Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] been [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What has since been called the ‘ Wolfenden strategy ’ is made explicit here . |
| 2 | In fact in the eighteen nineties , I believe the seeds were being sown , of what has since been called the time obsession of the twentieth century . |
| 3 | It has since been christened the ‘ Vinegar ’ Bible and would be a fine ( and weighty ) addition to a collection , probably costing in the £200-£400 bracket . |
| 4 | Among many dramatic examples the ruff has perhaps been studied the most thoroughly ( Hogan-Warburg 1966 ) . |
| 5 | Firstly , if the decree absolute of divorce has not been pronounced the parties are still husband and wife ( Fender v St John-Mildmay [ 1938 ] AC 1 ) ; and we have seen that transfers between them ( provided they are both domiciled in the UK ) are exempt from a charge to inheritance tax ( see Chapter 2 , p20 ) even if they are living apart . |
| 6 | Although clearance under s138 is advisable , it is not essential to the operation of s135 , though some tax inspectors seem to assume that where clearance has not been obtained the anti-avoidance provision in s137 will automatically apply to deny capital gains tax deferral . |
| 7 | But the GMC has not been given the power to set out which treatments are ‘ scientifically validated ’ and therefore permissible and those that are not and therefore forbidden . |
| 8 | It will seem strange to them that the House has not been given the opportunity to hear a statement on the matter , or to debate it . |
| 9 | Scotland 's Olympic three-day event double silver medallist , Ian Stark , has not been nicknamed the ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ for hanging about on a cross-country course . |
| 10 | That does not answer the burning problem of law-breaking on a Sunday , especially when the House has not been afforded the opportunity even to debate the matter in full so that a consensus of hon. Members can be taken . |
| 11 | There is usually a clearly seen demarcation between upper and lower sausage-shaped groups of glands , which has aptly been named the ‘ sign of the groove ’ . |
| 12 | The spiritual successor to the Jaguar E-type has finally been given the go-ahead . |
| 13 | Rupert Bear is not only the world 's tallest hot air balloon and a leading children 's favourite since 1920 , he has just been appointed the National Trust 's young ‘ green ’ spokesman , or should one say spokesbear . |
| 14 | Christine has just been given the all clear … but only after an intensive five weeks of radiation treatment . |
| 15 | And the unique project has just been given the Royal seal of approval . |
| 16 | GOALKEEPER Aidan Davison , so his grandma tells us , has just been named the Millwall supporters ' player of the year . |
| 17 | David Solomons FCA , professor emeritus of the Wharton School of Accounting at the University of Philadelphia , has just been awarded the US 's top accounting honour . |
| 18 | The scheme has already been dubbed the ‘ M12 ’ and a Stop the M12 action group has been formed , drawing support from many villages south of Chelmsford . |
| 19 | For example , it has been pointed out that one person can not be asked the same question twice , the second time he is not the same person because he has already been asked the question once . |
| 20 | He has already been told the prize money will be forwarded to his association . |
| 21 | As has already been shown the discourse of the Report excludes not only the majority contemporary culture , but also any sense of former cultural , political , or social conflicts and struggles . |
| 22 | This criticism is forcefully made by Connolly , in the course of a discussion of structuralist theories , of which he takes Althusser s to be a prime example : One of the two complaints aired in this passage has already been discussed the incredulous observation that we can not view people as role-bearers who lead complicated lives in modern industrial societies and simultaneously regard them as determined . |
| 23 | If the l.e.d. does not light , it has probably been inserted the wrong way round in the circuit — reverse its leads and try again . |
| 24 | In the long term , the Prado has also been promised the building now occupied by the Army Museum — one of the last remnants of the 17th-century Palace of El Buen Retiro , whose artist in residence , fittingly enough , was Velazquez . |
| 25 | The school has also been awarded the Queens Bronze Certificate for the Environment . |
| 26 | This doctor/patient relationship , so essential to good medical practice , belongs to what has traditionally been called the ‘ art ’ of medicine as distinct from its science . |
| 27 | The central star cluster is dominated by a number of discrete sources ; one of them , IRS16 , has traditionally been considered the core of the cluster . |
| 28 | Thames Water , the biggest , has traditionally been thought the most attractive . |
| 29 | This previously hard-to-find Balearic tribal coaster has now been given the thumbs-up enough to get a bit of a push behind it courtesy of those spicy Power Promotions people , making sure that all the right channels are chosen ( ie , those DJs ) , which is pretty much all you need , really . |
| 30 | The small , ox-like forest animal discovered in south-western Vietnam last year [ see ED 61 ] has now been given the name Pseudoryx nghetinhensis . |