Example sentences of "they have [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them have not been found guilty , and albeit they have been charged with horrendous crimes they are still innocent people and it does n't matter even if they are not innocent people , the Government still has a responsibility to life and limb and really I ca n't see any case at all for not storming . |
| 2 | After all , people have always wanted to do violence to those who stood in their way when they were attempting to commit robberies ; but they have been bound by certain conventions of which they were unaware . |
| 3 | Side cutters are useful for cutting both cable and flex to length , and for trimming cores neatly when they have been connected to terminals . |
| 4 | This tells me they have been connected with wickedness . ’ |
| 5 | I assume that people are put on the list if they have been connected with an offence relating to prostitution or have been cautioned . |
| 6 | The majority of doctors are simply not aware of the dangers attached to Depo-Provera and other injectable contraceptives , nor that they have been prohibited in other countries . |
| 7 | It becomes difficult then to adduce abstract principles which should have a life of their own , quite apart from whether they have been exemplified within history , which may be used to judge history . |
| 8 | Mistakenly supposing that their moral beliefs are innately given , people are liable to continue to accept what they have been taught as young children . |
| 9 | They do not forget what they have been taught in the past , and as long as their basic work is kept up to scratch ( i.e. suppleness on each rein , general willingness to work , and obedience ) , the rest falls into place . |
| 10 | Storage is one stumbling block , hooks quickly deteriorate once they have been exposed to saltwater spray . |
| 11 | Such terrors are more likely to affect foals and yearlings because they have been exposed to fewer objects and experiences . |
| 12 | It creates a sense of well-being so attractive that few can resist using it if they have been exposed to it too often . |
| 13 | Personality disorder is the parental diagnosis most associated with emotional and behavioural disorders in children , particularly when they have been exposed to hostile behaviour . |
| 14 | Just because they have been disowned by Labour has not stopped them hitching their star to its bandwagon . |
| 15 | These thought processes can be brought into use at will once they have been transferred into faith in the Created God . |
| 16 | They have been inspired by a reverence for the so-called ‘ feminine ’ , an essentially patriarchal construct which participates in the whole Madonna/whore syndrome . |
| 17 | The famous late figurine of a goddess found in a small rural shrine at Gazi wears a diadem embellished with three carefully depicted poppy seed-heads , and they have been cut as if for the extraction of opium . |
| 18 | Over the years they have been inducted into the Maori nation in New Zealand , a rare honour , have packed soccer stadiums in Uruguay and Chile which make Wembley look like a park pitch and have successfully led the way for numerous reggae bands to grab a slice of the American popular music market . |
| 19 | Our ties with them still matter , though they have been weakened by Australasia 's dependence on the United States for security and by our entry into the EEC . |
| 20 | It is perhaps worth taking a minute or two to invite the Secretary of State to answer those arguments in his reply and to explain how they have been overcome in the new council tax system . |
| 21 | They have been indoctrinated for nearly forty years with the belief that their right to this pension does not arise simply out of a public decision to pay it but is a right vested in the individual by virtue of certain payments made by him , and analogous to what would be his entitlement under a contract with an insurance company . |
| 22 | They have been developed under an article ( Article 118A ) specially added to the Treaty of Rome for this purpose . |
| 23 | Although they have been developed for acrylic painters , I 'm sure they are ideal for oil painters too , as they can be cleaned in turpentine overnight , then used for acrylic painting the very next day . |
| 24 | Large , brightly coloured and apparently celebratory , they have been developed from the découpages of Matisse , but are , on closer inspection , altogether less tasteful , with their short , smutty messages lifted from the scribble of a toilet door . |
| 25 | They have been joined by a host of small ‘ micro brewers ’ producing a limited barrelage but adding variety and choice in the genuine free trade . |
| 26 | Though it used to be thought that internationalism was the preserve of the large , private corporation , today they have been joined by small firms and many state enterprises . |
| 27 | Many of these pioneer voluntary bodies still exist , and they have been joined by large numbers of organizations that have arisen in recent years to tackle the needs of particular groups among the disabled , so that voluntary effort continues to play a major part in meeting the needs of the handicapped . |
| 28 | In the public sector , both Queen 's University and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland remain our staunch and indispensable friends — as they have been since the Festival started , and since last year they have been joined by the Belfast City Council . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman asks whether we could debate them after they have been debated in the European Community , but we are talking about a long time ahead . |
| 30 | I believe that the very speed at which they have been absorbed into the school system indicates an uncritical acceptance of the package because it is new and modern and fashionable and that there has been little serious examination of which aspects are relevant and which are not . |