Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The GP who had for generations been regarded as much as a family advisor as a curer of disease , became a thing of the past . |
| 2 | Since women had for centuries been instructed to use the masculine possessive pronoun when referring to the whole human race , why should n't there be some belated corrective action , even if it did stick in a few ( masculine ) throats ? |
| 3 | Northern fur seals have for centuries been exploited commercially on the Pribilov and other islands in the Bering Sea ; since 1911 stocks have been managed and exploitation limited under international agreement , providing a rare example of successful management of an international resource ( Young , 1981 ; Gulland , 1974 ) . |
| 4 | On the domestic scene glass has for centuries been worked into fine tableware , chandeliers and ornaments . |
| 5 | ‘ An advance guard of hundreds of men , with bulldozers , mechanical shovels , tractors and lorries has for months been scarring the lowlands , daubing the green acres with splashes of grey clay and red earth in a mariner unseen since Beaker Folk raised their burial mounds or Saxons threw up ramparts on surrounding hills . |
| 6 | Tonks has for months been juggling the possibility of an All Black tour to South Africa next year — something close to his heart — but was aware that the continuing divisions between the rugby groups in the Republic made such a tour impossible . |
| 7 | All the men of the community who had to travel to the country every week to sell their goods — at least , any who did n't have his own means of transport — had for months been finding it increasingly difficult relying on the railways . |
| 8 | The ego is that part of the id which has through perception been modified by the external world . |
| 9 | State intervention has , however , by no means been kept at bay and has many impulses : the need of many enterprises for state subsidies ( which are accompanied by state controls ) ; increasing income differentials between collectives and regions under market influences ; and the willingness of centralist leaders , concerned about the way consumerism undermines socialist values , to resort to the constitutional right and responsibility of the state to act as the guardian of socialism . |
| 10 | That notion had a long history , and had by no means been deserted by post-classical law . |
| 11 | Redundancies have by no means been restricted to those nearing the end of their careers or whose job performance has been subject to criticism . |
| 12 | This fresh ecumenical contact and its opening of new horizons has by no means been restricted to the meeting of Christians with Christians . |
| 13 | Although litigation in support of such a claim has by no means been abandoned , the switch to a more overt political campaign raises the possibility of developing a more co-ordinated test-case strategy — in place of the ad hoc response previously resorted to — of the type developed in pursuit of civil right advocacy in the.USA , and welfare rights advocacy both there and in the UK , to try to influence the course of social change . |
| 14 | The problem of succession had by no means been solved , and certainly not in a way that could be used as a precedent for the future . |
| 15 | Daniel Yergin 's recent book ‘ The Prize ’ shows that oil has for decades been cosseted with tax breaks and government subsidies . |
| 16 | Has the tradition of antisemitism been broken ? |
| 17 | And Councillor talked about the resol the question County Council about the Right to Buy and why have a number of houses been sold gone down . |
| 18 | This has resulted partly from the increased participation of married women and the ‘ coming of age ’ of the main post-war baby boom , but has of course been influenced greatly at more local level by migration . |
| 19 | A number of teachers have of course been exposed to discovery methods , the principles of new maths and new science ; there is , however , a strong countervailing trend in which pupils know from their CPE texts what are the answers , the definitions of the scientific laws , and increasingly regard as a waste of time proving by rudimentary experiments what they already know . |
| 20 | Attempts had of course been made before 1513 to link taxation more directly to personal riches , but they had been unpopular and , in general , ineffective . |
| 21 | Alternative explanations of the relationship between human beings and land have of course been raised within Western culture , most notably in the work of Karl Marx ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 22 | Douglas , disappointed , had of course been prepared for this also , and wasted little time in cursing . |
| 23 | Scotland had of course been embroiled in the long-standing hostility between England and France before ; but not until the 1540s and 1550s did these powers actually try to determine the government and internal affairs of the country . |
| 24 | It 's certainly true that government guidance is far more guarded erm in its support for new settlements erm the guidance has has of course been touched on but I would adem emphasize the dates of this guidance , er P P G three , housing , March nineteen ninety two , P P G twelve , development plans and regional planning guidance , February nineteen ninety two , and draft P P G thirteen , May nineteen ninety three , just looking briefly at P P G three , erm P P G , and I think it 's fair to say that P P G three takes up far less welcoming stance than did the previous erm P P G erm it recognizes that new settlements are controversial , and that the scope is likely to be limited . |
| 25 | It has of course been said that it is possible to practice veterinary medicine and that many doctors do not communicate in any language but it has to be said that there is room for improvement . |
| 26 | Violence , sexual scandal and murder had of course been seized on by Mary 's sixteenth-century detractors as admirable means of blackening the character of a major political figure — particularly a female political figure . |
| 27 | Five B status would not of course been allowed if this Committee been sitting . |
| 28 | The glamorous side of aviation , flying , has of course been brought to the attention of the public over the years ; but what of the ladies who drove staff cars , rode despatch motor cycles and undertook much arduous work often under enemy fire ? |
| 29 | If you do notice that the last row was incorrect due to you moving the point incorrectly , by the time you 've unravelled the row and passed the carriage back , the point cams have of course been read in their current position , so there is no further action to take . |
| 30 | Many cultural formations have of course been restricted in this way . |