Example sentences of "year it has be [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | On and off for I , 500 years it has been served by a community of canons ; but an eighth-century archbishop implanted monks in its precinct , and the canons failed to depart — so that from that time on for many centuries there were two communities competing for the use of the church , and from about 835 for the golden altar which is one of the supreme glories of Carolingian art . |
| 2 | This was , admittedly , the rather indeterminate ‘ walking speed ’ , though in more recent years it has been followed by widespread adoption of 30 km/h limits , especially in Germany . |
| 3 | In the last few years it has been appreciated by the House of Commons that the method of scrutiny chosen was not best adapted to influence the final shape of Community legislation . |
| 4 | And of late years it has been used by the inhabitants of Virginia in many disorders , which are occasioned by thick , sizy blood ; so that the root of this plant , when its virtues are fully known , may become one of the most useful medicines yet discovered . |
| 5 | Glass-fibre remains an inexpensive and effective reinforcement material , but in recent years it has been upstaged by Kevlar and carbon fibre , two stronger but more costly materials that owe their high profile largely to their use in formula racing cars . |
| 6 | Carroll House was the second Italian-owned winner of the Arc in the two years it has been sponsored by the Italian hotel chain Ciga . |