Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] [be] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three potential entrants to the EEC have been characterised by the European Commission as having economies at a stage of development midway between the developing and the industrialised countries . |
| 2 | From at least the middle of the seventh century the Macedonians had been ruled by kings , whose relationship to their subjects was basically feudal , resting on loyalty and consent : they ruled ‘ by law and not by force ’ , as Arrian says ( Anab . |
| 3 | Then , his restoration had been intended as a counterbalance to Warwick 's influence in the north , but in 1471 the Nevilles had been replaced by Gloucester . |
| 4 | Then , his restoration had been intended as a counterbalance to Warwick 's influence in the north , but in 1471 the Nevilles had been replaced by Gloucester . |
| 5 | By 1987 , the paid staff employed by the MCC had been reduced by half and the development emphasis had shifted to gentrification . |
| 6 | A major scandal erupted in early November 1989 with the discovery that cattle on some 1,800 farms in the UK and the Netherlands had been affected by lead poisoning , following the illegal sale of rice bran which had been accidentally tainted with lead . |
| 7 | The Habsburgs had been stung by the loss of Silesia into a series of far-reaching administrative reforms , while Russia had once more displayed her military strength and had consolidated her dominant position in Poland . |
| 8 | French government plans to build a road tunnel through the Pyrenees have been blocked by a court ruling . |
| 9 | Benninghoff stated that the KPR had been organised by ‘ The Communist or Radical Group in Seoul ’ . |
| 10 | Ganev and the UDF had been angered by some documents leaked in late February in an attempt to smear him , and had demanded that the secret services by placed under the control of the Interior Ministry rather than the Presidency as at present . |
| 11 | The North has been hit by changes in the British economy ; changes which were already apparent before the Conservatives took office , but which accelerated during the 1980s . |
| 12 | Consequently throughout its existence the NHS has been complemented by a residual system of private provision . |
| 13 | Savings by the NHS have been made by switching funding for respite care and long stay nursing care to the social security budget . |
| 14 | In separate talks the US President met Presidents Yel'tsin and Nazarbaev , and he also travelled to Kiev to address the Ukrainian parliament ; this was a recognition that Soviet foreign policy had become multipolar even before the USSR had been replaced by its constituent republics . |
| 15 | The labour shortage in the USSR has been forecast by demographers now for nearly two decades . |
| 16 | ‘ The use of impeachment at law is a method of control of the Executive by the Commons has been replaced by the convention of ministerial responsibility to Parliament . ’ |
| 17 | The slow progress towards acceptance of television by the Commons has been examined by Dr Bob Franklin in previous articles in this journal . |
| 18 | As details of the respective bids were unveiled in London and Delhi , TODAY 's revelations that the TCCB has been outmanoeuvred by the sub-continent were confirmed . |
| 19 | All through his life the Shah had been obsessed by the what other nations controlled or manipulated Iran , particularly the British , the Russians and the Americans . |
| 20 | Lafontaine 's popularity in the Saarland had been reinforced by successes in tackling regional problems of high unemployment , declining heavy industry , and environmental degradation . |
| 21 | Support for the DLP had declined since its 1986 victory under the late Errol Barrow , and the forthcoming vote was seen as a key test of confidence in the leadership of Sandiford , Barrow 's successor , whose stewardship of the DLP had been marked by factional fighting . |
| 22 | The explanation that they gave was that the Caribs had been conquered by the neighbouring Arawak ; Carib men were exterminated but the conquerors took the women in marriage . |
| 23 | The Heviz has been run by Janos Toth and his family since it was opened in 1989 . |
| 24 | The £1,000 Arthur C Clarke Award for a work of science fiction published in the UK has been won by Body of Glass ( Michael Joseph , £14.99 , Penguin , 6th May , £5.99 ) by Marge Piercy . |
| 25 | The public system of child care in the UK has been dominated by the twin themes of rescue and compensation . |
| 26 | Nuclear emergency planning in the UK has been reviewed by Matthews and Pepper ( 1981 ) . |
| 27 | 14% of all known people with HIV infections and 5% of all known people with AIDS in the UK have been infected by this route . |
| 28 | The RSC had been consulted by the National Curriculum Council over proposed revisions to the science component of the national curriculum and QEB was pleased to note that the main thrust of the RSC 's response had been accepted by the NCC . |
| 29 | In March a draft anti-abortion bill in the Sejm had been signed by 171 deputies mostly from the ZChN and the Centre Alliance . |
| 30 | At first I was not aware that all the crews in the PFF had been selected by their Groups and , in the main , were either second tour volunteers or were well advanced on their first tour . |