Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent of these learning skills has been ingeniously studied for individual bees by Randolf Menzel in Berlin over the past two decades , and he has been able to clarify the role of many regions of the bee 's head ganglion . |
| 2 | The Comptroller and Auditor General , appointed by the Crown on a resolution of the House of Commons by virtue of section 1(1) of the National Audit Act 1983 has two major functions : ( a ) to ensure that all money paid out of the government accounts has been properly authorised and is properly applied ; and ( b ) to examine the accounts of the , various government departments . |
| 3 | In the foregoing pages the history of five medieval South Slav states has been briefly outlined . |
| 4 | The preliminary conclusion must be that the general approach taken in the research projects has been clearly vindicated . |
| 5 | The Economic theory in its various forms has been extensively discussed and developed . |
| 6 | The rapid introduction of microelectronics-based technologies has been widely predicted to bring about profound changes in many areas of life . |
| 7 | The location of the earliest episcopal churches — in the inhabited suburbs , within the walls , near the edge of the walled town , or near the centre ? — is often doubtful and in many cases has been much debated . |
| 8 | ( There are young people , functionally illiterate , whose involvement in educational pursuits has been greatly stimulated by allowing them to make slide-sequences or videotapes ; the acquisition of reading skills sometimes comes after the motivation has been established by other communication experiences . ) |
| 9 | The neo-conceptualism of the Goldsmiths ' artists has been heavily influenced by the dominating intellectual presences there , Thompson and the artist Michael Craig-Martin , both of whom have now left . |
| 10 | While the impact of deep recession after 1979 on the conurbations and inner cities has been widely recognised and researched , far less is known about conditions in those labour markets outside the main cities where one or two dominant companies have declared major redundancy programmes in the course of restructuring . |
| 11 | Even the possibility of using income generated by the sale of council houses has been sharply restricted . |
| 12 | In a little town called Alcester a new housing development of three roads has been recently completed . |
| 13 | The potential for expanding our market share of these advanced products has been further secured by the establishing of new production and laboratory facilities in the USA and South Korea . |
| 14 | And if they do , will they feel their times has been well rewarded ? |
| 15 | According to Radio Times , TV Times has been hardest hit by the duopoly 's bust-up ( see chart ) , and it reckons Bauer , TV Quick 's publisher , will keep the price low and continue aggressive promotion until ‘ a significant proportion of readers have taken root in the brand ’ . |
| 16 | For a time he disported himself on stage like some hell-fire preacher , but since then the message of his songs has been more mixed again : even returning , sometimes , to his great old theme of disaffected love . |
| 17 | Labour notes that the introduction of CDT into schools has been adversely affected by the shortage of teachers and the influence of having to balance the three elements of the subject . |
| 18 | More generally it has meant that although religious freedom is formally guaranteed by the constitution , yet Bibles are unobtainable in bookshops , the printing of Bibles is forbidden , seminaries are rigidly controlled by the state , religious education in schools has been virtually eliminated , church publishing and information is under government control and Christians are discriminated against in gaining admission to colleges and in seeking professions of their choice . |
| 19 | The difference between slow and fast readers has been closely examined . |
| 20 | Dental charges have also increased , the supply of spectacles has been entirely privatised , and new charges for dental checks and eyesight tests have been introduced . |
| 21 | One of the missionaries has been badly beaten and stabbed . |
| 22 | The use of linear programming as an aid to decision making when allocating scarce investment funds has been widely advocated . |
| 23 | The advantages of having an informal system which produces a speedy , cheap and final answer to internal disputes has been repeatedly emphasized in the authorities , most recently by this House in Thomas v. University of Bradford [ 1987 ] A.C. 795 : see per Lord Griffiths , at p. 825d ; see also Patel v. University of Bradford Senate [ 1978 ] 1 W.L.R. 1488 , 1499–1500 . |
| 24 | It is the first time anyone connected with the Marcos pictures has been criminally charged . |
| 25 | In Russia , on the other hand , commanders such as Rumyantsev and Suvorov had developed to a high pitch of effectiveness by the end of this period the more aggressive method of attack in column with the bayonet ( though the contrast between Russian and West European tactics has been greatly exaggerated by some Soviet historians ) . |
| 26 | This strain in central-local government relationships has been further hardened by the imposition of charge-capping and other fiscal controls that are designed to keep local authorities within central government 's expenditure plans . |
| 27 | There is a determination displayed within the guidelines to assess what a student can do ; and the academic distinction between Traditional subjects has been virtually eliminated . |
| 28 | The law on the control over sexually violent images has been slightly strengthened with the introduction of legislation against the ‘ video nasties ’ and the banning of pornographic images from direct public view , although not preventing their availability . |
| 29 | Occupancy in homes has been marginally affected by a downturn in the economy though businesses have generally continued to trade profitably . |
| 30 | Indeed the relationship between landscape and the arts has been extensively explored in recent years , and Olwig ( 1984 ) Pocock ( 1981 ) and Relph ( 1981 ) have shown how many of our values are derived from such sources , notably humanism and literature . |