Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] and [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few days later the sergeant called to say that the fingerprints on the envelope were not those of the gardener who had been dismissed and that the poor , wronged man had been given back his job . |
| 2 | I remember , when I was writing the biography of George Sand , I read in all her biographies that her grandmother had married a certain Comte de Horne , an illegitimate son of Louis XV ; that the marriage had not been consummated and that the Comte de Horne had been killed in a duel . |
| 3 | On television , detective series end at just the right moment , after the criminal has been caught and before the courts turn him loose . |
| 4 | On seeking readmittance , however , she found that the front door had been smashed and that the flat had been ransacked . |
| 5 | The above argument is predicated on Coetzee 's assumption that the disruptive potential of the new organizations had been contained and that the ‘ crisis of Conservatism ’ was over before 1914 . |
| 6 | Naturally , in a research report , the author can not provide all the data ; on the other hand , the reader must be satisfied that all material has been considered and that the conclusions represent a comprehensive analysis of all the evidence . |
| 7 | He shouted to his wife that he had been stabbed and when the woman walked off he staggered from the car and collapsed . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't lose hope of being released eventually because I knew other French hostages had been freed and that the French government would be working hard to free me . ’ |
| 9 | They should be ignored in normal practice and disinfection should be assumed to have taken place only at the time a chemical has been applied and after the requisite contact time has elapsed . |
| 10 | However , further analysis of the company 's results showed that a loss had been made and that the whole dividend ( including the increase ) was to be paid out of reserves . |
| 11 | Again , currently there is no way , official way , of saying what plan has been made and whether the plan was met and then logging it into whatever system that you guys are going to dream up for recording what training you have given . |
| 12 | The official receiver may at any time after the bankruptcy order has been made and before the discharge of the bankrupt apply to the court for the public examination of the bankrupt ( s 290(1) ) . |
| 13 | On 24 November the lawyers replied ‘ respectfully to state our opinion that Your Majesty may properly grant a Royal Charter ’ , but it was not until 14 February 1844 that Thomas Turner was able to report to the standing committee of veterinary surgeons that their determined efforts had been rewarded and that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons had been incorporated . |
| 14 | Asked why he had initially accepted the Sarajevo agreement , he replied that he had been isolated and that the EC mediators had insisted on acceptance as a precondition for diplomatic recognition , which was his government 's " main objective " in the short term . |
| 15 | The next day , I countered with a speech arguing that as far as the health service was concerned the issue had been settled and that the Government 's policy was to continue to make the service as effective as possible . |
| 16 | the printing term for long metal trays used to hold type after it had been set and before the press run . |
| 17 | The RETURN key should be used to tell the system that all necessary information has been entered and that the report should be produced using the supplied data . |
| 18 | Then Guinness decided to divest itself of certain whisky brands to reduce its market share and the chairman of the Commission ruled that this meant its bid had been abandoned and that the reference should be set aside . |
| 19 | On the following day the organizers announced that the entire radio project had been abandoned and that the vessel would be auctioned . |
| 20 | In eastern and southern England , where the bulk of hired agricultural workers have traditionally been concentrated and where the class division between farmer and worker was correspondingly wide , the structure of the occupational community was a divided one . |
| 21 | The officer was surprised to be told that an injunction had been served and that The Economist had already received its mid-week Observer . |
| 22 | After checking that the proper procedures had been followed and that the incident had been fully recorded , Rachel contacted Louise Raymond , the factory welfare officer , and asked her to telephone the man 's wife and inform her that he was being admitted to hospital . |
| 23 | Naturally you will have ensured that the mains electrical connections have been removed and that the Power supply box is sealed and properly earthed . |
| 24 | If the obstructions and restrictions to flow had been removed and if the York stream had been flowing , I doubt whether any part of Maidenhead would have been flooded in 1990 . |
| 25 | It independently concluded that the main causes of the deficit in 1988–90 had been identified and that the Action Plan the University was following would prevent a similar situation arising in the future . |
| 26 | On Jan. 19 , a further report in the UK press quoted " a senior US State Department official " and other experts to the effect that satellite pictures might have been misinterpreted and that the plant might indeed be intended for merely civilian uses . |
| 27 | Brandon Gough , chairman of Coopers , said that heads of agreement have been signed and that the merger would be put into effect ‘ as soon as is practicable ’ . |
| 28 | An Agence France-Presse report on Oct. 8 , citing the Armenian news agency Snark , said that over 100 Azerbaijani soldiers had been killed and that the attackers had also lost 10 T-72 tanks and other armour . |
| 29 | Early in January 1758 , however , Lieutenant Home 's brother , David Home of Wedderburn , complained that the promise had not been kept and that the lieutenant had been ordered to join a fireship at Spithead which was being prepared for foreign service . |
| 30 | This would reduce the size of the plot upon which Planning Consent has been obtained and as the depth of the plot is already limited , I could not , regrettably , recommend a sale of this land . |