Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 However once its position has been determined it is in a totally different state , one of definite position .
2 Yet the invisible balance may well be a measure of weakness rather than of strength , particularly since financial services have not shown outstanding growth in productivity : as has been noted it was below that of domestic manufacturing and far below that for manufacturing among Britain 's major competitors .
3 Charming at first sight is this picture of the warm-blooded sailor who sets out to win a girl because he has been told he is beneath her .
4 and again ( after they 'd been told they were on camera !
5 There were no variations of fading between the main body of the photograph and the edges , as there would have been had it been in the frame for years .
6 Much of Taskopruzade 's work is concerned with scholars of the period before there was what might properly be called a learned hierarchy ; and though in his own lifetime a hierarchy of learned offices existed and certainly the basic principles of the hierarchy had been formulated it was by no means as thoroughly elaborated or rigid as it was to become even in the few decades after his death .
7 I 've been told it 's about as good as it will gfet for the time being .
8 SOUTH AFRICA have been warned they are on the verge of being kicked out of world rugby again — just 24 hours before tomorrow 's historic Test at Twickenham .
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