Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | It has been said several times in this chapter that tone is carried by the tonic syllable , and it is now necessary to examine this statement more carefully . |
| 62 | Traditionally it has been assumed that thinking , whether about value or about fact , has to be fully detached from the spontaneous , which engages with it only as emotion biasing judgement . |
| 63 | And the Sheikh 's dominance has been maintained this year as he heads the table with some £1.75m in prize money , half a million ahead of his older brother , Hamdan Al Maktoum , who owns Nashwan , with Sangster languishing in 10th place with a mere £250,000 or so in the kitty . |
| 64 | CONCERN has been expressed that emergency calls are being answered by people who may not understand local accents . |
| 65 | Much concern has been expressed that acid precipitation causes a reduction in forest productivity . |
| 66 | They will have to prove to the Society that at least 15 minutes of their music has been played each year — fine enough for those who write lengthy pieces , but much more difficult for those who are at heart and in practice miniaturists . |
| 67 | A security guard has been shot several times during a bungled armed robbery attempt outside a bank.The guard was shot in the leg by two men just after he arrived in a security van , but it seems the raiders escaped empty handed . |
| 68 | A further gift of £1000 has been received this year for this purpose . |
| 69 | Until such endorsement has been received this party shall not introduce its prospective candidate to the public . |
| 70 | It has been seen many times since then , and many of the Baskervilles have died in strange and terrible ways . |
| 71 | She has been seen several times over the years . |
| 72 | With her was New York estate agent Jeffrey Epstein , who has been seen several times with Ghislaine . |
| 73 | This was fortunate for the Hearts forward Ian Ferguson who was as surprised as anyone to remain on the field after flooring Gus Caesar with as good a right hook as has been seen this side of Madison Square Gardens for many a long day . |
| 74 | He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected . |
| 75 | Jail term : It has been confirmed that Briton Simon Dunn , 23 , a resident of Kuwait , is in a Baghdad jail serving an eight-year sentence for illegally entering Iraq . |
| 76 | It has been confirmed this week that political parties will no longer get financial subsidies , and the party urgently needs new sources of money . |
| 77 | The hon. Member for Exeter may say that an agreement is about to be reached , but agreement has been reached this week . |
| 78 | ‘ If artists have the right to fail , Glasgay ! does not , ’ says D'Angelo , whose modest £65,000 budget projection has been kept that way by trying to involve many indigenous grant-aided bodies in the year one programme . |
| 79 | Sir Thomas Wentworth was informed in 1635 that ‘ The Justice seat has been kept this Easter week and all Essex has become forest and so they say will all the counties of England but three — Kent , Surrey and Sussex ’ . |
| 80 | The Earth has been visited many times in its history , but it 's all been covered up . |
| 81 | This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket . |
| 82 | SO Lennox Lewis has been crowned this country 's first heavyweight champion for almost a century . |
| 83 | One of the most universal of all designs ; it is found in the artistic and religious expression of cultures as far apart as America , Europe and India , as well as China , and has been ascribed many meanings ; the most popular of these are happiness , the heart of the Buddha and the number 10,000 . |
| 84 | The Jewish cemetery in Berlin 's Weissensee district has been desecrated several times and groups armed with petrol bombs and rubber truncheons have attacked immigrant worker 's hostels , and known meeting places of the ‘ left ’ — bars like Café Westphal in Prenzlauer Berg and various squatted houses . |
| 85 | That significant marine action extends to quite high levels is well known.Wentworth ( 1938 ) has for instance described an example from the Hawaiian Islands , where a block of tuff weighing about 7 tons has been moved several feet fro its natural position at an elevation of 12m ( 40 ft ) on an exposed cliff . |
| 86 | When all the evidence has been examined each representative will sum up his particular point of view , with the Attorney General having the last word . |
| 87 | Although the fish has been hooked several times , no one has succeeded in landing it . |
| 88 | I think this is one of the chairman because there was so many horrendous forecasts in the summer and autumn about the S S A that when it was announced you know we thought it was goods news and of course it was n't , erm so this is why they 're trying to be prudent and we have kept in our proposals to the erm , has already mentioned that er , thank god , the er democratic growth has been covered this year and so on , erm , plenty of other things that we would like to see erm to comply with the government 's own legislation erm but they where with all . |
| 89 | However , to help centres , students and employers it has been decided that communication , numeracy and information technology should be assessed through modules which have been specifically designed to deliver these core skills . |
| 90 | ‘ Furthermore , it has been decided that Father should not carry laden trays of any sort for even the shortest distances . |