Example sentences of "[ex0] [verb] been [noun pl] by " in BNC.

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1	There had been visits by the Royal couple to several foreign countries also , including Communist countries at a time when there existed grave doubts about relationships with those countries .
2	In early September there had been allegations by Catholic bishops in the south that government soldiers in Juba were burning homes , killing suspected SPLA sympathizers , mining roads out of the town and using civilians as human shields .
3	There had been invasions by descendants of the deposed Stuarts in 1715 and in 1745 and , though neither had been successful , both of them had been rather alarming .
4	I have agreed with the Hon. Member for Cunninghame , North that there have been criticisms by the Scottish Consumer Council as to information about bus services .
5	‘ There have been approaches by several institutions but we are not considering new ventures as a priority , ’ he says .
6	Fortunately , over the past few years there have been attempts by social services and local authorities to review the value of care for young people .
7	First , there have been attempts by social scientists to communicate with biologists .
8	As guardians of its wildlife , Hong Kong 's British tenants can not be said to have done very well , though in the last ten years there have been attempts by Hong Kong conservationists to save what is left .
9	We have seen that since the Second World War , there have been attempts by structuralists and Marxists to make English more ‘ objective ’ : attempts which , I would suggest , have not been particularly successful in penetrating the teaching of English in higher education .
10	I 'm concerned because there have been accusations by Mix M Mr , he 's actually erased from the register .
11	From the very earliest days of Hollywood there have been reviews by part-time critics and intellectuals praising particular films for breaking away from the usual formulas .

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