil Magnox programme in the early 1960s , the inspectorate called for more evidence of the safety of Magnox plants in 1990 after it found the rate of embrittlement may have been faster than predicted .
13 This problem has been recognised and a variety of methods have been instituted in an attempt to avoid it .
14 Over the last five years , plans for a road linking Spain and France have gone ahead , a ski resort has been built and the environment ministry has been at odds with local politicians over their attempts to implement hunting and traffic in areas thought crucial to the bear 's survival .
15 Many a temporary gain has been lost because the significance of the development was recognised too late in the day and additional resources could not be made available .
16 repair by second intention occurs when a considerable amount of tissue has been lost and the wound edges can not be approximated ; a mass of new tissue is required to fill the gap .
17 It has been stated that the principle of primogenital succession was increasingly observed in the eleventh century ; but there was a substantial difference between accepting the customary right of the eldest son to succeed , if he were of age and competent , and accepting it as an inviolable rule , as was proved by the usurpation of Robert the Frisian , and perhaps also by the succession of Raymond IV of Toulouse ( though here the facts are rather uncertain ) .
18 A substantial part of the industrial land has been developed but the job yield has been far below initial expectations .
19 Only when it has been determined that the accumulation on the land is a deliberate one , need the court consider whether the defendant 's user is non-natural .
20 Once it has been determined that the county court has jurisdiction to hear the particular proceedings , the question arises where those proceedings should be issued , ie whether in the county court or in the High Court .
21 The ferret 's position has been determined and the dig gets under way .
22 Where no guardian has been appointed and the child is unable to give instructions the solicitor must act " in furtherance of the child 's interests " ( FPCR , r12(1) ( c ) ; FPR , r4.12(1) ( c ) ) .
23 The term ’ conceptual clustering ’ has been adopted because the class { x | p(x) } of an intensional description is often referred to as a ’ concept ’ .
24 In Madeira the plantain ( Musa paradisiaca ) which is very good in cooking has been grown since the island was first settled .
25 Even when this has been done and the test is in progress , there should be sufficient flexibility to modify the test plan ( e.g. , by changing examination schedules ) in the light of information that becomes available as the test progresses .
26 Sixty per cent of the content analysis of newspapers and policy documents has been done and the framework established .
27 In some of the Trust 's woodlands , while terrible damage has been done and the shape of the landscape has been altered .
28 Where this has been done and the company has also dispensed by elective resolution with the requirement to lay its accounts and reports before a general meeting , it will mean that in the single-member company no member meetings will be required .
29 When waves break it has been observed that a jet of water at the crest of the wave may move forward with twice the velocity of the wave as a whole , so that high pressures may be exerted for a period of a second or two on the cliff face .
30 As for the Copernican system in America , it has been observed that the New England clergy were its principal propagators .
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