Example sentences of "[num] and [vb -s] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greer 's CSE Mathematics Book 1 was first published in 1978 — it is now into its fifth reprint ; Book 2 was first published in 1979 and has been reprinted twice . |
| 2 | The first of these aid and trade agreements was signed in 1975 and has been renewed four times . |
| 3 | That is part of the balanced transport policy which was , I believe , brought out in about nineteen seventy three and has been reviewed erm all the time , all along . |
| 4 | The buildings referred to include Holmwood at Cathcart , which was built between 1857 and 1859 and has been described as a priceless national treasure . |
| 5 | The Islamic Republic of Mauritania , formerly part of French West Africa , gained full independence in 1960 and has been ruled since a military coup in 1978 by a Military Council of National Salvation ( Comité militaire de salut national — CMSN ) , headed by a chairman ( currently Col. Moaouia Ould Sidi Mohamed Taya ) who is President of the Republic and whose executive power derives from a Constitutional Charter published in 1978 . |
| 6 | ( He retired from AIB in December 1984 and has been succeeded by Don Cooper , another graduate of ETPS and a helicopter specialist . ) |
| 7 | Deene was acquired by Sir Robert Brudenell in 1514 and has been lived in ever since by his descendants including the 7th Earl of Cardigan who led the Charge of the Light Brigade . |
| 8 | That structure of international regulation broke down in the 1970s and has been followed by a period of instability where it is uncertain whether US hegemony can be re-established or whether a different mode of regulation under Japanese or European domination will be constructed . |
| 9 | But Craven is already in his eighties and has been plagued by ill-health for some time . |
| 10 | A similar price is expected for Cezanne 's ‘ Still life with apples ’ from the early 1890s which was last sold at auction at the Goldschmidt sale of 1958 and has been consigned for sale by a European collector . |
| 11 | During that time BP has held a small interest in offshore block 8 and has been designated operator for onshore Cabinda Central block , where operations have been suspended for security reasons . |
| 12 | Observers believe the confusion may have arisen because the original KGB ceased to exist as on January 1 and has been replaced by two separate agencies , both of which entered into negotiations to sell the files . |
| 13 | One of the first initiatives of the new regime was British Deaf Awareness Week ( BDA Week ) which was first mounted in the autumn of 1982 and has been organised by Bob Peckford annually ever since . |
| 14 | The process was developed in 1953 and has been licensed out to more than 60 plants in numerous countries . |
| 15 | Suitable for all solid fuels and gas , it meets BS 715 and has been certified by British Gas |
| 16 | But after he collected a CBE he declined to be drawn into detailed discussion about the new BBC show which began with a healthy 13 million viewers three weeks ago , but is now believed to have dropped to around eight million and has been panned by the critics . |
| 17 | This body was established by Harold Wilson in 1974 and has been retained by his successors . |
| 18 | The original sixteenth-century clock was badly damaged in 1945 and has been restored , somewhat incongruously , with mosaic figures of model socialist workers . |
| 19 | Time is running out because she is in her forties and has been told she only has about 18 months in which to become pregnant before she will be deemed too old . |
| 20 | It is approximately 1:1.618 and has been recognized by artists throughout history as being uniquely harmonious . |
| 21 | Pravda claims that red mercury was first synthesised in 1968 and has been smuggled out of Russia for many years . |
| 22 | The village has one general store , an antiques shop , a garage , two public houses and a post office which was opened in 1851 and has been run by the same family since that date . |
| 23 | That sits oddly with the fact that the board was reconstituted as recently as May 1990 and has been rationalised , streamlined and reinvigorated since that date . |
| 24 | Jean-Yves Furic 's Bénéteau First 45f5 , Cap Sogea , the lead-keeled version of the striking Pininfarina-styled Farr-designed cruiser-racer , has been awarded the Midnight Cup for CHS yacht of the year 1990 and has been awarded the Cowland Trophy for consistently high performances . |