Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Knox returned to a tumultuous welcome , having been flatteringly described as a reformer who not merely ‘ lopped the branches of the papistry ’ but struck ‘ at the root , to destroy the whole ’ . |
| 2 | That view has been little heard since the 1960s , when London reasserted a traditional suzerainty over theatre and literary publishing , and that so silently , and so naturally , that the reversion passed almost unnoticed . |
| 3 | This poverty was all the worse for the general affluence around it , and until now it had been little noticed by the majority . |
| 4 | A major source will be the abundant Soviet technical literature on statistical practice , which has been little studied in the West . |
| 5 | At first the native community of the Weald may have been little affected by the expansion of the iron industry . |
| 6 | Stretford Bridge could have been little used after the first few months of the BCR 's life , when passengers presumably had to walk between there and Craven Arms — unless horse-drawn transport was provided along the road . |
| 7 | For lack of space these have previously been little shown to the public . |
| 8 | The judge was satisfied , as he made clear , that they had been properly served with the proceedings throughout and no proper explanation of their absence was vouchsafed by their solicitor , who appeared at the hearing on their behalf . |
| 9 | Instead he was named Panos and had been properly adopted by a Greek couple . |
| 10 | There 's really no chance of getting bitten if your ferrets have been properly handled over a long period and are never scared . |
| 11 | He was badly injured when a rowing boat , which he took on the lake sank , because it had not been properly maintained by the Trust . |
| 12 | The scope of our work for the purpose of this report was limited to confirming that the directors are entitled to deliver abbreviated accounts and that the abbreviated accounts have been properly prepared from the full financial statements . |
| 13 | The canvases had been properly relined in the nineteenth century and only the ‘ Hosea ’ and ‘ Obadiah ’ required new linings . |
| 14 | I , I doubt whether she 's been properly taught on the subject quite frankly . |
| 15 | Labour , for example , wants next year to throw £20 million at a ‘ reading recovery scheme ’ for which there would be absolutely no need had reading been properly taught in the first place ( something which requires little in the way of ‘ resources ’ ) . |
| 16 | The first policeman on the scene of the crash says both children had been properly strapped into the safety seats before the accident : |
| 17 | But you can at least monitor their response on the graphic , via the LEDs , but there 's nothing to let you know that a program has been properly saved with the ‘ save ’ button . |
| 18 | The defendants argued that deformity would have occurred as a result of the injury , whether or not it had been properly diagnosed on the first trip to hospital . |
| 19 | And what would one have made of Miss Adeane , Gemma wondered , had her talents been properly nurtured from the start ? |
| 20 | What really matters is the ability to recognise when the cheese has been properly stored by the retailer and when it is being offered for sale in prime condition . |
| 21 | In a difficult year , the Institute 's financial position has been properly strengthened for the continuing uncertainties ahead . |
| 22 | They said they had not been properly consulted about the venue and formed a rival organisation , the Professional Chess Association , to manage the championship . |
| 23 | If you feel from the discussion around the table that the u requirements of York have not been properly reflected in the the published H One figure er and that there is a need to distribute that population , and therefore there is going to be a Greater York figure . |
| 24 | The administration in the United States ( which had never formally recognized the incorporation of the three Baltic republics into the Soviet Union ) on March 12 ruled out such recognition until independence had been properly negotiated with the Soviet authorities , and it called on the latter to respect Lithuania 's declaration , and on all parties to avoid violence . |
| 25 | Some fresh-faced youth , who had not been properly introduced to the enemy , now had the nerve to try and take their place . |
| 26 | The Tribunal is thus limited to determining whether a warrant to intercept has been properly issued under the Act , that is to say , that there are adequate grounds for the issuing of a warrant and that the statutory procedures have been complied with . |
| 27 | It was highly reprehensible for a young girl who had not been properly initiated into the status of motherhood to become pregnant . |
| 28 | This is perhaps not surprising , since neither proposal seems to have been properly researched from an environmental point of view . |
| 29 | Are there periods in his career or aspects of his art which have not been properly appreciated in the past and which will be reassessed by your exhibition ? |
| 30 | ’ Our Farming Future ’ has been widely acknowledged as a realistic and helpful statement of the Government 's approach to the challenges facing the farming industry in the 1990s . |