Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett Farraday 's face fell , like a toddler whose jelly-baby has been snatched from its grasp . |
| 2 | When Margaret returns once more to Helstone , educated in reality by the industrial north , she is still grieved to find that it has disappeared and that a new one , tidy and respectable , has been built in its place . |
| 3 | Whilst much has been written about its open fields , the community at Laxton has received relatively little attention . |
| 4 | FOR the past five years , Thailand has been intoxicated by its success . |
| 5 | Carry on is message to tourism success story Tees Valley Tourism , a partnership between the public and private sectors , has been saved by its own success . |
| 6 | Nineteenth-century amateurism has been stood on its head . |
| 7 | More recently this argument has been stood on its head with the suggestion that it was the rise of factory production which caused the technological developments which have given us today 's machinery . |
| 8 | The transformation of the Japanese economy over the past 30 years has been highlighted by its stunning record of growth in output , productivity and exports . |
| 9 | The theory of the new international division of labour has been criticized for its uncompromising condemnation of TNC operations in the Third World , on the grounds that there is not very much that is new about it and that it relies on an empirical base that is far too limited ( see , for example , Cohen , 1987 , ch.7 ; Jenkins , 1984 ; Gordon , 1988 ) . |
| 10 | Under the Tories , Britain 's aid budget has been cut to its lowest ever . |
| 11 | A small skylight has been cut into its dome , while a hole in the floor connects to a hollow chamber . |
| 12 | And an additional $200,000 has been cut from its annual bills by fixing leaky steam pipes . |
| 13 | Very little research has been done into its cause among adolescents and adults . |
| 14 | ‘ By reason of the words published on 17 September 1989 and the words and graph published on 24 September 1989 the plaintiff council has been injured in its credit and reputation and has been brought into public scandal , odium and contempt , and has suffered loss and damage . |
| 15 | Brannen , should he win with fewer 7,850 points , would have the chance to chase the Olympic standard in Germany in a fortnight 's time a week before the selection deadline , which has been extended from its original date , June 7 . |
| 16 | Geochemistry has been categorised on its own at some times , but has been combined with Petrology , or with Mineralogy and Petrology , at other times . |
| 17 | The eagerness of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris to promote a deeper awareness of historical and contemporary European art has been demonstrated by its series of national exhibitions . |
| 18 | This strong international potential may well be one of the reasons why Philips has been joined in its CD-I initiative by partners such as Sony and Matsushita . |
| 19 | This example is , however , the first to be found in Britain and Ms Johns estimates that around fifteen will probably emerge when all the treasure has been liberated from its surrounding earth . |
| 20 | The socialist movement in Britain has been swept off its feet by the magic of masculinity , muscle and machinery . |
| 21 | A French scapegrace painter named Jean Baptiste Le Prince has been credited with its invention or at least its perfecting . |
| 22 | ( 4 ) Many tenants object to forfeiture provisions applying where distress or execution has been levied on its goods at the premises , as even in the best run organisations this sometimes occurs and it is not always an indication that the tenant is in financial difficulty . |
| 23 | It has been tailored for its purpose and has been tested extensively over the past 12 years . |
| 24 | Spain 's 35% growth has been fuelled by its catching up from a low base , government investment policies , especially in the workstation arena . |
| 25 | I had n't thought it important , but perhaps my power to open the hollowings has been affected by its absence . ’ |
| 26 | An impressive feature of the cliffs is the Great Stack , a detached pinnacle of sandstone which , incredibly , has been ascended to its flat top by rock-climbers . |
| 27 | Banyan Systems Inc says Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT has been integrated into its Vines enterprise networks : Banyan 's Windows NT client support will offer users complete integration into the Vines network with access to Banyan 's enterprise network services , all linked together with the StreetTalk III global directory service , enabling NT to be implemented as a Vines client or application server within the Banyan Vines enterprise . |
| 28 | Banyan Systems Inc says Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT has been integrated into its Vines enterprise networks . |
| 29 | ‘ If my design has been broken by its fall , I shall have to … ’ |
| 30 | It seems to me that this explosion of energy has been drained of its radical potential , diverted into areas of service provision which should be the State 's concern . |