Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [verb] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The currency reform had been intended to halt inflation and end the inequality in the terms of trade . |
| 2 | Simulation techniques have been developed to allow scientists and planners to build working models of the systems which they are studying . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , the concept has been developed to include accessibility and this use is discussed more fully in the next chapter on Rural Transport and Accessibility . |
| 4 | Now , the Israelites had been taught to welcome strangers and to look after them and Ruth 's fears must have been allayed as they receive her , there 's no cross examination , there 's no inquisition , she does n't go through any third degree , she is received back at face value . |
| 5 | There are so many students involved that a Center for Entrepreneurship has been formed to offer advice and put them in contact with venture capitalists . |
| 6 | A smile like that of a child who had been caught stealing sugar and has no choice but to confess lit the Friar 's face . |
| 7 | They had been caught playing mother and father in the hay rick and Tristram had got into trouble for it and Uncle Harry had said evil things and called her mother a whore . |
| 8 | To take just two examples : in Nuremberg junctions have been remodelled to accommodate cafés and pedestrian-friendly squares ( Figure 6.49 ) , whilst in Freiburg narrow , calmed streets with insufficient space for extensive tree-planting have been greened by the simple expedient of growing climbing plants to mask the canyon-like street walls ( Figure 6.50 ) . |
| 9 | Kings had been instituted to repress evil-doers and the emperor is the " protector " of Christendom whom the pope needs to implement Christian aims . |
| 10 | Finally , schools have been expected to initiate discussions and reviews of the curriculum a change from the more usual state of affairs with regard to whole curriculum issues ( a point we made earlier ) . |
| 11 | The whole human enterprise has been designed to produce Fukuyama and his like . |
| 12 | The dams etc may also have been designed to attract industry and so benefit the country in the long term . |
| 13 | Also , try to introduce as much detail into the letters as possible — the example opposite looked very dull until the sweet pea tendrils and Russian vine had been added to give movement and interest to the design . |
| 14 | On the one had he notes : ‘ By 1967 , the definition of the sculptural object had already been expanded to include photographs and film , video ( sic ) and performance work , propositions and declarations , informal scatterings , imaginary sites and specified geographical locations , maps , books and audio-discs ’ . |
| 15 | An attempt has therefore been made to formulate goals and objectives for online user education from this point of view . |
| 16 | Hardware Many hundreds of simple , cheap modifications have been made to enable maintenance and operations teams to ‘ Work Smarter not Harder . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Over recent years , hugely successful efforts have been made to promote Edinburgh and the Lothians in Europe . |
| 18 | ‘ Over recent years hugely successful efforts have been made to promote Edinburgh and the Lothians in Europe . |
| 19 | The quality of state police forces varies widely and , although attempts have been made to nationalize standards and training in the past fifteen years or so , the differences may still be considerable . |
| 20 | However , where a decision has been made to make redundancies and employees have been informed , the contingency crystallises into an actual liability . |
| 21 | This same species of macaque has also been seen to wash rice and potatoes , provided by biologists , in the sea before eating them . |
| 22 | As a rule the victim is an insect , but certain large centipedes — and they may measure up to 30 cm ( 12 in ) long — have been seen to capture toads and mice . |
| 23 | Then Kauffman had been moved to join Frank and Carton came here with Tom . |
| 24 | Meantime according to the new ClieNT Server News , Microsoft 's 24 OEM hardware suppliers have been told to expect client and server Windows NT products from June 15 , though other insiders say the server software may not be around until later in July . |
| 25 | Microsoft 's 24 OEM hardware suppliers have been told to expect client and server Windows NT products from June 15th , though other insiders say the server software may not be around until later in July . |
| 26 | The task force was set up after detectives discovered that some of the money had been used to finance drugs and property dealing in the United States and even invested in London 's Docklands , realising millions of pounds in profits . |
| 27 | Over the centuries citrus fruits have also been used to cure fever and protect against poisoning . |
| 28 | You knew a river stone had been used to kill Hatton and today you , who get twenty pounds a week and never have a penny to bless yourself with , spent a hundred and twenty quid on luxury equipment . |
| 29 | Efficiency and effectiveness have become the buzz words that have been used to eliminate waste and reduce the level of public sector manpower . |
| 30 | A method has been developed that allows the measurement of metabolism in ileocolonoscopic biopsy specimens , and this has been used to assess butyrate and glutamine metabolism in quiescent UC and controls . |