Example sentences of "have [been] [verb] [prep] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least one guidebook giving precise route descriptions has been written about each of the walks and without exception they 'll take you through some of the loveliest countryside we have . |
| 2 | There are several forms of management at all levels , each with its own characteristics and much has been written about most of them . |
| 3 | Mark Twain fancifully observed that God had modelled heaven on Mauritius , a thought which has been echoed by thousands of travellers who have since discovered the untapped beauty and raw charm of this lovely isle . |
| 4 | Also on a health care note , public relations executive Margaret Michell has been appointed as one of five non-executive directors of the new North Staffordshire Hospital Centre Trust . |
| 5 | A high flying professor of accountancy has been appointed to one of the top jobs at the Treasury with a salary of £100,000-a-year , the Prime Minister 's Office announced . |
| 6 | In recent years , the Shetland summer season has been tainted for many of us by the knowledge that thousands of our sea-birds have failed to raise any young . |
| 7 | 4 million quid for a guy that almost went to jail and has been injured for most of the season |
| 8 | As I was leaving the house Pat shouted after me , ‘ Piper , your friend Taff who shares the trench with you in the orchard has been transferred to one of the Commando units around the village . |
| 9 | The Welsh international has been sidelined for much of the past two seasons . |
| 10 | McKinsey is widely regarded as one of the top business consulting companies in the world and Gerstner has been characterised as one of its stars . |
| 11 | The military-industrial complex has been analysed from both of these perspectives . |
| 12 | Officers say progress has been made with many of the objectives , and initiatives on surveying public opinion and other upgrading will be researched and developed this year . |
| 13 | A similar conclusion has been made about many of the private research institutes , like the Rand Corporation and the Brookings and Hudson Institutes . |
| 14 | When muted and blown hard the trombone produces an extravagantly nasal and metallic sound which , like that of the muted trumpet , has been robbed of much of its undoubtedly humorous and grotesque significance by its over-exploitation in dance music . |
| 15 | In fact , it has been allowed to become progressively more ruinous , has been a shelter for cattle , and has been ignored in all of the county 's publicity material . |
| 16 | Biotechnology has attracted the greatest attention in the last 3-4 years , despite its very ancient origins , and its potential impact on social life and the economy has been compared with that of the microelectronic processor chip . |
| 17 | A RUSTY old gasometer which fed-up local residents want demolished because ‘ it 's a blot on the landscape ’ has been compared to some of Italy 's most beautiful buildings . |
| 18 | Each of the proposals is carefully designed to meet a clear deficiency in our present arrangements , that has been acknowledged by many of the organisations that have commented on the Green Paper . |
| 19 | The rheidity of ice is a few weeks , that of salt about a year , but igneous rocks will only exhibit rheid flow after a stress has been applied for hundreds of years , in the case of deeply buried rocks subject to elevated temperatures , or tens of thousands of years for rocks at the surface . |
| 20 | A graphic description of this theme has been given by one of the foremost experts on the Maya , J. E. S. Thompson : |
| 21 | At twenty , he still wants to become a muleteer , though by now the Spanish location has been narrowed to that of Andalusia . |
| 22 | The scene of one of Drachenfels ' most infamous atrocities , this chamber has been shunned by most of the few who have penetrated the Castle . |
| 23 | This route has been followed by many of our European competitors — notably Germany . |
| 24 | ‘ The whole thing had come to a horrible head and a lot of hurt has been suffered by both of them throughout the summer . |
| 25 | This level , however , has been achieved by many of the developing countries today and expansion of their secondary and further education sectors will not by itself solve their economic problems . |
| 26 | This event has been devised by one of our teachers , Pat Palmer , and she will take you through your paces . |
| 27 | However , does the right hon. Gentleman recognise that profound disquiet has been expressed about some of the proposals in the Bill , particularly the fast-track ones ? |
| 28 | Well , fortunately , new ground has been broken by some of our novelists , ground which can be husbanded by new writers . |
| 29 | For managers at the top of the hierarchy the capacity to conceptualize has been seen as one of the predictors of managerial success . |
| 30 | While this system may have been satisfactory when inflation was negligible , it has been seen as more of a disadvantage in recent years . |