Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the gambling stories may have been exaggerated to cover up some story of compromising letters and blackmail , and the matter is obscure . |
| 2 | Equally , Enoch Powell 's speeches in the 1960s which might have been designed to stir up racial animosity between the various Commonwealth communities , had only a limited impact , with Powell himself becoming politically marginalized . |
| 3 | ‘ Chances have been missed to build up indigenous industry . |
| 4 | A TENDER of £3.7m has been accepted to carry out vital repair work at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington . |
| 5 | Spokesmen for the Chamorro government stressed that a small group of officers had acted on their own authority to ship the missiles , which included Sam-7s and Sam-14s and which had been used to shoot down Salvadorean army aircraft on Nov. 23 and Dec. 4 . |
| 6 | Gastrin receptor blocking agents ( either antagonists or antibodies ) have been shown to bring about significant inhibition of growth in several cell lines . |
| 7 | Moreover , experiments on pigeons have been thought to rule out that possibility . |
| 8 | Apart from , as CAJEC chairman said , ‘ clearing up any misunderstanding that this enquiry procedure is just restricted to audits — it applies to all assignments ’ , other significant changes include requiring firms to provide minimum accounting information to a successor even where fees remain outstanding and stronger procedures to be followed by firms to inform the existing adviser that they have been invited to take on additional work . |
| 9 | To ensure the quiz remains the most popular competition in the Institute 's calendar , they have been asked to sit out next year and devise the questions instead ! |
| 10 | I am now part of a small multi-cultural group which has been asked to take on this task . |
| 11 | Evans , who has transformed Cardiff from last season 's Welsh rugby no-hopers to this year 's championship contenders , said he had been asked to come back next year but personal problems might prevent him doing so . |
| 12 | The University Labour Federation had been allowed to carry on active propaganda for Unity after being threatened with disaffiliation . |
| 13 | HEIs have been tempted to take on more research than perhaps they should have done . |
| 14 | A £50,000 appeal has been launched to carry out vital restoration work on the parish church of St John the Baptist at Cayton near Scarborough which this year celebrates its 800th anniversary . |
| 15 | A special cadre of judicial officers , the taxing masters , has been established to carry out this process . |