Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scheduled to begin on Aug. 30 , the talks had been delayed due to North Korea 's refusal , at an unofficial contact between foreign ministry officials prior to the talks , to respond to Japan 's repeated call for information about a Japanese woman known as Li Un Hye , who had allegedly been kidnapped by North Korea to tutor the former North Korean agent convicted of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger plane [ see p. 35905 ] . |
| 2 | Many valuable drugs have been recognized first as poisons . |
| 3 | Riven examined his leg and found that his boot had been ripped open like paper , but that his calf was only scratched . |
| 4 | Princess Coronation Class 46229 ‘ Duchess of Hamilton ’ which was originally hoped to be steamed between Carlisle and Perth later this year , has been withdrawn due to restrictions being imposed on the locomotive by ScotRail engineers . |
| 5 | Oliver was below the salt , as far as Sir Thomas was concerned , and Gwendolen had been placed next to Lord Beddington so that Sir Thomas did not have to look at her . |
| 6 | Unfortunately she had been placed next to Dorothy , Fred 's daughter , in one routine . |
| 7 | The heart of the team departed when scrum half and captain Nick Farr-Jones announced his retirement after the Springboks had been crushed 26–3 in Cape Town last August . |
| 8 | But on the principle that most clever ideas in this field seem to have been developed first by bats , I do n't mind betting that the answer is yes . |
| 9 | Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way . |
| 10 | The four men have been given thousands of pounds worth of baking machinery . |
| 11 | NOW THAT the council has been given thousands of pounds for traffic calming measures , how about a pedestrian crossing outside Alder Hey Hospital ? |
| 12 | Shops in Manila have been stripped bare in panic buying , there have been runs on banks , and the government has advised city-folk to grow vegetables in their gardens and to stop ironing clothes to save energy . |
| 13 | Sage now grandly claims itself Britain 's largest micro software company having been listed eighth in Romtec 's January 1993 analysis of the Top 15 software companies in the UK , behind seven US firms . |
| 14 | This time poor old Simpson had been caught off-balance by events and had sounded distinctly agitated on the telephone . |
| 15 | ‘ Almost everyone I met had lost at least one relative , some had lost several , and families had been scattered hundreds of miles apart , ’ said Mr Thomas . |
| 16 | THE APATHY SOCIETY CARTOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST |
| 17 | This day has been cancelled due to lack of support . |
| 18 | The Hucclecote Metal Detecting Club of Gloucester apologises that the Hucclecote Rally , has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond their control . |
| 19 | A further £1.2 million was committed to 15,000 square feet of offices and 12,000 square feet of warehousing accommodation at the Wood Marine Base in Aberdeen , a third of which has been let prior to completion to Deminex . |
| 20 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 21 | It was as though she 'd been let loose from shackles she had n't even known she 'd been wearing . |
| 22 | He had long been reported ill with kidney problems and was rumoured to have had throat cancer . |
| 23 | With the return of constraint she put a hand to her fluttering bosom and discovered that several hooks on her bodice had come loose — No , had been torn loose by Benedict 's hand ! |
| 24 | Several residents have reported that their milk bottles have been torn open by birds . |
| 25 | In ( b ) to date only certain shapes of inclusion have been considered such as spheres , ellipsoids , rods and discs . |
| 26 | In her first school she had been considered outstanding at maths , and had obtained six grade As in her nine O levels . |
| 27 | All patients had been considered unsuitable for surgery either due to incurable disease ( documented distal metastases or advanced locoregional disease ) , or high surgical risk such as advanced age or severe cardiorespiratory disease ; 80% were tertiary referrals . |
| 28 | I joined the local ARP Services , and as my husband had not been considered fit for Navy service yet , he did too , unofficially of course . |
| 29 | The Research Programme has always been considered vital at Henley as a means of training people for academic appointments . |
| 30 | The criteria for surgical intervention are uncertain , and the decision to operate has always been considered difficult in view of the high rate of spontaneous resolution . |